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Flat rate paycheck calculator

Flag hours in, real numbers out: your check before taxes, your efficiency, and what you actually made per hour at work.

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Your pay period

$

Time at the shop, busy or not.

Shows what a year of pay periods like this one adds up to, if this is one week.

Your numbers

Before taxes and deductions.

Gross pay

$0.00

Type your rate and flagged hours.

Efficiency

0%

Flagged divided by clocked

Real hourly pay

$0.00

Gross divided by hours at work

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How this works

How flat rate pay works

Every job pays a set number of labor hours no matter how long it takes you. Your check is the hours you flagged times your flat rate. Beat the book time and you make more per hour at work. Get stuck on a job, wait on parts or sit with no work, and you make less.

Efficiency and real hourly

Efficiency is hours flagged divided by hours you were clocked in. Over 100 percent means you flagged more hours than you were there. Your real hourly pay is your gross check divided by the hours you were actually at work. That is the number to compare against any other job.

Use the flag sheet

Add each ticket as you finish it and the calculator keeps a running total for the week. It is saved on your device, so you can check it against your pay stub on payday.

Common questions

How do you calculate flat rate pay?

Multiply the labor hours you flagged by your flat rate. If you flagged 42 hours at $30 an hour, your gross pay is $1,260, no matter how many hours you were at the shop.

How does a flat rate technician get paid?

By the job, not by the clock. Each job has a set number of labor hours. You are paid those hours times your rate, whether the job took you more time or less.

What is technician efficiency?

Hours flagged divided by hours clocked in. 40 flagged hours in 40 clocked hours is 100 percent. 50 flagged in 40 clocked is 125 percent.

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