Time and a Half Calculator

A time and a half calculator turns your regular hourly rate into your overtime rate, then applies it to your overtime hours to show exactly what those extra hours are worth. It also totals regular and overtime pay together so you can see gross pay for the whole period in one number.

The time and a half formula

Time and a half is 1.5 times the regular hourly rate. Multiply your regular rate by 1.5 to get the overtime rate, then multiply that overtime rate by the number of overtime hours to get overtime pay. At a $20 hourly rate, the overtime rate is $30, and 5 overtime hours at $30 comes to $150 in overtime pay on top of regular earnings.

Who is entitled to it

In the United States, the Fair Labor Standards Act requires covered nonexempt employees to be paid at least time and a half for hours worked beyond 40 in a single workweek. Whether a given role is nonexempt depends on job duties and salary level under current Department of Labor rules, not simply on job title, so classification questions are worth checking against current guidance or with an employment attorney rather than assuming based on a job title alone.

Daily rules, double time and state differences

Federal law counts overtime against a 40 hour weekly threshold, not a daily one, but some states layer on their own daily overtime rules or require double time, meaning twice the regular rate, for hours beyond a higher threshold or for certain holiday work. Payroll rules differ enough by state and industry that a business paying overtime across multiple states benefits from a system, not guesswork, which is the kind of operational detail that sits alongside the growth and marketing work most small businesses spend their attention on.