utility calculator
Track work hours, breaks, and totals.
Save this page to track your daily work hours and calculate accurate payroll time.
Total Paid Hours
8 hours
Estimated Total Gross Pay
$144.00
Formula
Paid Hours = (Shift End - Shift Start) - (Break Minutes / 60)Calculated in minute base-60 format. Overtime hours are segmented based on daily (>8 hours) or weekly (>40 hours) thresholds and multiplied by the overtime rate.
Step by step
Example
Working Monday-Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM with a 30-minute break daily yields 8.0 paid hours per day. For the week, the total is 40.0 paid hours. If 4 hours are added on Saturday, weekly total reaches 44.0 hours, triggering 4.0 overtime hours paid at 1.5x.
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Summary
Total Paid Hours
8 hrs
Overtime Hours
0 hrs
Time exceeding threshold.
Estimated Gross Pay
$144.00
Based on hourly wage.
Hourly Wage Rate
$18.00
Regular pay base.
D3 visualization
Breakdown of working hours vs break hours vs overtime.
Guide
Paid work hours are determined by subtracting unpaid break times from the total shift duration. Standard overtime thresholds typically begin after eight daily hours or forty weekly hours, depending on regional labor regulations.
This calculator helps employees and payroll administrators calculate hours worked by entering shift start/end times and break minutes. It automatically handles overnight shifts by wrapping the end time to the next calendar day.
Shift duration
The total elapsed time between shift start and shift end, including breaks.
Overtime threshold
The number of hours beyond which employees must receive overtime premium pay.
If the shift end hour is earlier than the start hour, the calculator automatically adds 24 hours to the shift duration, assuming the work period crossed midnight.
An eight-hour workday is the standard baseline for daily overtime threshold in many jurisdictions. Hours worked beyond this baseline are itemized separately.