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How overtime pay is calculated
Regular pay is hourly rate × regular hours. Overtime pay is hourly rate × overtime multiplier × overtime hours. Double time uses its own multiplier. Total pay is the three pieces added together.
Many places use 1.5× after 40 hours in a week or after 8 hours in a day. Some contracts use 2× on holidays. This tool does not apply a specific labour law. Set the hours and multipliers your job actually uses.
In Canada, overtime rules are set by each province. In the United States, federal overtime is generally 1.5× after 40 hours for non-exempt staff, with extra state rules. Always check your employment standards office or HR policy.
Worked example
A $22/hour job with 40 regular hours and 6 hours at 1.5×: regular $880, overtime $198, total $1,078 before tax. Add 4 holiday hours at 2× and double time is $176, total $1,254.
The lunch-table version of a $20 an hour week is different. Forty hours is $800. If overtime starts at 44, those 44 hours stay at $20 and the week is $880. If the contract pays 1.5× after 40, four hours at $30 add $120 and the week is $920. A 10-hour day with overtime after 8 is $160 plus $60, or $220. Treating all 10 hours as time-and-a-half ($300) is wrong.
Ontario employment standards generally start overtime after 44 hours in a week for many employees, at 1.5×, not 2×. US federal overtime for non-exempt staff is generally after 40 hours. Managers, some IT roles, and some trucking jobs are exempt. Put the threshold your contract uses in the boxes; this page will not invent a statute.
A week that looks like overtime and is not
Take $18.50 an hour, 40 hours at the straight rate, and 5 hours at 1.5. Regular pay is 18.50 × 40 = $740. Overtime is 18.50 × 1.5 × 5 = $138.75. Gross for the week is $878.75. If you drop all 45 hours into the overtime box, the page multiplies every hour by 1.5 and prints $1,248.75. That is $370 too high, and it is the mistake this form cannot catch for you. Straight time stays in the regular box. Only the hours past the threshold go in overtime.
Double time is a separate pile. A holiday that pays 2× does not belong in the 1.5 box. Four hours at 2× on an $18.50 rate is $148, and that $148 is added to the week. It does not replace the regular hours you also worked.
The threshold is a contract, not a guess
Ontario employment standards often start overtime after 44 hours in a week for many jobs, at 1.5, not after 40 and not at 2×. A federally regulated workplace, a union agreement, or a US non-exempt job can use 40. Some salaried roles are exempt and this page will still multiply whatever you type. A number here is not a ruling that you are owed the extra. Match the boxes to the policy, then compare the gross to the pay stub before deductions.
Tax, CPP, EI, union dues, and a pension come off after this total. For the straight-time year that sits under those extra hours, the hourly to salary calculator uses rate × hours × weeks and leaves overtime out on purpose.
Where this sits on a paycheque
The overtime box is only the wage multiplier. A paycheque is not the hourly rate times the hours puts that week next to EI, CPP, and vacation pay.
Watch the same example
The video runs the $20 an hour cases in the example: 40 hours, 44 with no bump, 44 at time-and-a-half after 40, and a 10-hour day.
Common questions
Is overtime always time-and-a-half?
No. Many jobs use 1.5×, some use 2×, and some salaried roles are exempt. Use the multiplier your contract names.
Does this include taxes?
No. This is gross pay only. Use a payroll or take-home estimator if you need net pay.
Can I include daily overtime?
Yes. Put daily overtime hours in the overtime box and holiday hours in double time.