Is overtime on a hitch calculated per week or per hitch?

Per week, under federal rules - anything over 40 hours in a workweek. A 14/7 of twelve-hour days produces 44 overtime hours every week rather than a single lump at the end of the hitch.

How much is $35 an hour on a 14/7 rotation?

$3,710 gross per week, $10,747 gross per month, and $8,285 a month after tax in Texas for a single filer with no other deductions - $99,415 a year.

Why is my take-home lower than a calculator told me?

Most calculators assume 40-hour weeks and a 2,080-hour year. A rotation is neither, so both the gross and the withholding come out wrong.

Does per diem count as income?

It depends on how your employer pays it. Treatment differs between an accountable plan with substantiated expenses and a flat allowance, so read your own stub. It affects your monthly total but never your overtime.

Rotational & hitch pay

14/7 hitch take-home pay: what $35/hr actually leaves

Most pay calculators assume you work five eights. On a 14/7 you don't — you work fourteen straight twelves, then take seven off. That changes your overtime, your monthly total and your tax withholding, and it is why the number in your head never matches the number on your stub.

Take-home, monthly

$8,285

$35/hr · 14 days on, 7 off · 12-hour days · Texas, single, no per diem · $10,747 gross → you keep 77%

That works out to $99,415 a year, or $5,720 per hitch. The figures on this page come from Cimplora's own engine using 2026 federal tables — the same calculation you get if you enter your rate below.

Where the money actually goes

Item	Per year
Gross pay	$128,966
Federal income tax	−$19,686
State income tax (Texas)	−$0
Social Security (6.2%)	−$7,996
Medicare (1.45%)	−$1,870
Take-home	$99,415

Texas has no state income tax, so this is close to the best case. In a state that does tax income, the same rotation on the same rate leaves noticeably less — which is the single biggest reason two hands on identical rates compare stubs and find different numbers.

Why 44 of your 84 weekly hours are overtime

Fourteen twelve-hour days is 84 hours a week, and federal overtime is calculated per week, not per hitch. So each week breaks down like this:

Week	Hours	Regular	Overtime	Gross
Week 1	84.0	$1,400.00	$2,310.00	$3,710.00
Week 2	84.0	$1,400.00	$2,310.00	$3,710.00

Forty hours at $35 is $1,400. The other 44 hours are overtime at $52.50, worth $2,310 — more than your regular pay. On a rotation, overtime isn't a bonus at the edges; it is the majority of the cheque.

This is where stubs go wrong. If overtime is calculated on the wrong threshold — or your hours are averaged across the hitch instead of counted per week — the shortfall shows up here, in the biggest line on your stub. Six missed overtime hours at this rate is $315 gone, and it is easy to miss because the gross still looks large.

Where per diem fits

Per diem is paid on days worked, not hours, so it doesn't move your overtime at all. Whether it is withheld against depends on how your employer treats it — an accountable plan with substantiated expenses is handled differently from a flat allowance added to your cheque. Check your own stub rather than assuming, because it changes your monthly total without changing your rate.

The number that actually matters

Rate comparisons between hands are usually meaningless, because rate is only one of five inputs. Days on, days off, hours per day, the overtime threshold and your state all move the final figure more than a dollar on the rate does. A hand on $33 working 21/7 can out-earn a hand on $38 working 14/14, and neither of them can tell from the rate alone.

Work out yours

Enter your rate and your rotation. Cimplora gives you take-home per day, week, hitch, month and year, with every deduction itemised. Free, no account, no sign-up — your pay data stays on your own device.

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Common questions

Is overtime on a hitch calculated per week or per hitch?: Per week, under federal rules — anything over 40 hours in a workweek. That is why a 14/7 of twelves produces 44 overtime hours every week rather than a single lump at the end of the hitch.
How much is $35 an hour on a 14/7 rotation?: $3,710 gross per week, $10,747 gross per month, and $8,285 a month after tax in Texas for a single filer with no other deductions — $99,415 a year.
Why is my take-home lower than a calculator told me?: Most calculators assume 40-hour weeks and a 2,080-hour year. A rotation is neither, so both the gross and the withholding come out wrong. Anything that asks only for an annual salary cannot model a hitch.
Does per diem count as income?: It depends on how your employer pays it. Treatment differs between an accountable plan with substantiated expenses and a flat allowance, so read your own stub — it affects your monthly total but never your overtime.