Time and a half for $20 an hour
The calculator already has $20 an hour filled in. Add the hours you worked this week to see your overtime pay and your total before taxes.
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
What is time and a half for $20 an hour?
$30 an hour: 20 × 1.5. At double time it is $40.
How much is a 45-hour week at $20 an hour?
$950 before taxes: $800 for 40 hours plus $150 for 5 overtime hours.
Does overtime at $20 an hour count per week or per paycheck?
Per workweek. Federal law counts hours over 40 in each week on its own, so two weeks of 50 and 30 hours include 10 overtime hours.
Time and a half for $20 an hour
At $20 an hour, time and a half is $30 an hour: 20 × 1.5. Double time is $40 an hour. Federal law pays the 1.5 rate for hours over 40 in a workweek.
Weekly pay at $20 an hour by hours worked
| Hours worked | Overtime hours | Overtime pay | Total at 1.5× | Total at 2× |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 1 | $30 | $830 | $840 |
| 45 | 5 | $150 | $950 | $1,000 |
| 48 | 8 | $240 | $1,040 | $1,120 |
| 50 | 10 | $300 | $1,100 | $1,200 |
| 55 | 15 | $450 | $1,250 | $1,400 |
| 60 | 20 | $600 | $1,400 | $1,600 |
Each total includes $800 for the first 40 hours. The overtime columns pay only the hours over 40.
A long week at $20 an hour
At 50 hours, you earn $1,100: $800 for the first 40 hours plus $300 for 10 overtime hours. Without the overtime rate, the same 50 hours would pay only $1,000, so time and a half adds $100 to that week.
Two ways to count the same hours
Paid every two weeks with 50 hours in the first week and 40 in the second, you earn $1,900 before taxes, because the 10 extra hours in week one are overtime on their own. In California, five 10-hour days at $20 an hour pay $1,100 for the week, since each day over 8 hours earns 1.5 times. Enter your own schedule in the overtime calculator.
The tax deduction for overtime
For tax years 2025 through 2028, the federal deduction counts only the premium part of overtime pay. At $20 an hour that is $10 for each overtime hour, so it would take about 1,250 overtime hours in a year to reach the $12,500 limit, before the income phase-out. This is information, not tax advice.
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