Use this salary calculator to calculate your pay from hours worked, hourly rate and overtime. Add optional earnings and a deduction percentage to estimate gross pay and take-home pay, or calculate your hours directly from start and end times.
How to Use the Salary Calculator
Use this salary calculator to estimate your pay from the hours you worked and your hourly rate. Enter your regular hours and base hourly rate, then add overtime, additional earnings or an optional deduction percentage if they apply to you.
You can enter your total hours directly or choose Calculate from work times if you know your clock-in and clock-out times instead. SumHours calculates the work duration first and then uses those hours to calculate your pay.
You can also estimate commission or revenue-share earnings. Choose Commission / Revenue Share, enter the revenue or sales amount, and say whether the percentage is the share you receive or the share the company keeps. Add optional base pay and additional earnings, then enter a deduction percentage or a fixed deduction if you want a simple take-home estimate. The calculator applies the numbers you enter; it does not determine tax rates or your contractual entitlement.
Calculate Salary From Hours Worked
This hourly salary calculator is useful when you know your regular hours, hourly rate and any overtime worked.
If you already know the number of hours you worked, use the Enter hours option.
The basic calculation is:
Regular pay = regular hours × hourly rate
For example, if you worked 40 hours at $20 per hour:
40 × $20 = $800 gross regular pay
You can enter hours and minutes separately, so you do not need to convert partial hours into decimals first.
Calculate Pay From Start and End Times
If you do not know your total hours, switch to Calculate from work times. Enter your start and end times and SumHours calculates the worked duration before calculating your pay.
You can add more than one work period when your day contains separate shifts or an unpaid gap.
For example:
- 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM = 4 hours
- 12:30 PM to 5:00 PM = 4 hours 30 minutes
- Total worked = 8 hours 30 minutes
At $20 per hour, 8 hours 30 minutes produces an estimated gross pay of $170.00.
Calculate Commission and Revenue-Share Earnings
Commission earnings are the revenue amount multiplied by your share. If you receive 50% of $10,000, your commission is $5,000. If the company keeps 40%, your share is the remaining 60%, so $10,000 produces $6,000 before any base pay, additional earnings or deductions.
Under Rate means, choose I receive this % or Company keeps this % before comparing the result with your agreement. A 40% share for you and a 40% share kept by the company produce different earnings.
| Example | Amount |
|---|---|
| Revenue / sales generated | $10,000.00 |
| Your share | 50% |
| Commission / revenue-share earnings | $5,000.00 |
| Base pay | $0.00 |
| Additional earnings | $30.00 |
| Gross pay | $5,030.00 |
| Estimated deductions (12%) | $603.60 |
| Estimated take-home pay | $4,426.40 |
The 12% deduction is an example entered by the user, not a suggested tax rate. Estimated take-home pay is a mathematical estimate based on the deductions you entered. It is not tax, payroll, financial or employment-law advice.
In this mode you can also enter Fixed deductions / fees, an amount you type that is taken off after the percentage; if deductions add up to more than gross pay, the calculator shows the negative result and says so rather than hiding it.
Additional earnings and the deduction percentage are shared by all three ways of calculating pay, so check them when you switch between Enter hours, Calculate from work times and Commission / Revenue Share. The breakdown under the result lists every amount that was included.
Salary Calculator With Overtime
Open the optional overtime section when some of your hours are paid at a different rate. For time-and-a-half and double-time rate tables and worked overtime examples, see the Overtime Calculator.
SumHours supports two overtime methods:
Overtime Multiplier
Choose a multiplier such as 1.5×, 2× or a custom value. The calculator multiplies your normal hourly rate by the selected overtime multiplier.
For example:
- Regular hours: 40
- Base rate: $20 per hour
- Overtime hours: 5
- Overtime multiplier: 1.5×
Your overtime rate is $30 per hour, so:
- Regular pay = $800
- Overtime pay = $150
- Gross pay = $950
Exact Overtime Rate
If you already know the hourly rate paid for overtime, select Exact overtime rate and enter it directly.
This is useful when your overtime rate is set by your employer, contract or another rule and does not match a simple multiplier.
SumHours does not decide which overtime rule applies to you. Enter the multiplier or overtime rate that applies to your situation.
Regular Pay, Overtime Pay and Gross Pay
The calculator shows each part of your pay separately so you can see how the total was calculated.
