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Time and a Half Calculator

Enter your hourly rate and the hours you worked. Regular pay, overtime pay and total pay update as you type — no sign-up, nothing uploaded.Rate and hours in — regular, overtime and total pay update as you type.

Federal counts hours past 40 in the workweek. State counts the day instead: past 8 hours in a day is 1.5× and past 12 is 2× — California’s rule in the DIR overtime FAQ, and the shape most union contracts use. The same 10-hour day at $20.00 an hour pays $200.00 on the weekly basis and $220.00 on the daily basis, because the last two hours move from straight time to 1.5×. Switching the select re-splits the hours below and the three figures change with it.

Hours actually worked in one workweek, sorted by the tier each was paid at. Regular hours first; premium tiers only if you have them.

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Regular pay $0.00 —
Overtime pay $0.00 no premium hours entered
Total pay $0.00 regular + overtime, gross
How this is worked out Enter an hourly rate and hours to see the arithmetic.

How time and a half is calculated

Time and a half means the regular rate plus half of it again. These are the five lines of arithmetic this page runs — the same ones, live, on every keystroke.

  1. Regular pay is the plain rate times the regular hours. regular pay = hourly rate × regular hours
  2. Time-and-a-half pay is the rate times 1.5, times those hours. 1.5× pay = hourly rate × 1.5 × time-and-a-half hours
  3. Double and triple time work the same way at 2× and 3×. 2× pay = hourly rate × 2 × double-time hours  ·  3× pay = hourly rate × 3 × triple-time hours
  4. Overtime pay is the three premium tiers added together. overtime pay = 1.5× pay + 2× pay + 3× pay
  5. Total pay is regular plus overtime. total pay = regular pay + overtime pay

Example $25.00/h with 40 regular hours and 8 time-and-a-half hours → 40 × $25.00 = $1,000.00 regular, 8 × 1.5 × $25.00 = $300.00 overtime, total $1,300.00 gross.

Rounding. Every line is rounded to the number of decimals you pick, and the total is the sum of the rounded lines — so the figures on screen add up exactly. Payroll systems round differently; treat the last decimal as display, not law.

Where the rule comes from. In the United States, federal law (the FLSA) generally requires at least one and one-half times your regular rate for hours worked over 40 in a workweek. A few states add daily overtime rules, and an employer or contract can set a higher multiplier. This page does the arithmetic for whichever hours you enter under whichever tier; it does not decide which hours legally qualify.

What it does not do. It prices gross pay only — no federal, state or local tax, no withholding, no deductions. It handles one workweek at a time and one hourly rate; a week with two different rates needs the weighted average, which you would have to work out yourself first.

This page runs entirely in your browser. The numbers you type are never uploaded and are not stored anywhere — reloading the page clears every field. See the privacy policy for what that means in detail.

Time and a half pay at common hourly rates

The same arithmetic, already run. Each line gives the premium rate and what eight premium hours come to at that rate.

A whole week, not just the premium hours. 45 hours at $20.00/h is 40 regular hours at $20.00 ($800.00) plus 5 hours at $30.00 ($150.00), for $950.00 gross. Put 40 in Regular hours and 5 in Time and a half hours above and the page returns those three numbers.

The premium hours are the smaller part of the check. At $20.00/h those five premium hours add $150.00 on top of an $800.00 regular week — under a sixth of the total. A payroll error of one hour is therefore easy to miss, which is why the regular hours are worth checking first.

Time and a half calculator questions

How do you calculate time and a half?

Multiply your hourly rate by 1.5 to get the overtime rate, then multiply that by your overtime hours. Regular hours stay at the plain rate. Enter your numbers above and the same arithmetic runs live as you type.

What is time and a half for $20 an hour?

$30.00 an hour. Time and a half is the regular rate plus half of it again: $20.00 + $10.00. At $25.00/h the time-and-a-half rate is $37.50, and double time is $50.00.

Is overtime pay taxed at a higher rate?

Overtime is taxed as ordinary wages, but a larger gross check can push more of your pay into a higher withholding bracket, so more tax is often withheld from the same paycheck. This calculator shows gross pay only and does no tax or withholding math — your payslip remains the authority.

Do weekends or holidays count as double time?

Only if your employer or local law says so. Federal law does not require premium pay for weekends or holidays, though many employers offer it anyway. Enter those hours under the 2× or 3× tier and this page prices them.

How much is time and a half pay on a 45-hour week?

At $20.00/h a 45-hour week is $950.00 gross: 40 regular hours at $20.00 = $800.00, plus 5 hours at the $30.00 time-and-a-half rate = $150.00. Change the rate above and every figure updates.

Does this calculator store my pay rate or hours?

No. Everything runs in your browser: nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored, and reloading the page clears every field. There is no account and no sign-up.

How is this different from the overtime calculator?

Close relatives. The overtime calculator takes one week’s total hours and splits them across a threshold you set. This page takes hours you have already sorted into rate tiers — including double and triple time — and prices each tier. Use this one when your pay already works that way.

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