Adding an additional 1.5x pay

smpri · ‎January 08, 2026

Is there any way to add an additional 1.5x rate, based on an employee's standard hourly rate, rather than calculated and updated each time there's a raise? Similarly, can we tie OT to the employee's pay rate, rather than their highest pay rate? Adding a custom pay type to the employee is messing with their OT as well.

Janiqueca_T

Hello there, smpri.

The 1.5x rate for an employee's standard hourly wage must be manually calculated and updated whenever their pay changes, as there is no other way around for this.

It is not possible to automatically align the overtime rate with an employee's base pay rate. However, you can manually adjust the overtime amount while processing payroll or by editing the paycheck after it has been created. For more details, please refer to this article: Track Qualified Overtime in QuickBooks.

Overall, both the 1.5x overtime rate and its alignment with base pay require manual adjustments whenever an employee's pay changes, either during payroll or after paycheck creation.

If you have further questions, feel free to reply below.

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Janiqueca_T

Hello there, smpri.

The 1.5x rate for an employee's standard hourly wage must be manually calculated and updated whenever their pay changes, as there is no other way around for this.

It is not possible to automatically align the overtime rate with an employee's base pay rate. However, you can manually adjust the overtime amount while processing payroll or by editing the paycheck after it has been created. For more details, please refer to this article: Track Qualified Overtime in QuickBooks.

Overall, both the 1.5x overtime rate and its alignment with base pay require manual adjustments whenever an employee's pay changes, either during payroll or after paycheck creation.

If you have further questions, feel free to reply below.

smpri

Ok, thanks. That's what I was worried was the answer. It's a do-able workaround, but it takes a lot more time.

We've run into a few areas where it'd be nice if QuickBooks had some more flexibility with their payroll. I'll submit some feedback/feature requests.

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