How much is overtime pay at $20 an hour?
Overtime pay at $20 an hour is $30.00 per overtime hour. Ten hours of overtime in a week adds $300.00 on top of the $800.00 you earn for 40 regular hours, for $1,100.00 in total.
| Overtime hours a week | Extra pay that week | Extra pay a year, every week | Deductible under no-tax-on-overtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $30.00 | $1,560 | $520 |
| 2 | $60.00 | $3,120 | $1,040 |
| 5 | $150.00 | $7,800 | $2,600 |
| 10 | $300.00 | $15,600 | $5,200 |
| 15 | $450.00 | $23,400 | $7,800 |
| 20 | $600.00 | $31,200 | $10,400 |
What $20 an hour pays for a whole week
Straight time up to 40 hours, then $30.00 an hour after that. A standard 40-hour week at $20 is $800.00 before tax, which is $1,600.00 on a biweekly paycheck, about $3,467 a month and $41,600 a year.
| Hours in the week | Gross pay | Every week for a year |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | $160.00 | $8,320 |
| 20 | $400.00 | $20,800 |
| 30 | $600.00 | $31,200 |
| 40 | $800.00 | $41,600 |
| 45 | $950.00 | $49,400 |
| 50 | $1,100.00 | $57,200 |
| 60 | $1,400.00 | $72,800 |
The rule behind the numbers
Federal law pays 1.5 times your $20 rate, $30.00, 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 $10.00 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 $17, $17.50, $18, $18.50, $19, $19.50, $20.50, $21, $21.50, $22, $22.50, $23 an hour. Or what is time and a half of $20 an hour.