1.5xTime and a Half Calculator

Time and a half by wage

Time and a Half of $40 an Hour = $60.00

$40 × 1.5 = $60.00 per overtime hour. Here's what that means for a real paycheck.

Overtime hoursOvertime pay ($60.00/hr)Week total (40 hrs + OT)
5 hours$300.00$1,900.00
10 hours$600.00$2,200.00
15 hours$900.00$2,500.00
20 hours$1,200.00$2,800.00

Every overtime hour at a $40 wage pays $60.00 — your usual $40 plus a $20.00 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 $1,600 week (40 hours) to 50 hours and the paycheck becomes $2,200 — the 10 overtime hours contribute $600, more than a quarter of the total. Kept up over a year, even 5 overtime hours a week at $60.00 adds roughly $15,600 on top of a $83,200 base salary.

Working these hours in 2025–2028? The $20.00/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 $80.00/hour — the double time calculator covers it.

Adjust the numbers

Overtime multiplier
Pay period
Time and a half rate
$60.00
per overtime hour
Overtime pay
$600.00
Total overtime
$600.00