Overtime Pay Calculator
Overtime pay calculator: weekly overtime pay under FLSA or California rules, with bonus, double time and a pay stub. Free, no sign-up, and it runs in your browser.
Dedicated page: /en/overtime-pay-calculator
Only used by the custom rule.
Only used by the custom rule. 1.5 is time and a half, 2 is double time.
A bonus changes the regular rate under the FLSA weighted-average rule.
For the FLSA and custom rules, enter hours your employer pays at 2x.
Gross pay before tax. Overtime is taxed as ordinary income. For tax years 2025 to 2028, eligible employees can deduct the FLSA premium part of overtime pay on their federal return, up to $12,500 a year ($25,000 joint). Exempt salaried workers are not covered by FLSA overtime rules. Estimate only, not legal or payroll advice.
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Quick answer
An overtime calculator works out your pay for a week with overtime. Enter your hourly rate or salary, the hours you worked, and pick FLSA, California or custom rules, and it shows the regular, overtime and double-time pay, the FLSA premium and a pay stub.
About this Overtime Pay Calculator
Overtime pay calculator: weekly overtime pay under FLSA or California rules, with bonus, double time and a pay stub. It is one of the Money and Finance on ToolUstad, and like every tool here it runs entirely in your browser: nothing you type, paste or open is uploaded to a server, and there is no sign-up or usage limit.
What is an overtime calculator?
An overtime calculator works out what a week with extra hours is really worth, under the rules that apply to you. At $20 an hour for 50 hours under the FLSA, the week is $1,100: $800 of regular pay for 40 hours and $300 of overtime for 10 hours at $30 an hour. The same 50 hours under California daily rules can be $1,020, because California counts overtime by the day, not the week.
FLSA overtime: the federal rule
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek, for non-exempt workers. A $52,000 salary is $25 an hour at 2,080 hours, and a $200 bonus over a 50-hour week lifts the regular rate to $29, so overtime is $43.50 an hour and the week is $1,595. The premium, the extra half above the regular rate, is $145 in that week.
California daily overtime
California is stricter than federal law. Overtime is 1.5 times over 8 hours in a day, and double time over 12 hours in a day. On the 7th consecutive day of work, the first 8 hours are 1.5 times and the rest are double time. That changes the answer: a 50-hour week of 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 10 and 0 hours is $1,020 under California rules, $80 less than the FLSA $1,100, because only 2 hours crossed the daily threshold. But a week of five 10-hour days is $1,100 under California rules and $1,000 under the FLSA, because California catches the daily overtime the weekly rule misses. The calculator takes hours by day so it can apply the daily rule without double-counting.
Best practices
- Check your paycheck against the stub: the calculator gives a line-by-line pay stub, so a wrong rate or missing hours shows up at once.
- Track hours by day, not just by week: in California and other daily-overtime states, the day split changes the pay.
- Keep the premium separate: only the extra half counts for the 2025 to 2028 federal overtime deduction, not the full overtime pay.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Counting the same hour as overtime twice, once for the day and once for the week.
- Forgetting that a bonus lifts the regular rate, which lifts the overtime rate too.
- Assuming double time is federal law, when it is a state or contract rule.
- Using the hourly rate as the regular rate when a bonus or piece rate changes it.
Who is the overtime calculator for?
Hourly workers checking a paycheck, managers costing a busy week, and anyone in California or another daily-overtime state. The result is gross pay before tax: tax and deductions are not taken out.
Learn: how to use the Overtime Pay Calculator
- Pick a rule: FLSA, California daily overtime, or your own custom threshold and multiplier.
- Enter your hourly rate, or enter an annual salary and it converts at 2,080 hours.
- Enter the total hours you worked this week, and the hours in each day for California mode.
- Add a bonus if you got one: it lifts the regular rate under the FLSA weighted-average rule.
- Read the regular, overtime and double-time pay, the FLSA premium, and the monthly and yearly projection.
Features
- FLSA rules: 1.5 times over 40 hours a week
- California rules: 1.5 times over 8 hours a day, double time over 12, 7th day rules
- Custom rules: your own threshold and multiplier
- Hourly rate or annual salary input, salary converts at 2,080 hours
- Bonus input with the FLSA weighted-average regular rate
- Double-time hours as a separate input
- Pay-stub table: regular, overtime, double time, gross, monthly and yearly
- FLSA overtime premium shown separately, for the 2025 to 2028 federal overtime deduction
- Effective hourly rate: gross pay divided by total hours
Worked example
$20 an hour for 50 hours under the FLSA is $1,100 for the week: $800 of regular pay for 40 hours and $300 of overtime for 10 hours at $30 an hour. The overtime premium is $100, and at this pace the year is $57,200. Under California daily rules the same week, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 10 and 0 hours a day, is $1,020: $960 regular and $60 overtime. A $52,000 salary with a $200 bonus gives a $29 regular rate, $1,595 gross, and a $145 premium.
Frequently asked questions
How is overtime pay calculated under the FLSA?
Hours over 40 in a week are paid at 1.5 times the regular rate. At $20 an hour for 50 hours, the first 40 hours are $800 and the 10 overtime hours are $300 at $30 an hour, for $1,100 gross.
How does California overtime work?
California pays 1.5 times over 8 hours in a day, and double time over 12 hours in a day. On the 7th consecutive day, the first 8 hours are 1.5 times and the rest are double time.
Does a bonus change my overtime rate?
Yes, under the FLSA. A bonus is added to the straight-time pay and divided by the total hours to get the regular rate.
What is the federal overtime tax deduction?
For tax years 2025 to 2028, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act lets workers deduct up to $12,500 of overtime pay if single, or $25,000 if married filing jointly, above the line. Only the premium counts, the extra half, not the full overtime pay. The calculator shows the premium separately.
What is double time?
Twice the regular rate, paid in California over 12 hours in a day or over 8 hours on the 7th consecutive day. At $20 an hour, double time is $40 an hour. Federal law does not require double time, but some states and union contracts do.
Who is exempt from overtime pay?
Salaried executive, administrative and professional workers above the federal salary threshold are usually exempt, as are some computer and outside sales workers. Hourly workers are usually non-exempt. The test is the job duties and the salary, not the job title.
Is overtime calculated by the day or the week?
Federal law uses the week: hours over 40 in a workweek. California and a few other states also use the day: hours over 8 in a day.
Can my employer average my hours over two weeks?
No, not for overtime. The FLSA workweek is a fixed 7-day period, and hours cannot be averaged across two weeks to avoid overtime. A 50-hour week followed by a 30-hour week still owes 10 hours of overtime.
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