Your week's pay with overtime, on your own hours and your state's rules.
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Federal rule: hours over 40 in a workweek are paid at 1.5 times your regular rate. No federal daily overtime.
Over 40 hours a week
Daily, weekly, double time and the seventh day
Over 8 a day or 40 a week
Daily only under $18.00 an hour
Over 12 a day or 40 a week
You earn $1,100.00 before tax this week, $300.00 of it for overtime.
Overtime pay is time and a half, 1.5 times your regular rate, for each hour over 40 in a workweek under federal law. Each workweek stands alone, so two weeks are never averaged. At $20 an hour for 50 hours, that's $1,100.00 before tax.
The working shows here once your figures are filled in.
California, Alaska and Nevada add overtime after 8 hours in a workday, and Colorado after 12. Nevada's daily rule covers only workers paid under $18.00 an hour. For any other state, this page applies the federal rule and doesn't include that state's own rules.
Of these states, only California requires double time: after 12 hours in a workday, and after 8 hours on the seventh day in a row.
Short rest breaks, from 5 to about 20 minutes, count as hours worked. A meal break of usually 30 minutes or more, when you're fully off duty, doesn't count toward the 40 hours.
Hourly rate $20
You earn $1,100.00 before tax this week, $300.00 of it for overtime.
Hourly rate $20
You earn $1,120.00 before tax this week, $360.00 of it for overtime.
At least 1.5 times your regular rate for each hour over 40 in a workweek. At $20 an hour, that's $30.00 for each overtime hour.
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires time and a half for hours over 40 in a workweek for employees who aren't exempt. It sets no daily overtime for most jobs and no extra pay for weekends or holidays.
Many do: most salaried employees are exempt only when paid at least $684 a week ($35,568 a year) and the job's duties meet the test. This page doesn't decide who is exempt; the Department of Labor's federal rules do.
Double time is two times your regular rate. Federal law doesn't require it; California does, after 12 hours in a workday and after 8 hours on the seventh day in a row.
Time and a half on $22.50 is $33.75 an hour. For a 45-hour week under the federal rule, that's $900.00 regular plus $168.75 overtime: $1,068.75 before tax.
Each calculator applies the published federal or state rule to the hours and pay you enter and rounds each amount to the nearest cent. Every step is shown, and every rule links to its official page with the date we checked it. Not legal or tax advice; the pages never decide whether you're exempt. Spot something wrong? Tell us and we will fix it and note the change.