Use this page for one shift. For several workdays, weekly overtime or a biweekly total, use the Time Card Calculator. If you only need the overtime rate itself, use Time and a Half.
Examples
Example
Result
1:30 PM–1:30 AM, 30-minute break, $20/hr
11.5 paid hours = $230
8 AM–4:30 PM, 30-minute break, $18/hr
8 paid hours = $144
COMMON SHIFT SCENARIOS
Shift pay examples
Shift
Unpaid break
Rate
Straight-time gross pay
8:00 AM–4:30 PM
30 min
$20/hr
$160
1:30 PM–1:30 AM
30 min
$20/hr
$230
10:00 PM–6:00 AM
0 min
$25/hr
$200
These examples use straight-time arithmetic for one shift. Weekly overtime rules can change actual payroll; use the Overtime Calculator when overtime applies.
Yes. If the end time is earlier than the start time, it treats the end as the following day.
Does this include overtime?
No. This calculates straight-time pay for one shift. Use the Overtime Calculator for weekly overtime.
Are taxes included?
No. The result is gross pay before deductions.
Public API & AI agent access
Yes — Shift Pay Calculator is callable programmatically through /api/v1/shift-pay, the public calculator API, MCP, A2A and WebMCP. Structured results include a human-facing citation URL.
Find the elapsed hours between clock-in and clock-out, carry the end time into the next day when the shift crosses midnight, subtract the unpaid break, then multiply the remaining paid hours by the hourly rate.