The basic gross-pay formula is:
Gross pay = regular pay + overtime pay + additional earnings
Additional earnings are optional and can be used for an amount such as a bonus, allowance or other extra pay that you want to include in the estimate.
Estimate Take-Home Pay With Optional Deductions
You can enter an optional Estimated deductions (%) value to see a simple take-home estimate.
For example, suppose you have:
- Regular pay: $1,300
- Overtime pay: $450
- Gross pay: $1,750
- Estimated deductions: 18%
The calculator estimates:
- Estimated deductions = $315
- Estimated take-home pay = $1,435
The deduction percentage is entered by you. SumHours does not determine your income-tax rate, social-security contribution or other statutory deductions.
Estimated take-home pay is a mathematical estimate based on the deduction percentage you enter. It is not tax, payroll, financial or employment-law advice.
Hourly Pay With Hours and Minutes
You do not need to convert your work time into decimal hours before using the calculator.
For example, 8 hours 30 minutes is 8.5 hours. At $12.50 per hour:
8.5 × $12.50 = $106.25
If you only need to convert time between hours and minutes and decimal hours, use the Time to Decimal Calculator.
Pay Period and Currency
Choose the currency that matches the pay figures you are entering. SumHours supports common currencies including US dollars, euros, British pounds, Canadian dollars, Australian dollars and New Zealand dollars.
You can also choose a pay-period label such as weekly, fortnightly, monthly or another period where available. The pay period describes the hours you entered; it does not change tax rules or automatically apply country-specific payroll deductions.
Gross Pay vs Estimated Take-Home Pay
Gross pay is the total estimated pay before the deduction percentage you entered is removed.
Estimated take-home pay is the gross amount minus your optional estimated deductions.
For example:
| Pay item | Example |
|---|---|
| Regular pay | $1,300 |
| Overtime pay | $450 |
| Gross pay | $1,750 |
| Estimated deductions (18%) | $315 |
| Estimated take-home | $1,435 |
How the Salary Calculator Works
SumHours calculates work time using minutes internally and then applies the hourly rates you enter. This avoids treating values such as 8 hours 30 minutes as 8.30 hours.
The calculator uses these basic formulas:
- Regular pay = regular worked time × base hourly rate
- Overtime pay = overtime worked time × overtime rate
- Gross pay = regular pay + overtime pay + additional earnings
- Estimated deductions = gross pay × deduction percentage
- Estimated take-home = gross pay − estimated deductions
Read more about how SumHours calculates and tests time values on our Calculation Methodology page.
Who Can Use This Salary Calculator?
This tool can be useful for hourly employees, shift workers, freelancers, contractors and anyone who wants to estimate pay from hours worked.
Because the overtime rate and deduction percentage are entered manually, the calculator is not tied to one country or one payroll system. Use the rates and deductions that apply to your own situation.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I calculate salary from hours worked?
Multiply the hours worked by the hourly rate. If some hours are paid at an overtime rate, calculate those hours separately and add the overtime pay to the regular pay.
How do I calculate overtime pay?
Enter your overtime hours and either an overtime multiplier or an exact overtime hourly rate. For example, if your normal rate is $20 and your overtime multiplier is 1.5×, the overtime rate is $30 per hour.
Can I calculate salary from clock-in and clock-out times?
Yes. Choose Calculate from work times, enter the start and end times for your work periods and SumHours calculates the total worked time before estimating your pay.
Can the calculator handle more than one work period?
Yes. You can add separate work periods when your day contains multiple shifts or gaps between periods of work.
Does the Salary Calculator calculate taxes automatically?
No. SumHours does not determine your tax rate or apply country-specific payroll rules. You can enter an optional deduction percentage if you want a simple estimated take-home amount.
What is the difference between gross pay and take-home pay?
Gross pay is your estimated pay before the deduction percentage you entered. Estimated take-home pay is the gross amount after that user-entered percentage has been deducted.
Can I use an exact overtime rate instead of 1.5×?
Yes. Choose the exact overtime-rate option and enter the hourly amount paid for your overtime hours.
Can I calculate pay for 8 hours 30 minutes?
Yes. Enter 8 in the hours field and 30 in the minutes field. SumHours uses the correct time value when calculating your pay.
Can I print my salary estimate?
Yes. Use Print / Save PDF to print the result or save a copy using your browser’s PDF option. You can also use Copy result to copy the salary breakdown.
The SumHours salary calculator is designed to give you a clear pay estimate without requiring an account or automatically applying country-specific tax rules.
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