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Time card calculator: how many hours did I work?

Adding up a week of clock-ins and breaks before payday? Enter when you started and finished each day and your unpaid breaks. You get your hours by day, the week’s total, overtime and your pay before tax.

Overtime rules and minimum wages in effect on October 5, 2026

Your week

When you worked A shift past midnight counts for the day it started. Leave your days off empty.
California, Alaska and Colorado also have daily overtime.
Before tips. Leave it empty to add up hours only.
Overtime is then figured on the full minimum wage, as federal law requires.

Result

Your pay this week, before tax

$807.50

45:00 worked (45 hours): 40:00 regular and 5:00 overtime.

DayHoursOvertime
Monday10:00 AM – 6:30 PM · 30 min break8:00—
Tuesday10:00 AM – 6:30 PM · 30 min break8:00—
WednesdayOff—
Thursday4:00 PM – 11:00 PM7:00—
Friday11:00 AM – 11:00 PM · 30 min break11:30—
Saturday11:00 AM – 10:00 PM · 30 min break10:305:00
SundayOff—
Week45:005:00
Regular: 40:00 at $17.00$680.00
Overtime: 5:00 at $25.50$127.50
Pay before tax$807.50

Overtime past 40 hours in the workweek, at 1.5 times your rate.

How hours and overtime are figured

Each day: the end time minus the start time, minus your unpaid break. A shift that runs past midnight counts for the day it started.

Overtime starts past 40 hours in the workweek, at 1.5 times your rate. California also pays it past 8 hours in a day, and double time past 12; Alaska, past 8 hours; Colorado, past 12. Hours already paid as daily overtime don’t count toward the 40, so no hour is paid extra twice.

The example week has 45 hours. Under the federal rule, 5 of them are overtime, and at $17.00 an hour the week pays $807.50. In California, Friday and Saturday pass 8 hours, so the same week has 6 hours of overtime and pays $816.00.

On a tipped wage, overtime is figured on the full minimum, not on the tipped wage: $7.25 × 1.5 = $10.88, less the $5.12 tip credit, is $5.76 an hour under federal law.

Questions

How do I add up the hours on my time card?
For each day, subtract the start time from the end time and take off your unpaid break. Then add up the days. 10:00 AM to 6:30 PM with a 30-minute meal break is 8 hours.
How do I turn minutes into decimal hours?
Divide the minutes by 60: 15 minutes is 0.25 hours, 30 is 0.5 and 45 is 0.75. So 7 hours 45 minutes is 7.75 hours.
When does overtime start?
Under federal law, after 40 hours in a workweek, at 1.5 times your regular rate. Weekends and holidays don’t earn overtime on their own. California, Alaska and Colorado add daily overtime, and Nevada does too for workers paid under 1.5 times its minimum wage.
Do breaks count as hours worked?
Short ones do. Under federal law, breaks of 5 to 20 minutes are paid work time; meal breaks, usually 30 minutes or more, aren’t. Only enter unpaid meal breaks here.
Can my employer average overtime over two weeks?
No. Under federal law each workweek stands on its own: 30 hours one week and 50 the next still means 10 hours of overtime, even on a two-week paycheck.
How is overtime figured on a tipped wage?
On the full minimum wage, not on the tipped wage. Under federal law: $7.25 × 1.5 = $10.88, less the $5.12 tip credit, so your employer pays at least $5.76 an hour for each overtime hour, before tips. Check “I’m paid a tipped wage” to see it.

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Estimates before tax, not legal advice. Your pay stub is the official record, and your state labor department has the final word on overtime.

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