Time and a Half Calculator

Time and a half means one and a half times your normal hourly rate. It is the standard premium for overtime hours in the US, and the arithmetic is a single multiplication.

The multiplier applies to the whole hour rather than to some extra portion of it, which is the part people second guess. A premium hour pays the full 1.5 times rate. The mental shortcut is to halve your rate and add it back on, so $18 plus $9 gives $27 without reaching for a calculator at all.

Hourly rates from $10 to $40 converted to their time and a half and double time rates, with what a full eight hour shift at time and a half is worth. All figures are gross, before tax.

The main trigger is federal overtime. Covered non exempt employees are owed at least time and a half for hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. That rule counts hours, not days, so it does not matter whether the extra hours landed on a Tuesday or a Sunday.

Four states add a daily trigger on top. California, Alaska and Nevada set an eight hour daily threshold and Colorado sets a twelve hour one, so a long shift can earn the premium even in a week that never reaches 40 hours. The overtime pay calculator handles those state rules day by day and splits your week into regular, time and a half, and double time hours.

Everything else is employer policy. Weekend premiums, holiday premiums, on call rates, and shift differentials are common, and many union contracts specify time and a half for particular situations, but none of them are federal requirements. If your handbook promises a premium, that promise is what you hold your employer to.

Double time is two times your normal rate. Unlike time and a half, it is not a federal requirement at all. Where it shows up is in California, which requires it beyond twelve hours in a workday and beyond eight hours on a seventh consecutive workday, and in employer policies and union agreements that choose to offer it for holidays or for very long shifts.

The arithmetic is the easy version: $20 an hour becomes $40, and an eight hour shift pays $320 instead of $160. The calculator above shows the double time figure alongside the time and a half one so you can see both without switching modes, which is useful when you are checking a pay stub against a policy that mixes the two.

General information about how overtime and premium pay are usually calculated, not legal advice. Your own pay depends on your state, your employer policy, and any union agreement.