Straight-Time & Overtime Pay

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Some jobs pay a fixed amount of money for each hour you work. The hourly rate is the amount of money you earn per hour. Straight-time pay is the total amount of money you earn for a pay period at the hourly rate.

Straight-time Pay = Hourly Rate x Hours Worked
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Pilar is a truck driver. She earns $17.65 per hour. She worked 40 hours last week. What was her straight-time pay?

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Helen is a secretary. She earns $10.65 per hour. She worked 38 hours last week. What is her straight-time pay?

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Part-time security officers at Burns/Pinkerton Security are currently being hired at $12.00 per hour. What is the straight-time pay for a part-time officer who works 22 hours?

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Bill Watson is the Swanton Village computer technician. He earns $22.22 per hour. What is his straight-time pay for a 36-hour week?

What is the straight-time pay for each of the following for a 40-hour week?


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Locker room attendant?

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Server?

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Pantry help?

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Hosts?

Eli Katcher is hired as a landscaper. He works 7.75 hours each day, Monday through Friday. What would his total pay be for the week if he is paid at the:

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bottom of the pay scale?

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top of the pay scale?

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Tomås Lopez is a computer technician. He earns $16.75 per hour. Last week he earned $636.50 straight-time pay. Find the number of hours worked by Tomås last week.

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Jean Mesear is a saw operator in a lumber mill. He works 40 hours a week and earns $630 per week. What is his hourly pay rate?

When you work more than your regular hours, you might earn overtime pay. The overtime rate is usually 1.5 times your hourly rate. Your total pay is your straight-time pay plus your overtime pay.

Overtime Pay = Overtime Rate x Overtime hours worked
Total Pay = Straight-time Pay + Overtime Pay
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Kelsey Newberg is a robotics technician. She earns $21.50 per hour for 40 hours and time and a half for overtime over 40 hours. If she worked 6 hours overtime, what is her total pay?

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Naveen Borah is a maintenance worker. He earns $12.80 per hour for 40 hours and time and a half for overtime. He worked 48 hours last week. What is his pay for the week?

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Kim Sperazo is a sign-language interpreter. She earns
$19.65 per hour and time and a half for overtime. Last week she worked her regular 40 hours plus 7 hours of overtime. What was her total pay for the week?

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As a children's librarian, Jodi Hassam earns $15.35 an hour plus time and a half for weekend work. Last week she worked her regular 40 hours plus 16 hours on the weekend. What was her total pay for the week?

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Heather Allen works for•the public works department as an electrical inspector. She earns $17.60 per hour for a 36-hour week. Her overtime rate is 1.5 times her regular hourly rate. This week she worked her regular 36 hours plus 8 hours of overtime. What is her total pay?

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Georgia Lybrand installs fencing. She is paid $9.50 per hour for an 8-hour day and time and a half for overtime for any work over 8 hours per day. What is her pay for a week when she worked 7, 12, 9, 10, and 10 hours?