How much is overtime pay at $21 an hour?
Overtime pay at $21 an hour is $31.50 per overtime hour. Ten hours of overtime in a week adds $315.00 on top of the $840.00 you earn for 40 regular hours, for $1,155.00 in total.
| Overtime hours a week | Extra pay that week | Extra pay a year, every week | Deductible under no-tax-on-overtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $31.50 | $1,638 | $546 |
| 2 | $63.00 | $3,276 | $1,092 |
| 5 | $157.50 | $8,190 | $2,730 |
| 10 | $315.00 | $16,380 | $5,460 |
| 15 | $472.50 | $24,570 | $8,190 |
| 20 | $630.00 | $32,760 | $10,920 |
What $21 an hour pays for a whole week
Straight time up to 40 hours, then $31.50 an hour after that. A standard 40-hour week at $21 is $840.00 before tax, which is $1,680.00 on a biweekly paycheck, about $3,640 a month and $43,680 a year.
| Hours in the week | Gross pay | Every week for a year |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | $168.00 | $8,736 |
| 20 | $420.00 | $21,840 |
| 30 | $630.00 | $32,760 |
| 40 | $840.00 | $43,680 |
| 45 | $997.50 | $51,870 |
| 50 | $1,155.00 | $60,060 |
| 60 | $1,470.00 | $76,440 |
The rule behind the numbers
Federal law pays 1.5 times your $21 rate, $31.50, 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 $10.50 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 $18, $18.50, $19, $19.50, $20, $20.50, $21.50, $22, $22.50, $23, $23.50, $24 an hour. Or what is time and a half of $21 an hour.