Double time calculator
The calculator is set to double time. Enter your hourly wage and the hours you worked, and hours over 40 are paid at 2 times your regular rate.
Enter your hourly wage and the hours you worked to see your pay with overtime.
Pay breakdown, before taxes
| Type of hours | Hours | Rate | Pay |
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Each line is rounded to the cent. Overtime hours are paid at the regular rate times the multiplier.
How it’s calculated
- Formula
total pay = rate × regular hours + rate × multiplier × overtime hours- With your numbers
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An estimate of gross pay, before taxes
This is gross pay, before federal and state income tax, Social Security and Medicare, and other deductions. Your employer’s payroll may round, define the workweek, or count hours differently, and your contract or state law may give you more than the federal rule. This is not legal, tax, or financial advice.The rules this uses
Federal (FLSA). Covered employees get overtime pay for hours over 40 in a workweek, at not less than time and one-half their regular rate. A workweek is a fixed, recurring period of 168 hours, seven consecutive 24-hour days, and hours are not averaged over two or more weeks. That is why the two-week mode counts each week on its own.
California. Hours over 8 in a workday, up to 12, are paid at 1.5 times the regular rate. Hours over 12 are paid at double. On the seventh consecutive day of work in a workweek, the first 8 hours are paid at 1.5 times and the rest at double. Hours over 40 in the week are overtime too.
Who is exempt. Many salaried executive, administrative, and professional employees are exempt from overtime, but a salary alone does not make you exempt: you also have to meet a duties test. The minimum salary in the Department of Labor’s fact sheet is $684 a week ($35,568 a year). A salaried employee who is not exempt is owed overtime; use the weekly salary option.
Other states. Some states and employers add their own overtime rules. This calculator only applies the federal rule and California’s daily rule, so check your state labor department for others.
Verified on October 8, 2026. Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division: Fact Sheet #23; California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement; U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division: Fact Sheet #17A (revised September 2019).
Federal deduction for overtime pay
For tax years 2025 through 2028, the IRS lets you deduct qualified overtime pay, but only the part above your regular rate, such as the “half” in time and a half. The most you can deduct in a year is $12,500 ($25,000 on a joint return), and the deduction phases out for modified adjusted gross income over $150,000 ($300,000 on a joint return). The calculator shows that premium part of your federal overtime pay as information only: it does not work out your tax.
Verified on October 8, 2026. Source: Internal Revenue Service: tax deductions for working Americans and seniors.
How to use it
- Choose one week, two weeks, or California daily, and whether you are paid by the hour or a weekly salary.
- Enter your hourly wage (or your weekly salary and the hours it covers).
- Enter the hours you worked in the week, or in each day for California.
- Pick time and a half (1.5×) or double time (2×) for the hours over 40.
- Read your regular pay, overtime pay, and total, with the formula, and copy the result or a link.
Frequently asked questions
How do you calculate double time?
Multiply your regular hourly rate by 2. At $20 an hour, double time is $40 an hour. Then multiply by the hours paid at double time.
Is double time required by law?
Not by federal law, which requires time and a half for hours over 40 in a workweek. California requires double time after 12 hours in a day and after 8 hours on the seventh consecutive day. Elsewhere it comes from an employer policy or a contract.
When double time applies
Double time pays 2 times your regular rate. No federal law requires it: the federal rule is time and a half for hours over 40 in a workweek. Some employers and contracts pay it for holidays or after a long week. California requires it for hours over 12 in a day, and for hours over 8 on the seventh consecutive day of a workweek.
Double time rate by hourly wage
| Regular rate | Double time rate | 48 hours at 2× | 48 hours at 1.5× |
|---|---|---|---|
| $12 | $24 | $672 | $624 |
| $15 | $30 | $840 | $780 |
| $18 | $36 | $1,008 | $936 |
| $20 | $40 | $1,120 | $1,040 |
| $25 | $50 | $1,400 | $1,300 |
| $30 | $60 | $1,680 | $1,560 |
| $40 | $80 | $2,240 | $2,080 |
The last two columns show a 48-hour week where all 8 hours over 40 are paid at double time or at time and a half. Choose 2× in the calculator to switch the multiplier for hours over 40.
A California example
At $20 an hour, a 14-hour day in California pays $360: 8 regular hours ($160), 4 hours at 1.5 times ($120), and 2 hours at double time ($80). Working seven days with 8 hours on the first six and 10 on the seventh pays $1,360 for the week. Pick California daily in the overtime calculator to enter each day.
Figures are gross pay before taxes. Your employer’s workweek, rounding, and any state rules can change the result, and this is not legal or tax advice.
Updated on October 8, 2026