Pay and Salary Calculators

Free pay and salary calculators for raises, overtime, time off, severance and work mileage. Each page shows the formula and works through an example you can check by hand.

Which pay calculator do I need?

• Offered a raise or a new salary? The pay raise calculator shows your new pay and the raise percentage in every pay period.
• Working more than your usual hours? The overtime calculator works out the week’s total. If you only need the rate, the time and a half calculator gives it directly.
• Wondering what overtime does to your tax? The no tax on overtime calculator estimates the federal deduction for qualified overtime, the cap and the income phase-out.
• Counting time off? The PTO calculator shows the PTO you earn each pay period and what your balance will be on a future date.
• Leaving a job or being laid off? The severance pay calculator estimates a package from your pay, years of service and the weeks per year your employer offers.
• Driving for work? The mileage reimbursement calculator values your miles at the IRS standard mileage rate.

Gross pay, not take-home

Unless a page says otherwise, pay figures are gross: before tax and other deductions. Your paycheck will be lower, and by how much depends on your tax situation and benefits. Where a calculator uses an official rate, the page names the source and the year.

To show one amount in several pay periods, the calculators convert to a yearly figure and divide back out: weekly is yearly ÷ 52, every two weeks is yearly ÷ 26, twice a month is yearly ÷ 24, monthly is yearly ÷ 12, and hourly is yearly ÷ (hours per week × 52). A $25 hourly rate at 40 hours a week is $25 × 40 × 52 = $52,000 a year.

Worked examples you can check by hand

A raise. A 5% raise on $60,000 multiplies pay by 1.05, so the new salary is $63,000, an extra $3,000 a year. The same 3% raise on a $20 hourly rate gives $20 × 1.03 = $20.60 an hour. The pay raise calculator runs both directions: from a percent or dollar raise to new pay, or from old and new pay to the raise percentage.

Overtime. At $20 an hour for 45 hours with overtime at time and a half, 40 hours pay $800 and 5 overtime hours pay 5 × $30 = $150, a total of $950. The overtime calculator also handles double time and salaried pay.

The rules behind the numbers

• Overtime. The US Department of Labor describes federal overtime as pay of at least one and a half times the regular rate for hours worked over 40 in a workweek, a fixed period of 168 hours (seven consecutive 24-hour periods). The regular rate includes most pay for the work, but not expense reimbursements, overtime premiums or discretionary bonuses. Source: DOL Fact Sheet 23. Some states add daily overtime. California, for example, requires time and a half for hours over 8 up to 12 in a workday and double time beyond 12 (California DIR).
• Paid time off. The Department of Labor notes that the Fair Labor Standards Act does not require payment for time not worked, such as vacations, sick leave or holidays; these are matters of agreement between employer and employee (DOL). That is why the PTO calculator asks for your employer’s own accrual rate.
• Severance. Severance for private-sector jobs comes from an agreement, contract or company policy, so the calculator takes the weeks per year your employer offers. US federal employees follow an official formula from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The IRS treats severance pay as wages subject to Social Security and Medicare tax and income tax withholding (IRS Publication 15).
• Mileage. The IRS standard mileage rate for business use in 2026 is 72.5 cents a mile through June 30 and 76 cents from July 1, with separate medical and charity rates (IRS). Most employees cannot deduct unreimbursed car expenses, with exceptions such as self-employed people and Armed Forces members and reservists (IRS Topic 510).
• Tax on overtime. For tax years 2025 onward the IRS describes a deduction for qualified overtime compensation, meaning the part of overtime pay above your regular rate, capped at $12,500 ($25,000 on a joint return) and reduced above $150,000 of income ($300,000 joint). Read the details in the IRS guidance; our overtime calculator shows pay before tax and the no tax on overtime calculator estimates the deduction.

Pay and salary questions

How these are checked

Every calculator has automated tests built from cases simple enough to verify by hand. The methodology page explains how pay periods, rounding and reviews work, and the corrections page records any fix.