1.5xTime and a Half Calculator

Time and a half by wage

Time and a Half of $20 an Hour = $30.00

$20 × 1.5 = $30.00 per overtime hour. Here's what that means for a real paycheck.

Overtime hoursOvertime pay ($30.00/hr)Week total (40 hrs + OT)
5 hours$150.00$950.00
10 hours$300.00$1,100.00
15 hours$450.00$1,250.00
20 hours$600.00$1,400.00

Every overtime hour at a $20 wage pays $30.00 — your usual $20 plus a $10.00 premium. That premium is the whole point of the overtime rules: hours past 40 in a workweek cost your employer half again as much, and that extra half goes to you.

Stretch a standard $800 week (40 hours) to 50 hours and the paycheck becomes $1,100 — the 10 overtime hours contribute $300, more than a quarter of the total. Kept up over a year, even 5 overtime hours a week at $30.00 adds roughly $7,800 on top of a $41,600 base salary.

Working these hours in 2025–2028? The $10.00/hour premium portion may be federally deductible — see the no tax on overtime calculator. And if your employer pays 2x for some hours, that's $40.00/hour — the double time calculator covers it.

Adjust the numbers

Overtime multiplier
Pay period
Time and a half rate
$30.00
per overtime hour
Overtime pay
$300.00
Total overtime
$300.00