Overtime exposure gauge
Paste a pay stub and your hours, and read what the effective hourly rate has been against the salary that is supposed to cover it.
1 · Paste the pay-stub lines and your hours
FIRST-LOAD
Data note: Everything runs in this browser tab on the overtime gauge: your pay stub and hours stays on this device, nothing is uploaded, and the reading is rebuilt only when you press run.
Perspective: Before: the reader assumed a salary covered the extra hours. After: they can see an effective rate of $14.20 an hour for the weeks they worked 52 hours.
2 · Read the overtime gauge
Paid layer: the hours record
one-time step · the free reading above stays complete
Free tier
- one complete exposure reading
- effective hourly rate and hours gap
- state link so a colleague can check the same stub
What $9 one-time adds
- six weeks of stubs kept on this device
- printable dated hours record for a payroll query
- CSV of hours, rates and gaps per week
Two weeks of unpaid overtime at $21 an hour is $336 — 37× the price; the comparable it undercuts is an employment-law consult at $150–$300 for the first hour.
Local history (this device)
- No saved runs yet — your first run files here.
Your purchase is handled through secure checkout. When you return, your extras are ready on this device — no account, no fuss, and your work stays private in this browser.
Boundary and sources
This overtime gauge works only on the pay stub lines and hours you paste you paste. It does not decide your legal exemption status, does not value a claim or predict an outcome, and does not read your employer's payroll system. The figures describe what you supplied, not what is true in the world. Confirm anything you plan to act on with an employment adviser or a qualified employment lawyer before you rely on it.
- Every figure comes from the pay stub lines and hours you paste you paste; nothing is looked up, scraped or asserted as verified.
- Method: effective rate = gross pay ÷ hours worked, with the overtime premium shown separately from the base rate you supply
- Sample values are labelled samples — illustrative by design, not your data and not a quotation of any organisation's policy.
Mechanism: loss-aversion-threat-salience