Enter your confirmed regular rate and this week's total hours for a federal 40-hour split, or switch to confirmed regular, 1.5x OT, and 2x DT hour buckets.
Enter this week's total hours. Hours over 40 become 1.5x OT under the federal weekly baseline.
Optional flat percentage for a rough tax and net planning estimate.
Regular rate $25.00; total hours 50; auto-split into 40 regular, 10 OT, and 0 DT.
OT rate $37.50 at 1.5x; DT rate $50.00 at 2x.
Total hours were split at the federal 40-hour workweek baseline before these formulas ran.
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 estimates from total hours at the federal weekly baseline, or from hour buckets you confirm. It does not decide coverage, exemption, salary treatment, or state-law eligibility.
Only need a 1.5x rate and simple weekly total? Use the Time and a Half Calculator.
Total Hours auto-splits at the federal 40-hour workweek baseline. Confirmed hour buckets use the regular, OT, and DT classification you already know. Neither path rebuilds a timecard, decides overtime eligibility, or covers salary, California daily rules, or OBBBA tax treatment.
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 #56AStart with your confirmed regular rate and this week's total hours for a federal 40-hour split, or switch to confirmed regular, OT, and DT buckets. The first result shows expected gross pay and its earnings lines.
Review the hours, rates, multipliers, and formulas used — including any auto-split from total hours. If the hour buckets or regular rate are wrong, correct those inputs before comparing a paystub.
From either input path, 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:
Each key calculation boundary below links to the U.S. Department of Labor primary source checked on that date. California daily overtime has its own official rule page and a dedicated calculator on this site.
Workweek
Federal overtime is measured in a fixed workweek of 168 hours — seven consecutive 24-hour periods. Hours are not averaged across two weeks.
DOL Fact Sheet #23 — workweek and 40-hour overtime triggerRegular rate
Overtime is calculated from the regular rate for the workweek, which generally includes all remuneration except statutory exclusions — not just a base hourly wage.
DOL Fact Sheet #56A — regular rate under the FLSA1.5× overtime rate
Covered non-exempt employees must receive at least time and one-half their regular rate for hours worked over 40 in a workweek.
DOL Overtime Pay — time and one-half requirementThis 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.
In Total Hours mode, hours over 40 become 1.5x OT under the federal weekly baseline and double time stays at 0. In confirmed hour-bucket mode, the calculator multiplies the regular, OT, and DT hours you enter by 1x, 1.5x, and 2x. Neither mode decides which hours legally qualify.
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 uses a federal weekly split from total hours, or the regular, OT, and DT hour buckets you confirm.
