Examples
Examples
Try the starting example
- Piecework lines: name, whole units, supplied $/unit
- A,10,2 B,5,4
- Paid-work minutes for entered guarantee
- 300
- Entered hourly guarantee ($)
- 10
- Calculated piecework earnings ($)
- $40.00
- Entered time-based guarantee ($)
- $50.00
- Supplement needed under this guarantee ($)
- $10.00
- Gross after supplement ($)
- $50.00
- Gross per entered work hour ($)
- $10.00
Try another scenario
- Piecework lines: name, whole units, supplied $/unit
- A,10,2 B,5,4
- Paid-work minutes for entered guarantee
- 180
- Entered hourly guarantee ($)
- 10
- Calculated piecework earnings ($)
- $40.00
- Entered time-based guarantee ($)
- $30.00
- Supplement needed under this guarantee ($)
- $0.00
- Gross after supplement ($)
- $40.00
- Gross per entered work hour ($)
- $13.333333
Calculation method
Calculation method
Calculated piecework earnings ($)
Sum units×piece rate in exact US cents.
Entered time-based guarantee ($)
Work minutes×entered hourly guarantee/60, rounded to US cents.
Supplement needed under this guarantee ($)
max(0,guarantee−piece earnings).
Gross after supplement ($)
max(piece earnings,entered guarantee).
Gross per entered work hour ($)
Gross/(minutes/60), undefined at zero work minutes.
Symbols and units
- a
- Piecework lines: name, whole units, supplied $/unit
- b
- Paid-work minutes for entered guarantee
- c
- Entered hourly guarantee ($)
Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.
Assumptions & limits
Assumptions & limits
- A supplied piece-rate and hourly-guarantee comparison. It does not determine the applicable minimum wage, compensable hours, overtime or deductions.
Are these inputs private?
These calculations run in your browser. A shared link contains the values you choose to share. Only questions submitted to the separate AI finder are sent to OpenAI.
Further reading
US Department of Labor: pay/time recordkeeping background; actual rules vary ↗
Background reading; this does not imply endorsement or independent review of SumFizz.