Pay calculator
Type the hours you worked each day and what you earn per hour. You get your pay for the week before tax, and what that comes to every two weeks and per year. If any hours count as overtime under your state's rules, they are added for you and explained.
What these words mean
- Overtime
- Extra pay for extra hours. Federal law says 1.5 times your normal rate for every hour over 40 in a work week. Some states add rules for long days.
- Time and a half (1.5x)
- Your normal hourly rate plus half again. $20 an hour becomes $30.
- Double time (2x)
- Twice your normal rate. $20 an hour becomes $40. Only California requires it by law.
- Work week
- The fixed 7-day period your employer uses to count hours. It can start on any day, and overtime is counted inside it.
- True hourly rate
- What you really earn per hour once bonuses, commissions or shift extras are added in. Overtime is owed on this rate, not just your base rate.
- Exempt
- A worker who is not owed overtime because of the kind of job and a salary above a set level. Being salaried alone does not make you exempt.
Questions
Which states pay overtime for a long day, not just a long week?
Alaska (after 8 hours in a day), California (after 8 hours in a day, double after 12), Colorado (after 12 hours in a day), Nevada (after 8 hours in a day). Kentucky pays time and a half for the whole seventh day if you worked all seven. Everywhere else, overtime starts after 40 hours in the week.
Why do my long-day overtime hours not count toward the 40 as well?
Because that would pay the same hour twice. Only hours paid at your normal rate count toward the 40. This is exactly how the California Labor Commissioner and the U.S. Department of Labor work it out.
I got a bonus this week. Does that change my overtime?
Yes. Overtime is 1.5 times your true hourly rate, and a bonus or commission for the week raises that rate. Use the true hourly rate calculator for that week.
I work four 10-hour days. Is that overtime?
Under federal law, no: 40 hours in the week is not over 40. In California it normally is, unless your workplace has formally voted in a 4-day schedule. This tool does not model those special schedules yet.