Enter your confirmed regular rate and regular, 1.5x overtime, and 2x double-time hours to see an explainable gross-pay estimate instantly.
Open these secondary inputs when your estimate includes 2x hours or a flat tax planning rate.
Regular rate $25.00; hours used: 40 regular, 10 OT, and 0 DT.
OT rate $37.50 at 1.5x; DT rate $50.00 at 2x.
The rates and hour buckets below are the values used in this estimate.
Regular: $25.00 × 40 hours × 1 = $1,000.00
Overtime: $25.00 × 10 hours × 1.5 = $375.00
Double time: $25.00 × 0 hours × 2 = $0.00
This applies one flat percentage to expected gross. It is not exact withholding, take-home pay, deductions, filing status, or a tax-return result.
Choose the layout that matches your paystub, then enter its pre-tax earnings lines.
This page calculates from confirmed inputs. It does not decide coverage, exemption, or state-law eligibility.
Only need a 1.5x rate and simple weekly total? Use the Time and a Half Calculator.
The calculator uses the rate and hour buckets you enter. It does not rebuild a timecard or decide which hours legally qualify for overtime.
Federal overtime is generally measured over a fixed, recurring 168-hour workweek. A biweekly paystub usually covers two workweeks, so total pay-period hours alone do not show which hours belong in overtime.
Read the FLSA overtime guideNondiscretionary bonuses, commissions, shift differentials, and multiple rates can change the regular rate. Enter a rate you have already confirmed for the period you are checking.
Check DOL Fact Sheet #56AEnter the confirmed regular rate and regular, OT, and DT hours. The first result shows expected gross pay and its three earnings lines.
Review the hours, rates, multipliers, and formulas used. If the hour buckets or regular rate are wrong, correct those inputs before comparing a paystub.
Choose full-rate lines or straight time plus premiums. Enter every non-zero pre-tax earnings line before treating the total comparison as complete.
Copy the neutral summary with inputs, formulas, expected amounts, entered amounts, differences, and facts still to confirm with payroll or HR.
Need the longer formula walkthrough and worked examples? Browse the overtime guides.
Rules last checked: July 15, 2026
The calculation and boundary notes were checked against current U.S. Department of Labor guidance. California has its own official rule page and a dedicated calculator on this site.
This calculator provides an arithmetic estimate from the facts you enter. It does not determine FLSA coverage, exemption status, state-law eligibility, contract rights, or whether a payroll practice is lawful. Confirm unresolved facts with payroll, HR, the relevant labor agency, or a qualified adviser.
For the hour buckets you confirm, this calculator multiplies regular hours by the regular rate, OT hours by 1.5 times that rate, and DT hours by 2 times that rate. It then adds the three earnings lines. The tool does not decide which hours qualify for each bucket.
Enter the regular rate you have confirmed for the workweek. It may be higher than a base hourly rate when nondiscretionary bonuses, commissions, shift differentials, or multiple rates apply. DOL Fact Sheet #56A explains which payments enter the regular rate.
Some paystubs include straight-time earnings for all hours on one line, then show only the additional 0.5x overtime premium on another. That can equal a full 1.5x overtime line. Use the paystub mode switch to compare the same layout.
No. Difference means expected minus the pre-tax earnings amount you entered. It is an arithmetic comparison, not a legal finding. First confirm the workweek, regular rate, hour buckets, every paystub line, and any state or employer rules.
No. A workweek is a fixed, recurring period of 168 hours under the FLSA. A biweekly pay period usually contains two workweeks, and the hours from those weeks cannot simply be averaged together for federal overtime.
No. It applies one flat percentage to expected gross. It does not model withholding methods, deductions, filing status, payroll setup, or tax-return treatment. Use it only as a rough planning estimate.
Use the dedicated California calculator for daily overtime, double time, and seventh-day rules. This general calculator only calculates the regular, OT, and DT hour buckets you have already confirmed.
