Hourly Pay Calculator
Calculate your gross pay from an hourly rate, hours worked, and optional overtime hours with a custom multiplier.
Pay estimate
Enter rate and hours.
Formula
Pay = Rate × Hours + Rate × OT hours × Multiplier.
Example calculation
$20/hr × 40 hr + $20 × 6 OT × 1.5 = $800 + $180 = $980.
Common mistakes
- Forgetting to apply the overtime multiplier on OT hours.
- Using net pay instead of gross when budgeting paychecks.
About this calculator
What the Hourly Pay calculator does
Estimate gross pay from your hourly rate, hours worked, and optional overtime hours and multiplier. The result splits regular and overtime pay and shows a total, so you can sanity check a stub or model the cost of an extra few hours.
When to use it
Use it for a quick pay check, a budget calculation, or to see how an extra few hours of overtime affect your week. It is also useful when you are comparing two hourly offers, when you are negotiating a raise, or when you want to understand what an extra Saturday shift would actually pay after the overtime multiplier kicks in.
How the calculation works
Regular pay is rate times regular hours. Overtime pay is rate times overtime hours times the multiplier. Total pay is the two added together. The multiplier defaults to 1.5 (federal time and a half) but you can switch it to 2 for double time or to a custom value for a contract premium.
How to read the result
The total is gross, before any tax or deduction. Use the Net Paycheck Estimator if you want a take-home estimate. The split between regular and overtime helps you confirm that the stub applied the multiplier to the right number of hours, which is the most common payroll dispute on hourly paychecks.
Practical example
$22 an hour for 40 hours plus 6 hours of overtime at 1.5x is $880 plus $198, or $1,078 gross for the week. Cutting overtime to 3 hours drops the week to $979. Switching the multiplier to 2 for double time on those 6 overtime hours pushes the week to $1,144.
Common limitation or caution
Tipped jobs, commission jobs, and salary-plus-bonus arrangements need different math than this tool provides. This calculator covers straight hourly work and standard overtime only. If your situation includes a shift differential, a non-discretionary bonus, or a commission, model those separately and add them to the result. Pay stubs sometimes split overtime into a separate line that already includes the half-time premium rather than the full 1.5 multiplier; check how your employer reports OT before comparing the calculator total line by line.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Before you use the result
Our calculators give quick payroll-time and pay estimates. Your final paycheck depends on factors this tool does not see, including employer policy, state and local rules, time clock rounding, paid versus unpaid breaks, premium pay, deductions, and how your payroll provider applies them.
- Confirm pay rules with your employer, payroll provider, or HR team.
- Overtime, breaks, and rounding rules can change by state.
For how each calculation is built, see our methodology and disclaimer.