1.5xTime and a Half Calculator

Time and a half by wage

Time and a Half of $24 an Hour = $36.00

$24 × 1.5 = $36.00 per overtime hour. Here's what that means for a real paycheck.

Overtime hoursOvertime pay ($36.00/hr)Week total (40 hrs + OT)
5 hours$180.00$1,140.00
10 hours$360.00$1,320.00
15 hours$540.00$1,500.00
20 hours$720.00$1,680.00

Every overtime hour at a $24 wage pays $36.00 — your usual $24 plus a $12.00 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 $960 week (40 hours) to 50 hours and the paycheck becomes $1,320 — the 10 overtime hours contribute $360, more than a quarter of the total. Kept up over a year, even 5 overtime hours a week at $36.00 adds roughly $9,360 on top of a $49,920 base salary.

Working these hours in 2025–2028? The $12.00/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 $48.00/hour — the double time calculator covers it.

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Overtime multiplier
Pay period
Time and a half rate
$36.00
per overtime hour
Overtime pay
$360.00
Total overtime
$360.00