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Salary vs overtime: $25 × 50 hours is $1,375, not $1,000

A salary on the offer letter is not an FLSA exemption. If you are non-exempt, $25/hr and 50 hours pay $1,375 ($375 overtime). Forty hours stay $1,000. The engine does not decide exempt status.

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“I am salaried, so I do not get overtime” is a job-title myth. The FLSA pays time and a half after 40 hours in the workweek unless you meet a real exemption (duties + salary-basis tests). This calculator does not classify you. If you are non-exempt, $25/hr and 50 hours is $1,375, not a flat $1,000.

Run the FLSA overtime calculator →

California daily OT is a different tool. More: United States calculators hub.

Exempt is a test, not a paycheck label

Payroll can print “salary” and still owe overtime. DOL looks at duties (executive, administrative, professional, computer, outside sales) and the salary-basis floor. This page only does the weekly-40 math.

Direct answer: $25 × 50 hours = $1,375

HoursStraight timeOT at $37.50Week
40$1,000$0$1,000
50$1,000$375$1,375
48 at $22$880$264$1,144

10 × $25 × 1.5 = $375. The “salary” story that pays $1,000 for any hours over 40 is short $375 that week.

Same week at $22 and 48 hours (common “I stayed late twice”): $1,144, not $880.

FLSA weekly 40 (this engine)

OT hours = max(week − 40, 0) week pay = 40 × rate + OT hours × rate × 1.5

What this page does not decide

  • Exemption. No duties test, no 2024/2025 salary-threshold fight. Ask DOL or counsel.
  • Regular rate. Bonuses and commissions can raise the $25 before you multiply 1.5 (29 U.S.C. § 207(e)). v1 uses the hourly rate you type.
  • California daily OT. Four 10-hour days are still 40 federal hours. CA may still owe daily OT. Use the CA overtime calculator.
  • FIT / FICA on the OT check. Run the extra $375 through the paycheck calculator.

Common mix-ups

  • Salary = manager. Title does not grant the executive exemption.
  • Comp time instead of cash in the private sector. Federal law is tight here. Do not assume HR can bank the 10 hours.
  • “We pay weekly so 50 hours is fine.” The workweek is 40, not the pay cycle. See biweekly vs semimonthly.

Only if you are non-exempt. Convert $52,000 ÷ 52 ÷ 40 = $25. Then 50 hours is $1,375 on this engine. If you are exempt, the calculator does not apply.

No. It is gross for the week. FICA and FIT still come out. A $1,375 week is not the $2,000 biweekly examples on the paycheck pages.

This is federal FLSA. Some states add daily OT or a higher minimum. The engine stays at the weekly 40.

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