Calculate the overtime pay for yourself and your employees with a simple online tool in seconds.
Looking to find out how to calculate your overtime rate for your employee? Our simple overtime calculator was built to help you find the answer, depending on your hourly rate and OT multiplier.
Additionally, we are providing the details on how to use the calculator, what are the formulas used, what are overtime laws in California, and a detailed example calculation for you to consider.
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Using this overtime calculator couldn't be easier. Start by setting up the hourly pay rates, the number of hours worked during the period, setup the multiplier and the overtime hours in this pay period, and you are ready to go.
To get started you don’t need to download an Excel sheet or application. You can do the math directly on this page following these simple four steps:
In this time you will have an easier time finding the paycheck details of your employees when you have overtime hours worked.
Note: The calculator assumes that employees are nonexempt.
The basic overtime formula is Hourly Rate x Overtime Multiplier × Number of Overtime Hours worked in a particular week.
To calculate the overtime rate, we are using the following inputs:
In this example, we are looking for a staff member who works 45 hours in a work period, where 40 hours are regular and five hours of overtime
To comply with the Department of Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and for employees that work more than 40 hours, they must receive 1.5 times the rate of regular pay.
Total pay rate per period = (40 hours x $10) + (5 hours x 1.5 OT Multiple x $10) = $400 + $75 = $475
In this way, you will be able to calculate the hourly overtime salary pay.
Time worked | Overtime rate |
More than 8 hours in a day | Time and a half |
More than 40 non-overtime hours in a workweek | Time and a half |
7th consecutive day in a workweek | Time and a half |
More than 12 hours in a workday | Double time |
More than 8 hours on the 7th consecutive day in a workweek | Double time |
Note: a. Time and a half = 1.5 the standard hourly rate; b. Double time = 2x the regular hourly rate.