Estimate your hourly paycheck, overtime earnings, payroll taxes, deductions, and take home pay with the PayDay Hourly Paycheck Calculator.
Enter your hourly rate, hours worked, pay frequency, and deductions to see an estimated net paycheck.
With PayDay, organizations can manage hourly wages, overtime, deductions, and payroll operations in one place.
Calculator
Add hourly wages, overtime, tax, withholding, and benefit details to estimate each paycheck and annual take home pay.
This calculator provides an estimate only. Actual payroll amounts may vary based on tax rules, local taxes, employee benefits, withholding elections, and employer payroll policies.
Enter hours, taxes, and deductions to estimate gross wages and take-home pay.
Enter your hourly rate, regular hours, overtime hours, and pay frequency.
Add filing status, state, benefits, retirement contributions, and other deductions.
View gross wages, estimated payroll taxes, deductions, and take-home pay.
Payroll basics
An hourly paycheck calculator estimates net pay for employees paid by the hour. It calculates earnings from hourly rates and worked hours, adds overtime and other earnings, then subtracts applicable taxes and deductions.
Employees can use it to preview take-home pay before payday. Employers can use it to review wage scenarios, overtime impact, and payroll planning estimates.
Hourly paycheck calculation starts with worked hours and subtracts estimated payroll taxes, benefits, and other employee deductions.
Regular Pay = Hourly Rate x Regular Hours
Overtime Pay = Hourly Rate x Overtime Hours x Overtime Multiplier
Gross Pay = Regular Pay + Overtime Pay + Additional Earnings
Net Pay = Gross Pay - Taxes - Benefits - Other Deductions
Regular pay comes from multiplying each hourly rate by the regular hours worked at that rate.
Overtime is estimated separately with an overtime base rate, overtime hours, and overtime multiplier.
The calculator estimates federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare, and state income tax.
Pre-tax and post-tax deductions can include retirement savings, health insurance, and other payroll adjustments.
Net pay is the estimated paycheck amount remaining after taxes and deductions.
Gross earnings depend on actual hours worked in each pay period.
52
typical pay periods per year
26
typical pay periods per year
24
typical pay periods per year
12
typical pay periods per year
Example
This illustrative example shows how regular hourly wages and overtime create gross pay. The final net paycheck varies by state, filing status, benefits, and deductions.
Illustrative example
A paycheck estimate helps employees and payroll teams understand the moving parts behind hourly net pay.
Preview how hourly wages, taxes, and deductions may affect each paycheck.
See how overtime hours and multipliers change gross pay before payroll runs.
Compare expected net pay across different hours, rates, deductions, and pay frequencies.
Model hourly wages, overtime, deductions, and payroll cost scenarios for planning.
Employers can use an hourly paycheck calculator for payroll planning, overtime cost estimates, employee wage discussions, and compensation planning.
PayDay helps businesses manage hourly wages, payroll deductions, employee payments, and payroll operations in one place.
Clear answers about hourly paycheck estimates, overtime, deductions, taxes, and payroll planning.
Multiply each hourly rate by the hours worked, add overtime and extra earnings, then subtract estimated taxes, benefits, and other deductions to estimate take home pay.
Overtime pay is estimated by multiplying the overtime base hourly rate by overtime hours and the overtime multiplier, commonly 1.5.
Many U.S. employees use overtime after 40 hours in a workweek, but actual overtime rules can vary by job type, state law, and employer policy.
Yes. It estimates federal income tax, Social Security tax, Medicare tax, and state income tax using the same simplified approach as PayDay's salary paycheck calculator.
Yes. You can add up to six hourly-rate rows, each with its own rate and regular hours worked.
Gross pay is earnings before taxes and deductions. Net pay is the estimated amount left after taxes, pre-tax deductions, and post-tax deductions.
Yes. Employers can use it to estimate hourly wages, overtime costs, payroll deductions, and overall payroll planning scenarios.
Actual payroll can vary because of local taxes, benefit elections, W-4 settings, employer policies, rounding, wage rules, and payroll system configuration.
Calculate hourly wages, manage overtime, deductions, and payroll with PayDay.