Pay & Hours

How to calculate hours worked from clock-in and clock-out, with unpaid breaks, overnight shifts, and the daylight saving night when 8 hours became 9.

Why your take-home pay jumps late in the year: the 2026 Social Security wage base of $184,500 stops the 6.2% FICA tax. See the math and run your own numbers.

Does a raise really cost you money in a higher tax bracket? Here's how your tax bracket works, with worked numbers and a quick year-end check.

How to convert a salary to an hourly rate, and why unpaid extra hours can make a bigger salary the worse offer. Worked examples in USD, GBP and AUD.

Why 7:45 is not 7.45 hours. Use a time card calculator to convert minutes to decimal hours and catch the payroll mistake that quietly shorts overtime.

A $10,000 bonus that lands as $6,540 isn't a higher tax rate — it's supplemental wage withholding. Here's how the flat 22% and aggregate methods actually work.

A raise, new job or new baby changes how much tax should come out of your paycheck. The mid-year W-4 checkup that keeps your withholding right.

Working a US holiday doesn't legally guarantee time-and-a-half. What actually triggers overtime pay, worked through with real numbers.