How much is overtime pay at $38 an hour?
Overtime pay at $38 an hour is $57.00 per overtime hour. Ten hours of overtime in a week adds $570.00 on top of the $1,520.00 you earn for 40 regular hours, for $2,090.00 in total.
| Overtime hours a week | Extra pay that week | Extra pay a year, every week | Deductible under no-tax-on-overtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $57.00 | $2,964 | $988 |
| 2 | $114.00 | $5,928 | $1,976 |
| 5 | $285.00 | $14,820 | $4,940 |
| 10 | $570.00 | $29,640 | $9,880 |
| 15 | $855.00 | $44,460 | $12,500 |
| 20 | $1,140.00 | $59,280 | $12,500 |
The rule behind the numbers
Federal law pays 1.5 times your $38 rate, $57.00, 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 $19.00 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, $18, $19, $20, $21, $22, $23, $24, $25, $26, $27, $28, $29, $30, $31, $32, $33, $34, $35, $36, $37, $39, $40 an hour. Or what is time and a half of $38 an hour.