<prompt> Human: My employer offers overtime for 1.5x base pay. I did the math and the tax percentage I pay for a normal weeks pay is 27.7. However, my overtime pay is taxed at 38.61. This makes it so that my post-tax overtime pay is only 1.27x my post-tax base pay. Almost makes it seem worthless to work overtime to me.Will I see any of those extra taxes I pay when I get my annual tax return or am I hurting my return by working more? I dont know if it matters, but if it does I live and work in Maryland and I claim 0 exemptions for federal and 1 exemption for state.  <response>: You pay tax based on your income. Overtime has tax withheld at a higher rate but you should get much of the extra tax back when you file your return. 