Use this free overtime calculator for salary to turn your salary into an hourly rate and see how much overtime you earn. Enter your salary, your normal hours, and the hours you worked, and get your overtime rate, overtime pay, and total pay for the week, the pay period, and the year.
It works for salaried non-exempt employees paid time and a half, and it also shows the fluctuating workweek method, so you can see how your overtime is calculated and what the formula looks like.
Most salaried non-exempt employees use the standard method. Compare both in the examples below.
Simple estimate: Shows gross pay before taxes. It assumes you work the same hours every week and that you are a non-exempt employee. Exempt employees are not owed overtime under federal law.
$346.15
8 overtime hours at 1.5× · standard method
This is gross pay before taxes. To turn it into take-home pay, use one of the paycheck calculators further down this page.
This is an estimate. Your contract, state law, and employer pay rules can change your real overtime pay.
To calculate overtime from a salary, divide your yearly salary by 52 to get your weekly pay, divide that by your standard weekly hours (usually 40) to get your hourly rate, then multiply the rate by 1.5 and by your overtime hours. For example, a $60,000 salary is $28.85 an hour. Working 8 extra hours at time and a half pays about $346.15 in overtime, so the week totals $1,500. Use the overtime calculator for salary above for your own numbers.
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The overtime formula for a salaried worker has four steps. You turn your salary into an hourly rate first, and then you treat the extra hours the same way as an hourly worker.
These conversions turn any pay figure into the others. Salary per year = hourly rate × hours per week × 52. Salary per month = yearly salary ÷ 12. Salary per week = yearly salary ÷ 52. Salary every two weeks = yearly salary ÷ 26. Hourly rate = yearly salary ÷ 2,080 for a 40-hour week. You can also use our hourly to salary calculator for these conversions.
Whether a salaried employee gets overtime depends on one thing: whether they are exempt or non-exempt. Being paid a salary does not make someone exempt.
Exempt salaried employees are not owed overtime. To be exempt under the federal white-collar rules, you must be paid at least $684 a week ($35,568 a year) on a salary basis and pass a duties test as an executive, administrative, or professional employee.
If you earn less than the threshold, or your duties do not qualify, you are non-exempt. You must get overtime of at least 1.5 times your regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek, even though you are paid a salary.
A simplified exemption covers employees earning at least $107,432 a year, including at least $684 a week paid on a salary basis, who regularly perform an exempt duty.
Some states set higher salary thresholds and add daily overtime. See the overtime calculator for California, which also has daily and double-time rules.
Federal government workers follow special pay rules. Use the overtime calculator for federal employees for their overtime pay.
Texas follows the federal weekly overtime rule. See the overtime calculator for Texas for an example.
For a non-exempt salaried employee, there are two ways to calculate overtime. In the standard method, the salary covers a set number of hours (usually 40), and extra hours are paid at 1.5 times the hourly rate. In the fluctuating workweek method, the salary covers all hours worked, so the regular rate is the weekly salary divided by the hours actually worked, and overtime hours get only an extra half (0.5) of that rate. Both are legal under federal law in many cases, but the fluctuating method pays less and some states do not allow it.
| Hours worked (on $60,000) | Standard method pay | Fluctuating workweek pay | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 hours | $1,370.19 | $1,217.95 | $152.24 |
| 48 hours | $1,500.00 | $1,250.00 | $250.00 |
| 50 hours | $1,586.54 | $1,269.23 | $317.31 |
The fluctuating method uses the same weekly salary of $1,153.85 and pays 0.5 times the regular rate for each overtime hour. The regular rate falls as you work more hours.
These examples use the standard method and time and a half (1.5). The first table shows the overtime rate for common salaries.
| Yearly salary | Weekly salary | Hourly rate | Overtime rate (1.5×) | Overtime pay for 5 hours | Overtime pay for 10 hours | Weekly pay with 10 overtime hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $769.23 | $19.23 | $28.85 | $144.23 | $288.46 | $1,057.69 |
| $50,000 | $961.54 | $24.04 | $36.06 | $180.29 | $360.58 | $1,322.12 |
| $60,000 | $1,153.85 | $28.85 | $43.27 | $216.35 | $432.69 | $1,586.54 |
| $75,000 | $1,442.31 | $36.06 | $54.09 | $270.43 | $540.87 | $1,983.17 |
| $100,000 | $1,923.08 | $48.08 | $72.12 | $360.58 | $721.15 | $2,644.23 |
You earn $60,000 and worked 48 hours. Hourly rate: $60,000 ÷ 52 ÷ 40 = $28.85. Overtime rate: $28.85 × 1.5 = $43.27. Overtime pay: 8 × $43.27 = $346.15. Total for the week: $1,153.85 + $346.15 = $1,500.00.
You earn $5,000 a month and worked 46 hours. Yearly salary: $5,000 × 12 = $60,000. Hourly rate: $28.85. Overtime pay: 6 × $43.27 = $259.62. Total for the week: $1,153.85 + $259.62 = $1,413.46.
You earn $1,200 a week and worked 45 hours. Hourly rate: $1,200 ÷ 40 = $30. Overtime rate: $45. Overtime pay: 5 × $45 = $225. Total: $1,200 + $225 = $1,425.00.
To calculate your paycheck with overtime, first work out your gross pay for the pay period: regular salary plus overtime pay. Then subtract taxes and deductions to get your take-home pay. If you are paid every two weeks and the example above repeats both weeks, your gross pay is $3,000.
Overtime is taxed like normal pay, but your paycheck may look like it is taxed more, because the extra pay raises your withholding for that pay period. For take-home pay, use a paycheck calculator for your state: California, Texas, Florida, New York City, or the federal employee paycheck calculator. For a pure hourly overtime estimate, see our overtime pay calculator.
If your pay is a monthly basic salary, turn it into an hourly rate first, then multiply by your overtime multiplier. In the United States the overtime multiplier is usually 1.5, but other countries and employers use different multipliers, so check your contract and local law.
Some employers divide by 30 days instead of 26, which gives a lower hourly rate. In the US, the standard way is to convert to a yearly salary and divide by 52 weeks and 40 hours, which gives $17.31 an hour for the same $3,000 monthly salary. This calculator uses the US method. Hourly rates in other formulas may differ.
A 2025 federal tax law created a deduction for the extra half of qualified overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act, for tax years 2025 through 2028. The deduction is capped at $12,500 ($25,000 for joint filers) and phases out for higher incomes. Only the premium part counts: for time and a half, that is the extra 0.5 on top of your regular rate. In the $60,000 example, 8 hours of overtime include about $115.38 of premium pay. Exempt employees cannot claim it. Check the latest IRS guidance or ask a tax professional about how it applies to you.
Overtime rules change by state and by industry. These calculators cover specific cases: the overtime calculator for California (daily and double-time rules), the overtime calculator for Texas, the overtime calculator for federal employees, and the overtime calculator for film. If you work long shifts, try the 12-hour shift overtime calculator. You can find them all in our overtime and hours hub or on the all calculators page.
This is a quick estimate, not a payroll run. It does not include taxes, daily overtime rules, double time, seventh-day rules, bonuses, shift differentials, unpaid breaks, or union contract terms. It also does not decide whether you are exempt, which depends on your duties and your state. If you are not sure, ask your employer or check with the US Department of Labor or your state labor office. Freelancers can use the freelance rate calculator to set their rate.
Syed Osama is a digital publishing specialist who builds career metrics, financial calculators, and interactive web tools. He focuses on developing practical calculation resources to help remote workers, freelancers, and professionals make quick, accurate financial estimations.
