Labor Productivity
How do you calculate restaurant overtime percentage?
Direct answer
Restaurant overtime percentage equals overtime hours divided by total hours worked, multiplied by 100. Keep hours and overtime from the same team and payroll period.
Key points
- Overtime % = Overtime Hours / Total Hours Worked x 100.
- Hours percentage is not the same as overtime premium dollars.
- Segment by role and location before changing a schedule.
What to do next
- 1Total regular and overtime hours for one payroll period.
- 2Divide overtime hours by all hours and multiply by 100.
- 3Trace the result to vacancies, callouts, demand peaks, schedule design, or approval failures.
Worked example
If a restaurant records 36 overtime hours inside 900 total hours, overtime percentage is 36 / 900 x 100 = 4.0%.