How is overtime pay calculated?

Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), non-exempt employees earn 1.5 times their regular rate for every hour over 40 in a workweek. At $22 an hour the overtime rate is $33; 48 hours pays 40 × $22 + 8 × $33 = $880 + $264 = $1,144. The regular rate must include non-discretionary bonuses and shift differentials, so it can be slightly higher than the base hourly wage.

Is overtime paid after 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week?

Federally, only after 40 hours in a week — a 12-hour day followed by a 4-hour day earns no overtime. A few states add daily overtime: California and Alaska after 8 hours in a day, Colorado after 12, and Nevada after 8 in a 24-hour period for lower-paid workers. California also pays double time after 12 hours in a day and for the seventh consecutive day. Switch the calculator to day-by-day mode to apply these rules.

Does overtime pay get taxed more?

No. Overtime is taxed like any other wages; it only feels heavier because a bigger paycheck can have more tax withheld at the higher bracket rate in that pay period. Over the full year the tax on your overtime is the same as on regular pay at the same total income.

Overtime Pay Calculator

Name: Overtime Pay Calculator
Author: Miikka

Find out exactly what a week with overtime pays. Enter your hourly rate and either the weekly total or the hours for each day, pick the federal FLSA rule or a state with daily overtime (California, Alaska, Nevada, Colorado), and see regular, time-and-a-half and double-time hours, and the weekly and annual pay.

By Miikka · CalcBrew · Updated Sep 16, 2026

Hourly rate ($)

Overtime multiplier

Weeks like this per year

Enter hours:

Hours worked this week

Federal rule: everything over 40 is overtime.

Weekly pay

$1,144.00

$88.00 more than straight time

Overtime pay

$264.00

8 OT hours

Overtime rate

$33.00

effective $23.83/h

Annual (52 wk)

$59,488

$13,728 from overtime

Hours	Count	Rate	Pay
Regular	40	$22.00	$880.00
Overtime (1.5×)	8	$33.00	$264.00
Total	48	$23.83 avg	$1,144.00

The overtime formula

overtime rate = regular rate × 1.5

weekly pay = regular hours × rate + overtime hours × rate × 1.5 (+ double-time hours × rate × 2)

Worked example (federal): $22 an hour, 48 hours in the week. Regular: 40 × $22 = $880. Overtime: 8 × $33 = $264. Weekly pay $1,144, or $23.83 per hour on average. If every week looked like this, overtime would add about $13,700 a year.

The same 50-hour week in California as 9, 10, 8, 11, 8, 4 and 0 hours: daily overtime applies over 8 hours, so Monday gives 1, Tuesday 2 and Thursday 3 overtime hours. The remaining 44 straight-time hours exceed 40 by 4, so the week still has 10 overtime hours. The rules diverge when long days are balanced by short ones: four 10-hour days pay no overtime federally but 8 hours of overtime in California, and any day past 12 hours earns double time there.

State overtime rules at a glance

Jurisdiction	Weekly	Daily	Double time
Federal FLSA (and most states)	over 40 h	—	—
California	over 40 h	over 8 h	over 12 h/day; over 8 h on 7th consecutive day
Alaska	over 40 h	over 8 h	—
Nevada	over 40 h	over 8 h in 24 h (if paid < 1.5× minimum wage)	—
Colorado	over 40 h	over 12 h	—
Kentucky	over 40 h	—	7th day of a 7-day week at 1.5×

Daily and weekly overtime never stack on the same hour: hours already paid as daily overtime do not count again toward the 40-hour weekly limit. Track a full week with the time card calculator, or turn the rate into a salary with the hourly to salary calculator.

Frequently asked questions

Cite this calculator

APACalcBrew. (2026). Overtime Pay Calculator. https://calcbrew.com/overtime-pay-calculator

MLA“Overtime Pay Calculator.” CalcBrew, 2026, calcbrew.com/overtime-pay-calculator.

Link to https://calcbrew.com/overtime-pay-calculator. Results are estimates; cite the underlying formula or data source for academic work.

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