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Timecard / Hours Calculator

Enter a clock-in and clock-out time, subtract an unpaid break, and get your paid hours and pay for the day — then multiply across the days you worked the same shift.

Your shift

Clock-in time 12-hour (9:00 AM) or 24-hour (09:00) format.

Clock-out time If clock-out is earlier than clock-in, it's treated as the next day (overnight shift).

Unpaid break

min

Hourly rate

$ /hr

Days worked at this shift

days

Your hours and pay

Total pay for 5 days

$750.00

7.5 paid hours per day · $150.00 per day

Time on the clock9:00 AM to 5:00 PM	8 hrs
Unpaid break	−0.5 hrs
Paid hours per day	7.5 hrs
Pay per day7.5 hrs × $20.00	$150.00
Total — 37.5 hrs × 5 days	$750.00

Gross pay — before taxes and deductions, at straight time. Hours over 40 in a week may earn overtime; run the weekly total through the Overtime Pay Calculator to price that.

How the math works

Paid time is the span between clock-in and clock-out, minus any unpaid break:

Paid hours = (clock-out − clock-in) − break

Pay = paid hours × hourly rate

Multi-day totals = daily figures × number of days

Times can be typed in 12-hour format with AM/PM (9:00 AM, 5:30 PM) or 24-hour format (09:00, 17:30). If the clock-out time is earlier than the clock-in time, the shift is treated as running overnight into the next day — the way a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. shift works.

Worked example (in USD)

You clock in at 9:00 AM and out at 5:00 PM, with a 30-minute unpaid break, at $20/hour, for 5 days:

Time on the clock: 8 hours; paid time: 8 − 0.5 = 7.5 hours
Pay per day: 7.5 × $20 = $150
Five days: 37.5 hours = $750.

Common gotchas

Decimal hours trip people up. 7.5 hours is 7 hours 30 minutes — not 7 hours 50 minutes. Payroll systems record minutes as hundredths: 30 minutes = 0.50, 15 minutes = 0.25, 45 minutes = 0.75.
Paid vs unpaid breaks. Short rest breaks (usually 5–20 minutes) are paid under US federal rules; meal breaks of 30+ minutes are typically unpaid only if you're fully relieved of duty. Only subtract breaks that are genuinely unpaid.
Rounding at the clock. Many employers round punches to the nearest 15 minutes. Rounding a few minutes each day can add or subtract close to an hour over a two-week period — check your employer's policy if your stub never matches.
This tool prices every hour at straight time. Daily totals over 8 hours or weekly totals over 40 may qualify for overtime under your state or federal rules; those premiums aren't included here.
Varying shifts need one run each. The day multiplier assumes every day is the same shift. If your days differ, calculate each day with days set to 1 and add the results.