Time and a Half Calculator

Time and a Half Calculator to calculate overtime pay based on regular hourly and overtime rate. Overtime calculator has options to set a custom overtime pay rate or any times the regular hourly rate.

Overtime Pay Calculator

The default value for overtime rate of the overtime pay calculator is 1.5 times the regular rate. You can adjust the rate to anything you want or set a custom overtime hourly rate, and the time and a half calculator will calculate your total payment.

What is overtime?

Overtime is the extra hours that you work on top of your regular hours or shift. The normal workweek is 40 hours per week, any time above 40 hours is considered as overtime or OT and is subject to overtime pay.

How to calculate overtime?

Assume your overtime rate is 1.5 times your regular hourly rate, following is the overtime formula on how to calculate overtime pay.

Overtime Rate = 1.5 x Regular Rate

If your regular hourly rate is $30 per hour, 1.5 times $30 would make your overtime rate to be $45 per hour.

Let's say your normal work hours per week is 40 hours, and you work an extra 20 hours or overtime, following is how much money you should get paid for that week.

Regular Pay Per Week = $30 x 40 = $1,200

Overtime Pay Per week = $45 x 20 = $900

Total Pay = Regular Pay + Overtime Pay = $1,200 + $900 = $2,100

In this case, your overtime pay of $900 is almost 43% of your total pay.

What is time and a half pay?

Overtime pays police differ from company to company. However, time and a half pay or 50% above your regular rate is the common rate that many companies adopt. For example, if your hourly rate is $20 per hour, the time and half pay mean your overtime pay is $30 per hour for any extra work that you work over 40 hours.

How to calculate time and a half?

The time and half formula is given below that shows you how to calculate time and a half pay.

Overtime Rate = 1.5 x Hourly Rate

Regular Pay = 40 x Hourly Rate

Overtime Pay = Overtime Rate x N, where N is the number of extra hours that you work.

Total Pay = Regular Pay + Overtime Pay

For example, if your hourly rate is $20 per hour, the following is how you would calculate the time and a half pay if you work 10 extra hours.

Overtime Rate = 1.5 x $20 = $30

Regular Pay = 40 x $20 = $800

Overtime Pay = 10 x $30 = $300

Total Pay = $800 + $300 = $1,100

How to use the Overtime Calculator?

Instead of doing the overtime pay calculation manually, you can use our online overtime calculator to do the calculations quickly.

Hourly Rate - the amount of money you are making

Overtime Pay - you can choose between 1.5 or any value times your hourly rate, or simply enter a dollar amount for overtime pay

Regular Working Hours - the default value is 40 hours per week, you can change it to any number.

Overtime Hours - the number of extra hours that you work on top of your regular working hours.

Pay Period - You can select a pay period from weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, monthly, or annually.

Overtime Table

Following is a quick overtime table that shows you how much you OT you should get paid based on your hourly rate and assuming your overtime rate is 1.5 times your regular pay.