You are calculating payroll. your company has 45 employees who work 40 hours a week and earn $17/hour 14 employees each worked 6 hours of overtime at 50% above their hourly rate. what percentage of the total payroll that week was overtime pay

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Adrianna Decker

21 March, 08:48

You are calculating payroll. your company has 45 employees who work 40 hours a week and earn $17/hour 14 employees each worked 6 hours of overtime at 50% above their hourly rate. what percentage of the total payroll that week was overtime pay

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Rylan Stone · Answer 1

Regular pay:

45x40x17=30,600

Overtime:

45x6x17x1.5=2142

Total payroll = 30,600+2142=32,742

Total overtime/total payroll * 100 =

2142/32,742 * 100 = 6.5%