Work out overtime, double time, night and holiday pay from your base hourly rate.
Basis: Pay = base hourly rate × hours × multiplier. The 1.5 default is the US Fair Labor Standards Act rate for hours past 40 in a week; an annual salary is divided by hours per week × 52 to get the hourly rate·2026-09-13 verified·Editorial policy
Tool Overview & Key Purpose
Breaks pay down row by row — overtime, double time, night shift and holiday — from your base hourly rate. Every multiplier is editable, so it fits whatever premium your jurisdiction requires, and it shows separately how much the premiums add.
Step-by-Step Usage Instructions
1STEP 1
Choose the pay basis: type an hourly rate directly, or an annual salary plus contracted hours per week.
2STEP 2
Enter overtime hours and the multiplier — 1.5 under the US Fair Labor Standards Act.
3STEP 3
Add double-time and holiday hours with their own multipliers if they apply.
4STEP 4
Enter night-shift hours. That row counts the premium only, so those hours belong in the overtime or holiday row as well.
Real-World Scenarios & Practical Cases
3 Practical CasesScenario #1
A month that ran past 40 hours a week
At 25 an hour, 10 overtime hours at 1.5× pay 375. The same hours at flat rate would be 250, so the premium itself is worth 125.
Looking at the premium alone makes it much easier to judge what extra hours are actually buying you.Scenario #2
A week with night work in it
If 4 of 8 overtime hours fell at night, put 8 in the overtime row and 4 in the night row. Those 4 hours pick up an extra 0.5× on top.
Counting the night hours at a full 1.5× as well would pay for the same four hours twice and badly overstate the total.Scenario #3
What an hour is worth on a salary
A salary of 52,000 on a 40-hour week gives a base rate of 52,000 ÷ (40 × 52) = 25. Every multiplier is applied to that figure.
Exempt roles get no overtime premium at all in many jurisdictions — check the contract and the local rules first.Premium pay formula
Base hourly rate = annual salary ÷ (hours per week × 52)
Each row = base rate × hours × multiplier
Extra from premiums = total − (base rate × paid hours)
The night row’s figure is the premium alone (0.5 by default); the base pay for those hours already sits in the overtime or holiday row.Pro Tips & Key Considerations
Premium rates differ by jurisdiction — enter the figure from your contract or collective agreement; the defaults are US ones.Check whether overtime is triggered weekly or daily. Some places start the premium after eight hours in a single day.Whether bonuses and allowances belong in the base rate also varies. Leaving them out lowers every row at once.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Sources & References
U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division — Overtime PayU.S. DOL — Fact Sheet #23: Overtime Pay Requirements of the FLSABasis: Pay = base hourly rate × hours × multiplier. The 1.5 default is the US Fair Labor Standards Act rate for hours past 40 in a week; an annual salary is divided by hours per week × 52 to get the hourly rate · 2026-09-13 verified