How much is overtime pay at $12 an hour?
Overtime pay at $12 an hour is $18.00 per overtime hour. Ten hours of overtime in a week adds $180.00 on top of the $480.00 you earn for 40 regular hours, for $660.00 in total.
| Overtime hours a week | Extra pay that week | Extra pay a year, every week | Deductible under no-tax-on-overtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $18.00 | $936 | $312 |
| 2 | $36.00 | $1,872 | $624 |
| 5 | $90.00 | $4,680 | $1,560 |
| 10 | $180.00 | $9,360 | $3,120 |
| 15 | $270.00 | $14,040 | $4,680 |
| 20 | $360.00 | $18,720 | $6,240 |
What $12 an hour pays for a whole week
Straight time up to 40 hours, then $18.00 an hour after that. A standard 40-hour week at $12 is $480.00 before tax, which is $960.00 on a biweekly paycheck, about $2,080 a month and $24,960 a year.
| Hours in the week | Gross pay | Every week for a year |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | $96.00 | $4,992 |
| 20 | $240.00 | $12,480 |
| 30 | $360.00 | $18,720 |
| 40 | $480.00 | $24,960 |
| 45 | $570.00 | $29,640 |
| 50 | $660.00 | $34,320 |
| 60 | $840.00 | $43,680 |
The rule behind the numbers
Federal law pays 1.5 times your $12 rate, $18.00, for every hour past 40 in a workweek. Hours over 8 in a day earn nothing extra unless you're in California, Alaska, Nevada or Colorado, which the calculator above handles when you pick the state. Overtime is figured per week, never averaged across a pay period.
The tax side
The last column is what the 2025 law lets you deduct if you worked that much overtime every week of the year: only the $6.00 premium per hour counts, capped at $12,500. Your employer still withholds normally, so the saving shows up as a refund. The no-tax-on-overtime calculator handles the cap and the income phase-out, and the time and a half calculator gives the rate alone.
Other wages
Overtime pay at $10, $11, $12.50, $13, $13.50, $14, $14.50, $15, $15.50, $16, $16.50, $17 an hour. Or what is time and a half of $12 an hour.