Overtime Calculator
Updated for 2026 tax year · figures checked on
Under federal law, overtime is one and a half times your regular hourly rate for every hour over 40 in a workweek. Enter your rate and the hours you worked each day to see your pay for the week, including the daily overtime rules some states add.
Gross pay for the week
$1,100.00
$57,200.00 a year if every week is the same
| Hours | Count | Pay |
|---|---|---|
| Regular | 40 | $800.00 |
| Time-and-a-half | 10 | $300.00 |
| Double time | 0 | $0.00 |
Gross pay before tax. Estimates for informational purposes only; your employer's rules, an alternative workweek or an exemption from overtime can change the result.
How overtime pay is calculated
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the federal wage law, requires overtime for covered, non-exempt employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek. A workweek is a fixed, recurring period of seven consecutive 24-hour days. It doesn't have to match the calendar week, and each workweek stands alone: you can't average hours over two weeks.
The overtime rate is time-and-a-half: your regular rate times 1.5. At $20.00 an hour that is $30.00 an hour. Working five 10-hour days at $20.00 gives 40 regular hours ($800.00) and 10 overtime hours ($300.00), so $1,100.00 for the week.
Federal law doesn't require extra pay for weekends, holidays or long days on their own. Four 10-hour days add up to 40 hours, so under the federal rule that week pays $800.00 with no overtime.
Who doesn't get overtime
Some employees are exempt from overtime, most often salaried executive, administrative and professional employees who meet the federal salary and duties tests. Being paid a salary doesn't by itself make you exempt. If you aren't sure, your employer or the US Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division can tell you how your job is classified.
Overtime on your paycheck
Overtime is taxed as ordinary wages. It can raise the federal tax withheld from that paycheck, because withholding is worked out as if every paycheck were the same size, but it isn't taxed at a special rate. To see your take-home pay with overtime, add your overtime hours under More options in a state paycheck calculator.
Source: US Department of Labor, Overtime Pay.
What counts in your regular rate
Overtime is based on your regular rate of pay, which isn't always your hourly wage. The regular rate includes all pay for hours worked, services or performance, such as production bonuses or shift pay, divided by the hours you actually worked that week.
Some payments stay out of it: gifts that aren't tied to hours or output, pay for vacation, holidays and sick days, expense reimbursements, truly discretionary bonuses, and qualifying profit-sharing, retirement and medical plan contributions.
For example, 45 hours at $20.00 plus a $100.00 performance bonus is $1,000.00 of straight-time pay, a regular rate of about $22.22. The 5 overtime hours then earn an extra half of that rate, adding $55.56 for $1,055.56 in total. Without the bonus, the same week pays $950.00.
Source: US Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #56A: Overview of the Regular Rate of Pay.
States with daily overtime
A few states also pay overtime for long days, not only long weeks. Where state and federal rules differ, your employer has to follow the one that pays you more. Hours already paid as daily overtime aren't counted again toward the weekly 40.
| State | Rule |
|---|---|
| California | Time-and-a-half after 8 hours in a day or 40 in a week, double time after 12 hours in a day, and special rules for the seventh consecutive day of work. Alternative workweek schedules can change this. (US Department of Labor, State Minimum Wage Laws (updated July 1, 2026)) |
| Alaska | Time-and-a-half after 8 hours in a day or 40 in a week. Doesn't apply to employers with fewer than four employees. (Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Wage and Hour Pamphlet 100 (October 2025)) |
| Nevada | Time-and-a-half after 40 hours a week. If you earn less than one and a half times the state minimum wage, also after 8 hours in a day. (US Department of Labor, State Minimum Wage Laws (updated July 1, 2026)) |
| Colorado | Time-and-a-half after 12 hours in a day or 40 in a week. (US Department of Labor, State Minimum Wage Laws (updated July 1, 2026)) |
The difference can be large. The same four 10-hour days at $20.00 pay $880.00 under California's daily rule, because 2 hours each day count as overtime. A week with one 14-hour day and three 8-hour days pays $840.00 in California, including 2 hours of double time.
Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands also have daily overtime rules, and Oregon requires daily overtime in some canneries and packing plants. This calculator doesn't cover those.