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Time-and-a-half and double time on top of your regular hours, computed live. See the week, the month, the year, and your effective hourly rate.

Total weekly pay

$1,045.00

45.0 hours a week at an effective $23.22 an hour.

Regular pay40.0 hrs$880.00
Overtime pay1.5x, 5.0 hrs$165.00
Double time2x, 0.0 hrs$0.00
Effective hourly rate$23.22
Monthly$4,528.33
Annual52 weeks$54,340

Gross pay on the federal FLSA baseline. State rules differ (California adds daily overtime and double time), and this is not legal advice.

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How overtime pay actually works

The federal baseline is simple: nonexempt workers earn at least 1.5 times their regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. The details (who counts as nonexempt, what states add on top) are where paychecks go wrong. This is general information, not legal advice.

The FLSA baseline: time-and-a-half after 40

Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, nonexempt employees must be paid at least 1.5x their regular rate for every hour beyond 40 in a workweek. At $22 an hour, overtime hours pay $33. There is no federal double-time requirement.

Exempt vs nonexempt, in plain language

Nonexempt means overtime-eligible. Exempt means not eligible, and it requires more than a salary: the job must also pass duties tests (executive, administrative, professional, and similar categories) and meet a salary threshold. A salaried job title alone does not make you exempt.

States can be more generous, never less

California requires overtime after 8 hours in a single day and double time after 12 hours in a day, regardless of the weekly total. Several other states have daily overtime or seventh-day rules. Your state’s rule applies whenever it pays more than the federal one.

There is no special "overtime tax"

Overtime earnings are taxed at the same income tax rates as regular wages. A large check can have more withheld up front because withholding tables annualize each check, but that evens out at filing. Working overtime never leaves you with less than not working it.

These are gross numbers

Everything here is before taxes and deductions. For an estimate of take-home pay in your state, use the paycheck calculator.

Overtime pay questions, answered plainly

  • Multiply your regular hourly rate by 1.5, then by the overtime hours. At $22 an hour, time-and-a-half is $33 per hour, so 5 overtime hours add $165 to the week. The calculator does this live, along with double time and the annual total.

  • Under federal law, nonexempt employees: most hourly workers and many salaried ones too. Exemption requires specific job duties plus a minimum salary level, not just being paid a salary. If you are unsure of your status, your state labor department can say; this tool cannot give legal advice.

  • No. This is a persistent myth. Overtime income is taxed exactly like regular income at the same rates. Withholding on a big check may be temporarily higher because payroll systems annualize each check, but your actual tax owed is settled at filing and overtime hours always increase your net pay.

  • Federal law never requires it. California requires double time after 12 hours in a workday and after 8 hours on the seventh consecutive workday. Outside such state rules, double time exists only if your employer or union contract offers it. Set the double-time hours to zero if none of that applies to you.

  • Not automatically. Salaried employees who do not meet both the duties test and the salary threshold are nonexempt and legally owed overtime. Misclassification is common enough that it is worth checking rather than assuming.

  • No. The math runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you enter on this page is sent to a server or stored.

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