How much is overtime pay at $18 an hour?
Overtime pay at $18 an hour is $27.00 per overtime hour. Ten hours of overtime in a week adds $270.00 on top of the $720.00 you earn for 40 regular hours, for $990.00 in total.
| Overtime hours a week | Extra pay that week | Extra pay a year, every week | Deductible under no-tax-on-overtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $27.00 | $1,404 | $468 |
| 2 | $54.00 | $2,808 | $936 |
| 5 | $135.00 | $7,020 | $2,340 |
| 10 | $270.00 | $14,040 | $4,680 |
| 15 | $405.00 | $21,060 | $7,020 |
| 20 | $540.00 | $28,080 | $9,360 |
What $18 an hour pays for a whole week
Straight time up to 40 hours, then $27.00 an hour after that. A standard 40-hour week at $18 is $720.00 before tax, which is $1,440.00 on a biweekly paycheck, about $3,120 a month and $37,440 a year.
| Hours in the week | Gross pay | Every week for a year |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | $144.00 | $7,488 |
| 20 | $360.00 | $18,720 |
| 30 | $540.00 | $28,080 |
| 40 | $720.00 | $37,440 |
| 45 | $855.00 | $44,460 |
| 50 | $990.00 | $51,480 |
| 60 | $1,260.00 | $65,520 |
The rule behind the numbers
Federal law pays 1.5 times your $18 rate, $27.00, 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 $9.00 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 $15, $15.50, $16, $16.50, $17, $17.50, $18.50, $19, $19.50, $20, $20.50, $21 an hour. Or what is time and a half of $18 an hour.