Calculate overtime pay at 1.5x and 2x rates with regular hours, overtime hours, and weekly/biweekly/monthly gross pay summaries.
Enter an hourly rate, regular hours, overtime hours, and optional double-time hours, and this tool returns regular pay, overtime pay at 1.5x, double-time pay at 2x, and a weekly gross total, then scales the week into biweekly and monthly gross-pay summaries. The math is plain multiplication on what you type. The thing people most often get wrong: overtime is measured per workweek - every hour over 40 in the employer's fixed seven-day workweek - not per day and not per pay period, so an under-40 week never cancels out an over-40 one.
A concrete input and expected output from the current implementation.
Input
Hourly rate $20, 40 regular hours, 5 overtime hours, 2 double-time hours
Expected output
Regular pay $800.00 (40 x $20); overtime pay $150.00 (5 x $30, since $20 x 1.5 = $30); double-time pay $80.00 (2 x $40); weekly gross $1,030.00; biweekly $2,060.00; monthly $4,463.33
Each hour bucket is paid at its own rate - regular at $20, overtime at $30, double time at $40 - and the $1,030 weekly total is scaled by x2 for biweekly and x52/12 for monthly, assuming the same week repeats.
Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, covered non-exempt employees earn at least 1.5x their regular rate for hours over 40 in the employer's fixed seven-day workweek. This tool charges the premium only to the overtime hours you enter above regular hours, so entering 45 total hours as 40 regular plus 5 overtime matches the federal rule, while entering 45 regular hours misses the premium entirely.
The overtime rate is hourly rate x 1.5 and the double-time rate is hourly rate x 2, applied to the hours in each bucket. Weekly gross is the sum of the three buckets. The biweekly figure is the weekly total times 2, and the monthly figure is weekly times 52/12 - an annualized average, not a calendar-month calculation. The tool holds no state or employer policy data, so the rates are exactly what you enter.
No. Overtime is computed per workweek, not per pay period, so the 5 hours over 40 in the first week earn the 1.5x premium and the short second week does not cancel them. Averaging hours across weeks is not allowed for most covered employees. The tool mirrors this: you enter each week's hours separately.
No. The result is gross pay - the full amount before deductions. To get net pay you would subtract federal and state income tax, Social Security and Medicare withholdings, and any benefits or garnishments, which depend on your location, filing status, and employer. Use this tool for gross comparisons, then apply your own tax estimate.
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