Overtime Pay Calculator

Under the federal FLSA, hours worked over 40 in a workweek are paid at 1.5× your regular hourly rate. So overtime pay = overtime hours × rate × 1.5, added to your regular pay for the first 40 hours. Example: at $20/hr with 45 hours, regular pay is 40 × $20 = $800 and overtime is 5 × $20 × 1.5 = $150, for $950 total.

Time and a half means 1.5 times your regular hourly rate. At $20/hr, time and a half is $30/hr for each overtime hour. It is the federal minimum overtime premium.

Not federally. The FLSA only requires overtime after 40 hours in a workweek, regardless of daily hours. However, some states — including California, Colorado, Alaska, and Nevada — also require daily overtime. For those, use our state overtime calculator.

It depends on whether they are “exempt.” Many salaried employees who meet the duties and salary-threshold tests are exempt and not owed overtime; others (non-exempt) are. Being paid a salary alone does not remove the right to overtime.

Double time is 2× the regular rate. It is not required by federal law, but some states (e.g., California after 12 hours in a day) and many union or employer contracts provide it. You can set the multiplier to 2 to model double time.

Yes, but part of it can be deducted. For tax years 2025 through 2028, a federal deduction lets you subtract the premium portion of FLSA overtime — the extra “half” in time and a half — from your taxable income, up to $12,500 a year ($25,000 on a joint return). It phases out above $150,000 of income ($300,000 joint). Social Security and Medicare tax still apply to all overtime pay, and state tax rules vary.