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OVERTIME PAY CALCULATOR
Put in your rate and the hours you worked this week. You get regular pay, overtime pay and the gross total, with the sum written out so you can check it against your pay statement line by line.
| Enter a rate and hours to see the breakdown. | |
| GROSS | — |
Before tax and deductions.
This is one week. EarnCheck keeps every week.
We make EarnCheck, an iPhone app that keeps your own record of every shift and builds this same estimate as the pay period goes on. When the pay statement arrives, you enter its figures and it compares regular with regular and overtime with overtime.
- Confirm a finished shift in one tap. Overnight shifts stay one shift.
- Starts from the U.S. 40-hour rule, Ontario’s 44-hour rule or your own agreement.
- “Show the Math” on every amount.
- No account, no bank login, no employer login. Pro is optional.
How the sum works
- Regular hours are your hours up to the weekly threshold. Overtime hours are whatever is left.
- Regular pay = regular hours × hourly rate.
- Overtime pay = overtime hours × hourly rate × the overtime multiplier.
- Gross = regular pay + overtime pay.
Worked example: 47.5 hours at 21.50, overtime after 40 at time and a half. Regular: 40 × 21.50 = 860.00. Overtime: 7.5 × 21.50 × 1.5 = 241.88. Gross: 1,101.88.
Which threshold applies to you
| U.S. federal (FLSA) | Covered, non-exempt employees get at least 1.5× their regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Some states add daily overtime or other rules. |
|---|---|
| Ontario (ESA) | Overtime of 1.5× the regular rate applies after 44 hours in a work week for most employees. |
| Your contract or union agreement | May set a lower threshold, daily overtime or double time. Use “Other”. |
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Overtime Pay; Government of Ontario, Your guide to the Employment Standards Act: Overtime pay. Both list exemptions. This calculator is an estimate, not legal advice; your payroll team or labour authority can confirm what applies.
Why your pay statement might not match
- The workweek isn’t the pay period. Overtime is worked out week by week, so a two-week pay period of 38 and 46 hours has overtime even though it averages 42.
- Unpaid breaks. A 30-minute unpaid lunch on five shifts is 2.5 hours you were at work and not paid for.
- Premiums and bonuses can change the “regular rate” overtime is based on.
- Rounding. Some employers round clock times to the nearest quarter hour.
For adding up the week itself, use the weekly time card calculator.
Questions people ask
How do I calculate time and a half?
Multiply your hourly rate by 1.5 to get the overtime rate, then multiply that by your overtime hours. At 20.00 an hour, time and a half is 30.00 an hour, so 5 overtime hours pay 150.00.
Is overtime calculated per day or per week?
Under U.S. federal law and Ontario law it is per week. Some places, such as California, and some contracts also count daily overtime. If yours does, the weekly figure here will be too low.
Does this include tax?
No. It shows gross pay before tax and deductions, which is the figure to compare with the gross line on your pay statement.
Are salaried employees paid overtime?
It depends on the job, not just on being salaried. Both U.S. federal law and Ontario law exempt certain roles. The linked official pages list the exemptions.
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