Hourly pay calculator
Enter your hourly rate and the hours worked to see what a shift comes to. The total updates as you type, and it shows what staying another half hour would add.
Your pay, line by line
| Line | Working | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Basic pay | 5 hrs paid at £13.80 | £69.00 |
| Total gross pay | this shift | £69.00 |
How this is worked out
The sum behind hourly pay is short. You multiply the rate by the hours. Everything else on this page is a small adjustment to one of those two numbers.
- Start with the hours you were at work. A shift from 9am to 2pm is 5 hours.
- Take off any unpaid break. Thirty minutes is 0.5 of an hour, so 5 hours becomes 4.5 paid hours.
- Multiply the paid hours by your rate. That gives the basic pay.
- Handle overtime on its own. Multiply your rate by the overtime multiplier to get the overtime rate, then multiply by the overtime hours.
- Add the basic pay and the overtime pay together. That is your gross pay, the amount before any tax comes off.
Part hours are the step people most often find difficult. Turn minutes into a fraction of an hour: 15 minutes is 0.25, 30 minutes is 0.5, 45 minutes is 0.75. For anything else, divide the minutes by 60. Twenty minutes is 20 divided by 60, which is 0.33 of an hour.
The effective hourly rate shown in the results is the gross divided by every hour you were at work, break included. An unpaid break pulls that figure below your headline rate, because you were there for the time but not paid for it. Overtime pushes it above.
Tax works on the year, not on the shift. Whether a shift is taxed depends on your total pay across the whole tax year, so the take-home option annualises this pattern first, then applies income tax and National Insurance to that annual figure. If your hours change week to week, treat the take-home as a rough guide rather than a payslip.
Worked example
Suppose the rate is £13.80 an hour and the shift is 5 hours with no break. The gross is 13.80 times 5, which is £69.00. Staying another half hour adds £6.90, taking the shift to £75.90. A full extra hour adds £13.80, so the shift comes to £82.80.
Now add a 30 minute unpaid break. The paid hours drop to 4.5 and the gross falls to £62.10, so the break costs £6.90. Add 2 hours of overtime at time and a half instead, and those hours pay £20.70 each, which is £41.40 on top of the basic pay.
Common questions
How much is £13.80 an hour for 5 hours?
£69.00 before any deductions. Multiply the rate by the hours: 13.80 times 5 is 69. If half an hour of that is an unpaid break you are paid for 4.5 hours instead, which is £62.10.
How do I work out my pay for half an hour?
Halve your hourly rate. On £13.80 an hour, half an hour is £6.90. A quarter of an hour, 15 minutes, is a quarter of the rate, so £3.45. For any other number of minutes, divide the rate by 60 and multiply by the minutes.
Is my break paid?
Not automatically. Workers aged 18 or over are entitled to an uninterrupted rest break of at least 20 minutes when a shift runs longer than 6 hours, but the law does not require that break to be paid. Whether you are paid for it depends on your contract, so check what it says. Set the unpaid break box above to take it off your hours.
How much is time and a half on £13.80 an hour?
Time and a half means 1.5 times the normal rate, so £13.80 becomes £20.70 an hour. Double time is 2 times the rate, £27.60 an hour. There is no legal right to a higher rate for overtime, so the multiplier comes from your contract.
Will I pay tax on a shift like this?
It depends on your total pay for the year, not on the single shift. Income tax starts once annual pay passes £12,570, and National Insurance starts at the same point. Turn on the take-home option above to see the estimate, which assumes the same pattern of work runs all year.