Calculate Overtime Pay From Wages and Hours
Enter monthly wages, paid workdays, normal daily hours, overtime hours and the multiplier that applies to your agreement or local rule. The calculator exposes the daily and hourly rate so the total can be checked.
- Ordinary daily rate
- $181.82
- Hourly rate
- $22.73
- Multiplier
- 1.5 times
- Overtime hours
- 3.0
The calculator applies your stated divisor and multiplier. It does not determine statutory eligibility or entitlement.
Calculate a stated overtime scenario
Estimate overtime pay from monthly wages, paid workdays, daily hours, overtime hours and a selected multiplier.
Check eligibility and wage definitions in the overtime calculation guide, then retain the evidence in the payslip error checklist.
Confirm entitlement, workday type and recorded hours first
Identify the workday
Normal days, rest days and public holidays can require different calculations.
Confirm legal eligibility
The tool applies a chosen rate but cannot decide whether statutory entitlement exists.
- Hours and rate
- Monthly wages divided by entered paid workdays and normal daily hours, multiplied by overtime hours and the selected multiplier.
- Use this scenario to
- Reproducing one overtime scenario with known wage and hour inputs.
- The calculator cannot decide
- Legal eligibility, the statutory wage definition and normal-hours rest-day or holiday pay.
Formula applied
The tool divides monthly wages by the paid workdays you enter, divides again by normal daily hours, then multiplies by overtime hours and the selected multiplier. Every input remains visible.
Rest-day, holiday and weekly-salary rules may require a different divisor or calculation.
Eligibility is outside the calculator
Local law, wage thresholds, occupation, contract and claim type can affect entitlement. The legal definition of wages can also differ from a basic-salary input. Do not use the result as proof that payroll owes the displayed amount.
Preserve time records, approvals, contract and payslips for a proper check.
Verification and worked examples
Build the time evidence before valuing it
Create one row for each work date with scheduled hours, actual start and finish, unpaid breaks, workday category, approval and the payslip period that should contain payment. Total ordinary, rest-day and holiday hours separately before applying any multiplier. If payroll disagrees, the record will show whether the dispute concerns time, classification, wage base, divisor or rate. A single monthly overtime total cannot identify which of those inputs caused the difference.
Questions about overtime eligibility, rates and multipliers
Does this calculator decide whether I am legally entitled to overtime?
No. Eligibility depends on the law, wage definition, occupation, contract and claim facts.
Why does the scenario divide monthly wages by 26?
The displayed method follows the ordinary-rate example used for an eligible monthly-rated employee in the relevant labour authority guidance.
Can one multiplier cover every rest-day or public-holiday case?
No. Separate the workday type and hours first, then confirm the applicable statutory calculation.
Connect the hours calculation to the actual payslip
Understand salary from contract to payslip and bank credit, with practical checks for earnings, deductions, corrections and payment records.