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Wage and Hour Calculator

Unpaid wages from misclassification or overtime violations.

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Results

Total potential recovery ($)

$3,900.00

≈ 4 smartphones

Weekly underpayment ($)$75.00
Total back pay ($)$3,900.00
Liquidated damages ($)$0.00
Est. attorney fees (33%) ($)$1,287.00
Net to employee ($)$2,613.00
Overtime hours/week10
Overtime rate ($/hr)$22.50
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter Hourly Pay Rate and Hours Worked per Week including all overtime hours.
  2. Set Weeks of Unpaid Overtime — you can recover up to 2 years back (3 years for willful violations).
  3. Indicate Willful Violation — employers who knowingly violate FLSA owe double damages (liquidated damages).
  4. Review Total Recovery: back pay plus liquidated damages.
  5. Check Weekly Underpayment — the overtime premium owed per week (0.5x your regular rate for each hour over 40).
  6. Contact the Department of Labor or an employment attorney before the 2-year statute of limitations expires.

How the result changes with Hours worked per week

Hours worked per weekTotal potential recovery ($)
17$0.00
59$7,410.00
109$26,910.00
151$43,290.00

What each input means

Hourly pay rate ($)
Your actual hourly wage (minimum $7.25 federal).
Hours worked per week
Total hours worked per week including overtime.
Weeks of unpaid overtime
Number of weeks overtime was not properly compensated (max 3 years = 156 weeks).
Willful violation? (0=No, 1=Yes)
Willful violations extend lookback to 3 years and double damages.

What each result means

Total potential recovery ($)
Back pay plus liquidated damages under FLSA.
Weekly underpayment ($)
Overtime premium owed per week (0.5x rate for each OT hour).
Total back pay ($)
Cumulative unpaid overtime over the lookback period.
Liquidated damages ($)
Equal to back pay for willful violations under FLSA.
Est. attorney fees (33%) ($)
Typical contingency fee for wage-and-hour cases.
Net to employee ($)
Estimated recovery after attorney fees.
Overtime hours/week
Hours exceeding 40 per week.
Overtime rate ($/hr)
1.5x your regular hourly rate.

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Hourly pay rate ($) = 15, Hours worked per week = 50, Weeks of unpaid overtime = 52, Willful violation? (0=No, 1=Yes) = 0 = 4 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Total potential recovery
    Total potential recovery = adjustedBackPay + adjustedLiquidated
    3900 = $3,900
  3. Calculate Weekly underpayment
    Weekly underpayment = weeklyOwed - weeklyPaidActual
    75 = $75
  4. Calculate Total back pay
    Total back pay = weeklyUnderpayment * effectiveWeeks
    3900 = $3,900

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