Overtime pay calculator
Monthly pay with overtime hours and the effective hourly rate.
Fill in the fields and the result will appear here automatically.
Overtime pay is the ordinary rate multiplied by a premium, applied only to the hours beyond the normal schedule. The effective hourly rate shown next to the total is the part worth reading: it divides everything earned by every hour worked, and it rises far less than the multiplier suggests. Fourteen overtime hours at time and a half on top of a hundred and sixty regular ones lift the effective rate by four per cent, not fifty. That gap is exactly what makes overtime look better in a contract than it feels in a payslip.
How it works
Formula and logic
Regular pay = rate × regular hours. Overtime pay = rate × multiplier × overtime hours. The effective rate divides the total by all hours worked. Regular and overtime hours may be fractional but not negative. One selected multiplier applies to the entire overtime block; daily, weekly and tiered thresholds are not determined automatically. With zero total hours, pay is 0 and the average is omitted because 0/0 has no defined value.
Example
At 650 an hour, 160 regular and 14 overtime hours at 1.5 come to 117,650 — an effective 676.15 an hour. With both regular and overtime hours at 0, both pay components and the total are 0; the average is omitted. This differs from an actual zero rate for positive working time.
Fields and units
- Hourly rate — $
- Regular hours — h
- Overtime hours — h
- Overtime multiplier — unitless
How to use
- — Enter the ordinary hourly rate.
- — Enter the regular hours worked in the period.
- — Enter the overtime hours separately.
- — Enter one multiplier applicable to this block of hours;1.5 is an example, not an automatic determination of overtime entitlement.
Method and limitations
- Calculation method
- Formula and logic
- Data or methodology source
- DOL, United States: FLSA coverage, exemptions and regular-rate basis; not a worldwide overtime rule
- Limitation
- This is one overtime block at an entered base rate. Entitlement, hour thresholds, regular-rate components, taxes and time limits depend on applicable rules; page language does not select employment law.
FAQ
Why is the effective rate so much lower than the multiplier?
Because the premium applies only to the overtime hours but the average divides by all of them. A small block of premium hours moves the average very little.
Which overtime multiplier applies to me?
Use the multiplier for the contract and block of hours. For example, the US FLSA 1.5 rule has coverage and exemption conditions and a workweek basis; it is not a worldwide rate. Calculate separately when different blocks have different premiums.
Are the figures before or after tax?
Before. This is gross pay; income tax and contributions are applied afterwards and are outside the calculation.
Why is a multiplier below one rejected?
This model represents a premium and therefore accepts multipliers of at least 1. The field constraint does not establish legal overtime entitlement or verify that a pay arrangement complies with local law.