Work out what overtime adds to a paycheck
Hours past the threshold pay a multiplier — plug in rate, hours, and the multiplier and see the effective hourly rate too.
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The job
The common rule: hours up to a threshold (40/week in the US) at the straight rate, everything past it at a multiplier — 1.5× is the classic 'time and a half'. The calculator splits the paycheck into both parts and shows what the blended hour was actually worth.
Rate, hours, multiplier
Enter the hourly rate, total hours, the standard hours threshold, and the OT multiplier. Read regular pay, overtime pay, total — and the effective rate that mixes them.
Worked example
$25/h, 50 hours, 40-h threshold, 1.5×: regular $1,000, overtime $375, total $1,375 — an effective $27.50/h. Bump the multiplier to 2× for a holiday and the same hours pay $1,500.
Where it stops
One multiplier for all excess hours — no double-overtime tiers, night differentials, tip credits, or salaried-exempt logic. Japan's 25 % statutory premium maps as multiplier 1.25 over a 40-h week input.