Hourly Paycheck Calculator
Estimate take-home pay from an hourly wage, including overtime. For example, $22/hour, 40 regular hours, and 5 overtime hours in California gives a weekly gross of $1,045 before federal tax, FICA, and state withholding.
Hourly take-home pay is a two-step problem
First, turn hours into gross pay. Regular hours are paid at the hourly rate. Overtime hours are paid at 1.5 times that rate under the federal baseline for covered nonexempt workers. Then payroll withholding comes off that gross pay.
This calculator annualizes your normal week so federal brackets and the standard deduction can be applied. It then divides the annual tax back into your selected pay frequency. That is why changing from weekly to biweekly changes the per-check amount without changing the annual estimate.
The state number is an approximation. State withholding tables are not the same thing as final state tax, and local payroll taxes are not included. For gross hourly pay without taxes, use the hourly wage calculator.
Frequently asked questions
First calculate weekly gross pay: hourly rate times regular hours, plus overtime hours at time-and-a-half. Annualize that amount, estimate federal income tax after the standard deduction, then subtract FICA and an approximate state withholding amount.
Yes. Enter regular hours and overtime hours separately. Overtime is priced at 1.5 times your hourly rate, then included in weekly, per-period, and annual taxable wages.
Real payroll depends on your W-4, pre-tax benefits, retirement contributions, local taxes, pay-date timing, and exact state withholding method. This calculator uses 2026 federal brackets, FICA, and an approximate state rate, so treat it as a planning estimate.
Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming do not tax wage income. New Hampshire does not tax wages. Local payroll taxes can still apply in some places.
The tax formulas are the same, but hourly workers often have changing hours and overtime. That makes weekly gross pay move around, so a paycheck-by-hour calculator is usually easier than starting from an annual salary.