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 |
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 $10, $11, $12, $13, $14, $15, $16, $17, $19, $20, $21, $22, $23, $24, $25, $26, $27, $28, $29, $30, $31, $32, $33, $34, $35, $36, $37, $38, $39, $40 an hour. Or what is time and a half of $18 an hour.