How much is overtime pay at $15.50 an hour?
Overtime pay at $15.50 an hour is $23.25 per overtime hour. Ten hours of overtime in a week adds $232.50 on top of the $620.00 you earn for 40 regular hours, for $852.50 in total.
| Overtime hours a week | Extra pay that week | Extra pay a year, every week | Deductible under no-tax-on-overtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $23.25 | $1,209 | $403 |
| 2 | $46.50 | $2,418 | $806 |
| 5 | $116.25 | $6,045 | $2,015 |
| 10 | $232.50 | $12,090 | $4,030 |
| 15 | $348.75 | $18,135 | $6,045 |
| 20 | $465.00 | $24,180 | $8,060 |
What $15.50 an hour pays for a whole week
Straight time up to 40 hours, then $23.25 an hour after that. A standard 40-hour week at $15.50 is $620.00 before tax, which is $1,240.00 on a biweekly paycheck, about $2,687 a month and $32,240 a year.
| Hours in the week | Gross pay | Every week for a year |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | $124.00 | $6,448 |
| 20 | $310.00 | $16,120 |
| 30 | $465.00 | $24,180 |
| 40 | $620.00 | $32,240 |
| 45 | $736.25 | $38,285 |
| 50 | $852.50 | $44,330 |
| 60 | $1,085.00 | $56,420 |
The rule behind the numbers
Federal law pays 1.5 times your $15.50 rate, $23.25, 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 $7.75 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 $12.50, $13, $13.50, $14, $14.50, $15, $16, $16.50, $17, $17.50, $18, $18.50 an hour. Or what is time and a half of $15.50 an hour.