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Scope: Market-neutral work and pay planning using your own assumptions.
What this calculator helps you decide
Best for
Applying overtime hours and multipliers that you already know.
Outputs
Gross and overtime pay, premium over straight time, total hours and average rate.
Start here
Enter regular hours and up to two overtime tiers with explicit multipliers.
- Close-intent boundary
- Do not use this to calculate holiday pay; use Holiday Pay Using Your Rule Calculator. This tool cannot determine overtime entitlement, thresholds, exemptions or the legally applicable multiplier.
Apply overtime and holiday rules
Overtime Pay Using Your Rule: gross and overtime pay
Gross and overtime pay, premium over straight time, total hours and average rate.
Your overtime rule
Enter regular hours and up to two overtime tiers; no legal or employer rule is inferred.
Your numbers stay in this browser
Entered straight-time hourly rate.
Hours paid at the base rate.
Hours paid using your first entered multiplier.
Your entered multiplier; values below 1 are allowed but trigger a warning.
Second overtime tierOpen the assumptions you are less likely to change on every comparison.
Hours paid using your second entered multiplier.
Your entered multiplier; values below 1 are allowed but trigger a warning.
Calculated result
Regular, overtime, premium and average-rate effects stay explicit.
Use one currency consistently across all inputs.
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Scenario comparison
Each row names the assumption axis changed from the baseline.
ScenarioResultDifference
Entered scenario1,400.00Baseline
Tier 1 multiplier: 1.61,420.0020.00
Save these results, change an input, then compare the updated figures with this baseline.
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Calculation details
View calculation detailsView the formulas and inputs used for these results.
Gross pay under entered rule
Gross pay
grossPay = regularPay + overtimePay1,400.00 currency unitsResult1,400.00 currency units
Regular pay plus both entered overtime-tier amounts. Displayed using the engine-rounded value.
Gross pay under entered rule formula →Overtime pay
Overtime pay
overtimePay = tier1Pay + tier2Pay400.00 currency unitsResult400.00 currency units
Sum of pay calculated for both entered overtime tiers. Displayed using the engine-rounded value.
Overtime pay formula →Overtime premium over straight time
Overtime premium
overtimePremium = overtimePay − baseHourlyRate × (tier1Hours + tier2Hours)150.00 currency unitsResult150.00 currency units
Overtime pay less base-rate pay for the same overtime hours. Displayed using the engine-rounded value.
Overtime premium over straight time formula →Total hours
Total hours
totalHours = regularHours + tier1Hours + tier2Hours50Result50
Regular plus both overtime-tier hours. Displayed using the engine-rounded value.
Total hours formula →Average hourly rate
Average hourly rate
averageHourlyRate = grossPay ÷ totalHours28.00 currency unitsResult28.00 currency units
Gross pay under the entered rule divided by total hours. Displayed using the engine-rounded value.
Average hourly rate formula →Inputs used
- Base hourly rate
- 25.00 currency units
- Regular hours
- 40
- Tier 1 overtime hours
- 8
- Tier 1 multiplier
- 1.5
- Tier 2 overtime hours
- 2
- Tier 2 multiplier
- 2
Open this calculator with preset values
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| Parameter | Meaning | Unit | Allowed values | Presence | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baseHourlyRate | Entered straight-time hourly rate. | currency units/hour | 0 to 100000000 | Required | 25 |
| regularHours | Hours paid at the base rate. | hours/period | 0 to 10000 | Required | 40 |
| tier1Hours | Hours paid using your first entered multiplier. | hours/period | 0 to 10000 | Required | 8 |
| tier1Multiplier | Your entered multiplier; values below 1 are allowed but trigger a warning. | multiplier | 0 to 10 | Required | 1.5 |
| tier2Hours | Hours paid using your second entered multiplier. | hours/period | 0 to 10000 | Required | 2 |
| tier2Multiplier | Your entered multiplier; values below 1 are allowed but trigger a warning. | multiplier | 0 to 10 | Required | 2 |
Overtime Pay Using Your Rule: gross and overtime pay
Use the result only for your entered hours and multipliers.
Formula summary
- Primary formula
- grossPay = regularPay + overtimePay
Data used here
- The estimate uses your inputs and the work-value formula documented in the methodology.
Decision checks
Act on the result
Check thresholds, eligibility and multipliers against the applicable rule.
Stress-test the decision
Retest overtime hours and each multiplier; review any below-1 warning.
When this estimate can be misleading
- No overtime entitlement, threshold, exemption, award, contract or jurisdiction rule is applied.
- A multiplier below 1 can produce pay below straight time and must be reviewed.
- This is not payroll or legal advice.
- Use the result only for your entered hours and multipliers.
Educational estimate, not advice. See all assumptions & limitations →
Related reading
Use these practical guides to interpret the decision and its assumptions.
- How to use the Overtime Pay using your rule calculator safely
Calculate overtime from user-entered hours and multipliers without choosing a legal, award or employer rule.
Read guide
Frequently asked questions
What pay results from the regular hours and overtime multipliers I enter?
Check thresholds, eligibility and multipliers against the applicable rule.
Does this calculate tax or take-home pay?
No. It uses the gross, pre-tax assumptions you enter and applies no local tax, payroll or employment rule.
Which official source and period does this use?
This market-neutral tool does not use an official local policy rule.
Can I share or save a scenario?
Tool inputs and results stay in this browser. Anonymous categorical usage analytics send only governed page, tool, cluster and action identifiers; tool inputs and results are never sent. Error monitoring is disabled. Optional saved state stays only on this device.
How should I use the calculated result?
Treat the calculated result as one scenario, then verify the input record with the greatest effect on that result.