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Hourly to Salary Calculator

Convert an hourly rate into weekly, monthly, and yearly pay, and convert a salary back into an hourly rate.

Hourly to Salary Calculator

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Your base rate before tax and before overtime.

Full time is usually 40.

Leave this at 52 if your time off is paid. Drop it if you take unpaid weeks, for example 50 for two unpaid weeks.

Paid at 1.5 times your base rate, the standard US rate for overtime.

Per year

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Per month

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Every two weeks

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Per week

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Gross pay before tax, based on 40 hours a week over 52 weeks, which is 2,080 hours a year.

Monthly is a twelfth of the year, every two weeks is a twenty sixth, and the weekly figure is the yearly average across all 52 weeks.

Guide

Annual income calculator: how do you convert an hourly rate to a salary?

Multiply the rate by the hours you work in a week, then multiply that by the weeks you work in a year. Written out, the formula is:

The formula

Annual salary = hourly rate x hours per week x weeks worked per year

The standard full time assumption is 40 hours a week over 52 weeks, which is 2,080 hours a year.

Worked example

So $25 an hour at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks is 25 x 40 x 52, which is $52,000 a year before tax. From there, monthly pay is the year divided by 12, or $4,333.33. A biweekly paycheck is the year divided by 26, or $2,000. A weekly figure is the year divided by 52, which brings you back to $1,000.

hours in a full time year
2,080
weekly paychecks
52
biweekly paychecks
26
monthly paychecks
12

For context, the national median wage across all US occupations in the federal data behind our career pages is $50,980 a year, which is about $24.51 an hour on the same 40 hour, 52 week assumption.

Hourly to salary conversion table

Common hourly rates converted to weekly, biweekly, monthly, and yearly pay at 40 hours a week over 52 weeks. All figures are gross, before tax.

Hourly rates from $15 to $60 converted to weekly, biweekly, monthly, and annual pay at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks
Hourly ratePer weekEvery two weeksPer monthPer year
$15$600$1,200$2,600$31,200
$20$800$1,600$3,467$41,600
$25$1,000$2,000$4,333$52,000
$30$1,200$2,400$5,200$62,400
$35$1,400$2,800$6,067$72,800
$40$1,600$3,200$6,933$83,200
$45$1,800$3,600$7,800$93,600
$50$2,000$4,000$8,667$104,000
$55$2,200$4,400$9,533$114,400
$60$2,400$4,800$10,400$124,800

Use the calculator above if your hours are not 40, if you take unpaid weeks, or if you work regular overtime. Those three variables move the yearly figure more than most people expect.

How do you calculate monthly salary from hourly pay?

Multiply your hourly rate by your weekly hours, multiply that by 52 weeks, then divide by 12 months. At $25 an hour and 40 hours a week, that is 25 x 40 x 52 divided by 12, or $4,333.33 a month before tax. This averages every month to the same figure, which is the right number for a monthly salary calculator even though real calendar months hold a different count of workdays.

How do you convert a salary back to an hourly rate?

Divide the yearly salary by the hours you actually work in a year. On the standard 2,080 hour year, a $52,000 salary is $25 an hour, and a $75,000 salary is about $36.06.

The interesting version of this calculation uses your real hours rather than your contracted ones. A salaried role paying $75,000 that genuinely takes 50 hours a week is worth about $28.85 an hour, not $36.06. Running both numbers is the fastest way to compare a salaried offer against an hourly one honestly, and it is the calculation most people skip when a larger headline salary comes with longer days.

Does unpaid time off change the figure?

Yes, and it is the single biggest reason two people on the same rate end the year with different totals. Paid vacation is already inside the 52 week year because you are paid during it, so no adjustment is needed. Unpaid weeks are not.

At $25 an hour and 40 hours a week, a full 52 week year is $52,000. Take two unpaid weeks and you work 50 weeks, so the same rate returns $50,000. Take four unpaid weeks and it is $48,000. Hourly, seasonal, and contract workers should set the weeks field to the number they really expect to work, including any shutdown periods and gaps between contracts.

How is overtime counted?

Overtime for non exempt employees in the US is normally paid at time and a half, meaning 1.5 times your base rate for hours over 40 in a week. At $25 an hour, overtime hours are worth $37.50 each.

Five overtime hours a week at that rate is $187.50 a week, or $9,750 across a full year, which turns a $52,000 base into $61,750. That is why the overtime field above sits next to the base rate rather than being buried: for a lot of hourly workers it is a fifth of total pay, and it disappears entirely if you move to a salaried job that is exempt from overtime rules.

Why are these figures before tax?

Every figure on this page is gross pay

Everything on this page is gross pay. Your take-home amount depends on your state, your filing status, how many allowances you claim, your health insurance premiums, and what you put into retirement, so any single after-tax number shown here would be wrong for almost everyone reading it.

Gross pay is also the figure that matters in a negotiation, on a job posting, and in a salary benchmark, so it is the right unit for comparing two offers. When you have the gross figure you want, the pay raise calculator shows what any increase on it is worth per paycheck, and the salary negotiation email generator helps you put the number in writing.

Hourly and salary questions

How much is $20 an hour per year?

At 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, $20 an hour is $41,600 a year before tax. That works out to $3,466.67 a month, $1,600 in each biweekly paycheck, and $800 a week. If you take two unpaid weeks off, the yearly figure drops to $40,000.

How much is $60,000 a year per hour?

Divide by 2,080 hours, the standard full time year, and $60,000 a year is about $28.85 an hour. If the job realistically takes 50 hours a week rather than 40, the same salary is closer to $23.08 an hour, which is the calculation worth running before you accept a salaried role with long hours.

Does this calculator include taxes?

No. Every figure is gross pay, before federal and state income tax, Social Security, Medicare, health insurance, and retirement contributions. Take-home pay depends on your state, filing status, and benefit elections, so a gross figure is the only one that can be calculated accurately without asking for your personal details.

How do I account for unpaid time off?

Lower the weeks per year. Paid vacation is already inside a 52 week year because you are paid during it, so leave the field at 52. Unpaid weeks are different: if you take two unpaid weeks, set it to 50, and the yearly total falls by two weeks of pay. Hourly and contract workers usually need this adjustment, salaried employees usually do not.

Is 2,080 hours the right number to use?

It is the standard, and it is what payroll teams and salary benchmarks assume: 40 hours a week multiplied by 52 weeks. It slightly overstates the hours actually worked, because most people take paid holidays and vacation inside those 52 weeks. That is fine for converting pay, since you are paid for those days, but use your real hours if you want to know what your time is genuinely worth.

Should I take a salaried job or an hourly one?

Convert both to the same unit before you decide, then look at what is not in the number: overtime eligibility, paid time off, health insurance, retirement matching, and how many hours the role really takes. An hourly job with guaranteed overtime can out-earn a salaried offer that looks larger on paper. If you are weighing a bigger change than one offer, our career quiz maps your strengths against real occupations and what they pay.

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