Overtime Cost Calculator

01Pay

Overtime under the FLSA is hours over 40 in a workweek.

02Overtime

Overtime rate

Federal law requires at least time and a half; some states and contracts require double time.

03State unemployment tax

State unemployment tax rate

Established employers get their own rate each year on a state rate notice.

Overtime cost per year

$10,496

260 overtime hours at $37.50/hr plus employer taxes

Cost per overtime hour
$40.37
Cost per regular hour
$27.05
Overtime pay
$9,750
Extra employer payroll taxes
$746
Overtime cost per week
$201.84
  • Unemployment taxes stop at their wage bases, so overtime usually adds only Social Security and Medicare once regular pay has passed those bases.
  • Overtime is owed for hours over 40 in a workweek to nonexempt employees, at no less than time and a half of the regular rate, which includes non-discretionary bonuses and most other pay (DOL Fact Sheet #23). Some states also require daily overtime.
  • New Texas employers pay 2.7% or their industry's average rate, whichever is higher.

Overtime cost per year: $10,496 260 overtime hours at $37.50/hr plus employer taxes

Show the breakdown
What overtime adds
LineWithout overtimeWith overtimeOvertime adds
Pay$52,000$61,750$9,750
Employer Social Security$3,224$3,829$605
Employer Medicare$754$895$141
Federal unemployment (FUTA)$42$42$0
Texas unemployment tax$243$243$0
Total cost$56,263$66,759$10,496
Cost per hour
  • Regular hour$27
  • Overtime hour$40

Calculator by CalcBloc · rates from official sources, checked 2026-10-17.