Overtime Calculator Australia: Rates & Penalties
Time and a half is 150% of the base hourly rate; double time is 200%. At $32 an hour those rates are $48 and $64. Australian awards determine when daily or weekly overtime and weekend penalties apply. Enter the actual hours, unpaid breaks and your award’s multipliers to split ordinary, overtime and penalty hours and estimate gross pay.
Gross pay
$1,864.00
- Total hours
- 51.5
- Ordinary hours
- 38
- Overtime tier1 hours
- 9.5
- Overtime tier2 hours
- 0
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Calculation breakdown
- Ordinary hours
- 38
- Overtime tier1 hours
- 9.5
- Overtime tier2 hours
- 0
- Penalty hours — saturday
- 4
- Total hours
- 51.5
- Pay ordinary
- $1,216.00
- Pay overtime tier1
- $456.00
- Pay overtime tier2
- $0.00
- Pay penalty
- $192.00
- Gross pay
- $1,864.00
| Ordinary hours | 38 |
|---|---|
| Overtime tier1 hours | 9.5 |
| Overtime tier2 hours | 0 |
| Penalty hours — saturday | 4 |
| Total hours | 51.5 |
| Pay ordinary | $1,216.00 |
| Pay overtime tier1 | $456.00 |
| Pay overtime tier2 | $0.00 |
| Pay penalty | $192.00 |
| Gross pay | $1,864.00 |
| Day | Hours | Ordinary | Ot1 | Ot2 | Penalty | Multiplier | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 9.5 | 7.6 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $334.40 |
| Tue | 9.5 | 7.6 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $334.40 |
| Wed | 9.5 | 7.6 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $334.40 |
| Thu | 9.5 | 7.6 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $334.40 |
| Fri | 9.5 | 7.6 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $334.40 |
| Sat | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.5 | $192.00 |
Enter the multipliers and thresholds from the applicable award or agreement. These are editable examples, not an award interpretation. An earlier finish time means an overnight shift.
51.5 hours give $1,864.00 gross pay before tax and super, using the ordinary-hour limits and multipliers entered.
At a glance
- Hours per day
- finish − start − unpaid breaks; overnight shifts are handled
- Daily overtime
- hours above the daily ordinary hours (7.6 or 8 under most awards)
- Weekly overtime
- ordinary hours above 38 become overtime
- Common award multipliers
- first 2 or 3 hours 150%, then 200%; Saturday 150%, Sunday 200%, public holiday 250%
- Note
- Casual loading, allowances and span-of-hours penalties are not included; set them from your award
- Note
- National minimum wage $26.44 an hour from 1 July 2026
- Note
- Exports a generic timesheet CSV; map it to your payroll system's verified layout
How it is calculated
Subtract unpaid breaks from elapsed time, including shifts that cross midnight. Apply the daily overtime rule, weekly ordinary-hours limit and the configured penalty rates.
per day: hours = end − start − break (add 24 h if end < start)
weekday: ordinary = min(hours, daily_cap); extra = hours − ordinary
ot1 = min(extra, tier1_hours); ot2 = extra − ot1
penalty day (Sat/Sun/PH with a multiplier set): all hours at that day's multiplier; none count as ordinary
weekly cap: if Σ ordinary > weekly_cap: the excess moves from ordinary to ot1
pay = ordinary × rate + ot1 × rate × m1 + ot2 × rate × m2 + Σ penalty_hours × rate × m_day- Rates as at 2026-09-07 from Minimum Wage · Verification pending
What is time and a half of $32 an hour?
Multiply the base hourly rate by 1.5: $32 becomes $48. Two hours at that rate are $96 before tax. Check whether the award applies the multiplier to the base rate or a loaded rate, particularly for casual employees.
Is overtime taxed at a separate rate?
Overtime is employment income and forms part of the pay on which the employer calculates PAYG withholding. A larger pay period can increase withholding, but overtime has no separate final income-tax rate. This calculator estimates gross pay and does not calculate tax withholding.
