Work Hours Calculator

Daily and weekly hours worked and pay, breaks included.

Work Hours Calculator

Worked example result

Hours per day	8.00
Hours per week	40.00
Pay per day	$160.00
Pay per week	$800.00

9:00 AM to 5:30 PM with a 30-minute break is 8 paid hours a day — 40 hours and $800 a week at $20/hour.

Enter your start and finish times, unpaid break minutes, days worked per week and hourly rate. The calculator returns the paid hours per day and per week, and the matching daily and weekly pay.

Shifts that run past midnight are handled: if the finish time is earlier than the start time, the shift is treated as crossing into the next day.

The formula

Daily hours = (end − start, +24h if overnight) − break; Weekly = daily × days per week; Pay = hours × rate

Worked example

9:00 AM to 5:30 PM with a 30-minute break is 8 paid hours a day — 40 hours and $800 a week at $20/hour.

The example is pre-loaded in the result panel — press Calculate with your own numbers to replace it.

Frequently asked questions

How are overnight shifts handled?

If the end time is the same as or earlier than the start time, 24 hours are added to the end, so a 10 PM to 6 AM shift correctly counts as 8 hours.

Does this calculate overtime?

No — all hours are paid at the single rate entered. For overtime, calculate the regular-hours portion here and the overtime portion separately at its own rate.

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Work Hours Calculator