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Time and a Half Calculator

Enter your hourly rate and overtime hours to find the time-and-a-half pay.

Result

$214.50
$33.00
6.5

How it is calculated

The tool multiplies your regular hourly rate by 1.5 to get the overtime rate, then multiplies that by the overtime hours: overtime rate = hourly rate × 1.5 and overtime pay = overtime rate × overtime hours. The rate is in dollars per hour and the hours are decimal hours, so 6 hours 30 minutes is 6.5. Only the extra pay for overtime hours is returned. The tool does not work out which hours count as overtime and does not add your regular pay for the first hours of the week. Which hours qualify (for example, hours beyond 40 in a week, or beyond a daily limit) and whether a 1.5 multiplier applies depends on the country, state and contract. Negative values give no result.

Worked example

An employee earns $22 per hour and worked 6.5 overtime hours. Overtime rate: 22 × 1.5 = $33.00 per hour. Overtime pay: 33 × 6.5 = $214.50. For comparison, the same 6.5 hours at the regular rate would be 22 × 6.5 = $143.00, so the premium adds $71.50 on top of that.

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Common mistakes

  • Entering total weekly hours instead of only the overtime hours. If someone worked 46 hours and the threshold is 40, enter 6, not 46.
  • Expecting the result to include regular pay. The figure is the overtime pay alone; add the pay for the regular hours separately to get a gross paycheck.
  • Typing hours and minutes as 6.30 for six and a half hours. The field takes decimal hours, so 6 h 30 min is 6.5 and 6.30 would mean six hours and 18 minutes.
  • Using the base wage when the regular rate is higher. If shift differentials or certain bonuses count toward the regular rate, enter that higher rate.
  • Assuming the same multiplier applies everywhere. Some jobs, days or countries use 1.25, 2 or other rates, and this tool always applies 1.5.

Sources

About this calculator

Under U.S. federal law (the Fair Labor Standards Act), most hourly, non-exempt employees who work beyond 40 hours in a workweek must be paid overtime at time and a half — 1.5 times their regular hourly rate — for every hour worked beyond that threshold, and some states set stricter daily overtime rules on top of the federal weekly one.

The calculation itself is simple multiplication: overtime hours times the hourly rate times 1.5, but getting the base hourly rate right matters, since it must include the employee's regular rate of pay, which can incorporate certain bonuses or shift differentials, not just their base wage. Hourly rate times 1.5 times the overtime hours: enter the rate and the hours and the time-and-a-half pay for the period appears.

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  • Editorial team

    A handy check against your pay stub: take your hourly rate times 1.5 times the overtime hours and compare it with the overtime line. With a rate of 22 and 6.5 overtime hours the tool gives 214.50. A stub that shows more may be using a higher regular rate that includes bonuses or shift pay; a lower figure is worth asking payroll about. The result excludes regular pay. Which part of your overtime pay is hardest to verify?

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