> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.nmbr.co/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create an overtime rate ## OpenAPI ````yaml /spec/openapi.json post /overtime_rates openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Nmbr API description: API to interact with Nmbr Payroll version: 1.0.0 servers: - url: https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll security: - CompanyToken: [] tags: - name: Accounting Codes - name: Accounting Code Rules - name: Adjustments - name: Allowances - name: Allowance Line Items - name: Allowance Types - name: Async Tasks - name: Bank Accounts - name: Business Entities - name: Business Entity Verifications - name: Business Entity ROE Authorizations - name: Business Presets - name: Calculations - name: Companies - name: Contractors - name: Deductions - name: Deduction Line Items - name: Deduction Types - name: Earnings - name: Earning Line Items - name: Earning Types - name: Effective Tax Properties - name: Employees - name: Employee Benefits - name: Employee Benefit Line Items - name: Employee Benefit Types - name: Employer Benefits - name: Employer Benefit Line Items - name: Employer Benefit Types - name: Employer Statutory Withholding Line Items - name: Employer Statutory Withholding Types - name: Forms - name: Form Batches - name: Form Types - name: Holidays - name: Integrations - name: Journal Entries - name: Overtime Rates - name: Partners - name: Pay Rates - name: Pay Schedules - name: Pay Splits - name: Pay Stubs - name: Payments - name: Payrolls - name: Reimbursements - name: Reimbursement Line Items - name: Reimbursement Types - name: Remittance Accounts - name: Remittance Account Enrollments - name: Reports - name: Statutory Withholding Line Items - name: Statutory Withholding Types - name: Tags - name: Tag Groups - name: Tax Properties - name: Tax Property Templates - name: Tokens - name: Usage Records - name: Usage Summaries - name: Vacation Pay - name: Vacation Pay Settings - name: Webhooks - name: Work Assignments paths: /overtime_rates: post: tags: - Overtime Rates summary: Create an overtime rate operationId: overtime-rates-store requestBody: content: application/json: schema: allOf: - type: object properties: pay_rate_id: type: string rate_multiplier: type: number description: The multiplier for this overtime, e.g `1.5` or `2`. format: decimal minimum: 0 maximum: 100 hourly_rate_override: type: number description: >- If set, this amount is used for the hourly rate, not the calculated amount from the `rate_multiplier`. format: decimal minimum: 0 maximum: 99999 business_preset_id: type: string expense_accounting_code_id: type: string liability_accounting_code_id: type: string archived_at: type: string format: date external_ref: type: string maxLength: 255 tag_assignment: type: object properties: unit: type: string enum: - percentage is_component_locked: type: boolean tag_allocations: type: array items: type: object properties: tags: type: array items: type: string value: type: number format: decimal minimum: 0 - type: object required: - pay_rate_id - rate_multiplier example: pay_rate_id: rate_multiplier: '1.5' tag_assignment: unit: percentage tag_allocations: - tags: - value: 100 responses: '201': description: Created content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr. readOnly: true object: type: string description: The type of the object in Nmbr (`"overtime_rate"`). readOnly: true data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/OvertimeRate' example: id: object: overtime_rate data: pay_rate: id: object: pay_rate links: self: /pay_rates/ title: 1.5x title_translated: 1.5x rate_multiplier: 1.5 hourly_rate: 22.5 hourly_rate_override: null business_preset: null expense_accounting_code: null liability_accounting_code: null archived_at: null is_editable: true is_deletable: true external_ref: null created_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z' updated_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z' links: self: /overtime_rates/ components: schemas: OvertimeRate: type: object title: Overtime Rate properties: pay_rate: type: object properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr. readOnly: true object: type: string description: The type of the object in Nmbr (`"pay_rate"`). readOnly: true title: type: string nullable: true title_translated: type: string description: >- The translation of the `title` property for the request locale. Computed using the values in `title` and `title_translations` and the value of the request's `Accept-Language` header. readOnly: true rate_multiplier: type: number nullable: true format: decimal hourly_rate: type: number nullable: true format: decimal hourly_rate_override: type: number nullable: true format: decimal business_preset: {} expense_accounting_code: {} liability_accounting_code: {} archived_at: type: string description: The date and time the object was archived in Nmbr. readOnly: true nullable: true format: dateTime is_editable: type: boolean description: >- After a PayRate is on a non-draft payroll, its Type and Rate may not be updated. is_deletable: type: boolean description: After a PayRate is on a non-draft payroll, it may not be deleted. external_ref: type: string description: >- A reference to the object in an external system, e.g. the primary key of the object in your application's database. Nmbr doesn't use, validate, parse, or require this value to be unique - it simply stores it for your reference. nullable: true maxLength: 255 created_at: type: string description: The date and time the object was created in Nmbr. readOnly: true format: dateTime updated_at: type: string description: The date and time the object was last updated in Nmbr. readOnly: true format: dateTime securitySchemes: CompanyToken: type: http scheme: bearer ````