Hourly Paycheck Calculator

This hourly paycheck calculator converts your hourly rate and hours worked into take-home pay — including time-and-a-half overtime — after federal income tax, FICA, and your state's income tax.

Worked example (the defaults): $25/hour, 40 regular hours a week, no overtime, filing single in Texas (no state income tax), paid bi-weekly. That's $1,000 gross per week, $52,000 gross per year — producing $4,060 in federal income tax and $3,978 in FICA (Social Security + Medicare), for a net take-home of $1,690.85 every two weeks, an effective tax rate of 15.46%.

Add 5 hours of overtime at the same $25/hour rate, and weekly gross jumps to $1,187.50 — the 5 overtime hours pay $37.50/hour (1.5x), not the base rate. That pushes annual gross to $61,750, with federal tax rising to $5,230 and FICA to $4,723.88. This calculator uses the exact same verified tax logic as the site's salary-based Paycheck Calculator, so results stay consistent whether you're paid hourly or salaried. Comparing an hourly offer against a salaried one? Convert the salary to an hourly-equivalent rate first, then compare take-home pay side by side using both tools.

Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), non-exempt hourly employees must be paid at least 1.5x their regular rate for hours worked beyond 40 in a week:

That weekly gross is annualized (×52), then run through the same federal, FICA, and state tax calculation used across the site: federal tax uses 2026 IRS brackets after the standard deduction, FICA applies Social Security (6.2% up to the annual wage base) and Medicare (1.45%, plus 0.9% above the additional-Medicare threshold), and state tax uses your state's 2026 rate.

The 40-hour federal threshold is a floor, not a ceiling — several states require overtime pay before a worker hits 40 hours in a week. California and a small number of other states require daily overtime (typically after 8 hours in a single day, and double-time after 12), which this calculator doesn't model since it works on a weekly-hours basis. If you're in a state with daily overtime rules, calculate your actual overtime hours for the week first, factoring in any daily overtime, then enter that total into the "Overtime Hours" field here.

Also worth knowing: FLSA overtime exemptions (for salaried "exempt" employees in certain roles) mean not everyone who works over 40 hours is legally entitled to overtime pay. This calculator assumes non-exempt, hourly status, which covers the large majority of hourly workers.