Estimate gross weekly earnings
If you know your total hours for the week, enter those hours and your base hourly wage. The calculator separates regular and overtime hours using the threshold you choose, then adds regular pay and overtime pay together. The result is an estimate of gross earnings before withholding or other deductions, which makes it useful for checking a schedule, comparing shifts, or estimating an upcoming paycheck. For example, changing the hours from 40 to 45 immediately shows how five overtime hours affect the total.
Gross pay is different from take-home pay
Your actual paycheck can be lower because payroll may subtract federal, state, and local taxes, insurance premiums, retirement contributions, garnishments, or other deductions. Those amounts depend on personal and employer-specific information, so this calculator intentionally stops at gross pay rather than presenting a tax estimate as if it were a payroll calculation. If your employer pays bonuses, commissions, shift differentials, or other premiums, add those separately when comparing the estimate with an actual pay stub. This keeps the weekly estimate easy to audit.