How much is overtime pay at $18.50 an hour?
Overtime pay at $18.50 an hour is $27.75 per overtime hour. Ten hours of overtime in a week adds $277.50 on top of the $740.00 you earn for 40 regular hours, for $1,017.50 in total.
| Overtime hours a week | Extra pay that week | Extra pay a year, every week | Deductible under no-tax-on-overtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $27.75 | $1,443 | $481 |
| 2 | $55.50 | $2,886 | $962 |
| 5 | $138.75 | $7,215 | $2,405 |
| 10 | $277.50 | $14,430 | $4,810 |
| 15 | $416.25 | $21,645 | $7,215 |
| 20 | $555.00 | $28,860 | $9,620 |
What $18.50 an hour pays for a whole week
Straight time up to 40 hours, then $27.75 an hour after that. A standard 40-hour week at $18.50 is $740.00 before tax, which is $1,480.00 on a biweekly paycheck, about $3,207 a month and $38,480 a year.
| Hours in the week | Gross pay | Every week for a year |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | $148.00 | $7,696 |
| 20 | $370.00 | $19,240 |
| 30 | $555.00 | $28,860 |
| 40 | $740.00 | $38,480 |
| 45 | $878.75 | $45,695 |
| 50 | $1,017.50 | $52,910 |
| 60 | $1,295.00 | $67,340 |
The rule behind the numbers
Federal law pays 1.5 times your $18.50 rate, $27.75, 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 $9.25 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 $15.50, $16, $16.50, $17, $17.50, $18, $19, $19.50, $20, $20.50, $21, $21.50 an hour. Or what is time and a half of $18.50 an hour.