Calculate regular pay, overtime pay, and total gross earnings for a weekly or biweekly pay period.
Social Security is 6.2% up to the $184,500 2026 wage base. Medicare is 1.45%; Additional Medicare Tax may apply. These rates are context, not deductions included above.
Federal weekly rulesState and special industry rules may differ.
Grounded in official guidanceQualified overtime is the premium required by FLSA Section 7. Higher contractual premiums don’t automatically qualify.
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Use this overtime calculator to estimate gross pay from your regular hourly rate and hours worked, before taxes and other deductions. For a biweekly paycheck, each workweek is calculated separately.
Looking at the annual deduction? Try the no tax on overtime calculator.
For most covered, nonexempt employees, federal overtime begins after 40 hours worked in a workweek. The standard minimum rate is 1.5 times the regular rate. Multiply overtime hours by that overtime rate, then add pay for the regular hours.
This tool assumes one regular rate and the same overtime multiplier within each workweek. A higher contractual rate can increase your pay. State law or a special federal arrangement may require a different calculation.
Total gross pay = (regular hours × hourly rate) + (overtime hours × hourly rate × multiplier)A workweek is the employer's fixed, recurring seven-day period; it does not have to run Monday through Sunday. The standard federal rule does not let you average hours across two weeks to erase overtime in the longer week.
A 45-hour week followed by a 35-hour week therefore has five overtime hours under the usual rule. Having 80 hours in the paycheck does not turn those five hours into regular time. The examples below show the separate weekly calculations.
Your FLSA regular rate may differ from the base hourly rate printed on a job offer. Some bonuses and other compensation must be included. If you receive nondiscretionary bonuses or work at multiple rates, confirm the correct regular rate with payroll before relying on a simple one-rate estimate.
Gross pay is the amount before withholding, insurance, retirement contributions, and other deductions. Social Security and Medicare generally still apply to overtime wages; the qualified overtime income tax deduction is a separate calculation.
One workweek, time and a half, and a $25 regular rate with no additional compensation affecting that rate.
Week one has 45 hours; week two has 35 hours. The regular rate is $20 and overtime is paid at 1.5×.
A $30 regular rate and a 2× contractual overtime rate. The gross-pay calculation uses the rate actually paid.
Plain answers to the things that can make overtime confusing.
It is your regular rate multiplied by 1.5. For example, a $20 regular rate produces a $30 overtime rate.
The usual federal rule looks at hours over 40 in a workweek. Some state laws and special federal arrangements use different thresholds. This calculator uses the standard weekly rule.
No. The usual FLSA rule does not require a premium simply because work occurs on a weekend or holiday. Those hours can count toward weekly overtime, and an employer policy or other law may provide extra pay.
Not under the standard federal weekly rule. Calculate each workweek separately and then add the pay. Special arrangements for certain occupations require their own rules.
No. The result is gross pay before taxes, benefits, retirement contributions, and other deductions. Use the tax tool separately to estimate the federal overtime deduction.
Yes, depending on FLSA coverage and exemption status. Salary alone does not establish an exemption, and the correct regular-rate calculation may differ from this hourly tool.
Rules last verified: . Includes 2025 and 2026 guidance for the calculator’s year selector.