How is overtime calculated in Australia?
By the award or agreement that covers the employee, and most follow the same shape. Ordinary hours are capped per day (7.6 hours for a 38-hour week over five days, or 8 hours under awards that allow it) and per week (38 hours, sometimes averaged over a cycle). Hours beyond the daily cap on a weekday are overtime, paid at 150% for the first two or three hours and 200% after that; hours beyond the weekly cap are overtime even if no single day went over. Saturday, Sunday and public holiday work is paid at penalty rates that vary by award, commonly 150%, 200% and 250%. The calculator applies the daily rule first, then the weekly cap, then the penalty days, using the multipliers you set.
How do you calculate hours worked from a time card?
Subtract the start time from the finish time and take off unpaid breaks. A 7:00 start and 5:00 pm finish with a 30-minute unpaid lunch is 9.5 hours. Overnight shifts cross midnight, so a 10:00 pm start and 6:00 am finish is 8 hours less breaks, not a negative number; the calculator adds 24 hours when the finish is earlier than the start. Paid breaks (a 10-minute tea break under many awards) stay in the hours; unpaid meal breaks come out. Round in the employee’s favour where the award requires it, and keep the raw times: Fair Work requires employers to keep time and wages records for seven years.
What multipliers should you use?
The ones in your award, which you can find by searching the award on the Fair Work Ombudsman site or with its pay calculator. The defaults here (2 hours at 150% then 200%, Saturday 150%, Sunday 200%, public holidays 250%) match the pattern in many general awards but not all: some awards pay 175% for casual overtime, some have different Saturday rates before and after noon, some treat the first three hours at 150%, and some have no weekend penalty at all for certain classifications. Enter the figures from your award and the calculator does the arithmetic; it does not know which award applies, and it says so.
How does a timesheet get into payroll?
As hours by pay category: ordinary, overtime at each multiplier, and each penalty type, per day or per week. This page exports a generic CSV with those categories, optional dates and employee name. Map it to your payroll system’s verified import layout and test a small batch; this is not a tenant-approved import template. In a payroll system with award interpretation, such as MYOB Acumatica payroll with its time and attendance integration, the split is done automatically from clock-in and clock-out times using the award’s rules, and the calculator becomes a way to check a pay query rather than a step in the run.
| Day | Hours | Ordinary | Overtime 150% | Overtime 200% | Penalty | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday to Friday (each) | 9.50 | 7.60 | 1.90 | 0.00 | $334.40 | |
| Saturday (150%) | 4.00 | 4.00 | $192.00 | |||
| Week total | 51.50 | 38.00 | 9.50 | 0.00 | 4.00 | $1,864.00 |
| Of which ordinary pay | $1,216.00 | |||||
| Of which overtime pay | $456.00 | |||||
| Of which Saturday penalty | $192.00 |
Frequently asked questions
What is time and a half of $32 an hour?
Multiply the base hourly rate by 1.5: $32 becomes $48. Two hours at that rate are $96 before tax. Check whether the award applies the multiplier to the base rate or a loaded rate, particularly for casual employees.
Is overtime taxed at a separate rate?
Overtime is employment income and forms part of the pay on which the employer calculates PAYG withholding. A larger pay period can increase withholding, but overtime has no separate final income-tax rate. This calculator estimates gross pay and does not calculate tax withholding.
Is overtime calculated daily or weekly in Australia?
Both, under most awards. Hours above the daily ordinary hours (7.6 or 8) are overtime that day, and ordinary hours above 38 in the week (or the average over the award's cycle) are overtime even if no day exceeded its cap. The calculator applies the daily rule first and then moves any excess ordinary hours above the weekly cap into overtime.
Do casual employees get overtime?
Yes, under most awards, once they work beyond the daily or weekly ordinary hours or outside the span of hours, and the overtime rate is usually applied to the base rate with the casual loading either included or excluded depending on the award. Set the multiplier from your award; the calculator does not add casual loading itself.
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