Weekly payroll check examples
A standard 40-hour week is easy to review here. If you work five 8-hour paid shifts from Monday to Friday, the calculator will total 40h 00m and keep overtime at zero when your threshold is 40 hours.
A 48-hour week with overtime is just as easy to check. For example, if your paid daily totals add up to 48h 00m, the calculator will show 40h 00m of regular time and 8h 00m of overtime when the weekly threshold is set to 40 hours.
How to calculate weekly work hours with this timesheet calculator
- Enter start and end times for each day you worked.
- Add break minutes for each row where needed.
- Leave unused days blank so they are skipped.
- Enter your hourly rate and overtime threshold if you want a pay estimate.
- Click Calculate week to total your weekly timesheet.
Example of calculating weekly timesheet hours
Example: Monday to Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM with a 30-minute break gives 8h 00m per day, or 40h 00m for the week.
If you also worked Saturday from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM with no break, this weekly timesheet calculator would show 44h 00m total, including 4h 00m of overtime hours on a 40-hour threshold.
How this weekly work hours calculation works
Each daily entry is converted into minutes so the calculator can total work hours accurately. Break minutes are subtracted from each row before the week is added together, and overnight timesheet rows are handled automatically. The final weekly total is shown in hours and minutes, converted into decimal hours, and compared with your overtime threshold to help calculate hours worked for the full week.