Hourly to Salary Calculator

How It Works

The conversion is simple multiplication. Annual salary = hourly rate × hours per week × paid weeks per year. At the standard full-time schedule of 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, a year has 2,080 paid hours, so any hourly rate times 2,080 gives the annual salary. To go the other way, hourly rate = annual salary ÷ (hours per week × paid weeks per year). Monthly pay is the annual figure divided by 12, biweekly pay is the annual figure divided by 26, and weekly pay is the annual figure divided by the weeks worked.

Overtime is calculated separately and added on top: overtime pay = hourly rate × multiplier × overtime hours per week × paid weeks per year. Unpaid time off lowers the annual figure directly, because fewer paid weeks means fewer paid hours — that is why the calculator lets you set the weeks per year instead of assuming 52.

Worked example: $25 an hour at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks is $25 × 40 × 52 = $52,000 a year before tax. That is $4,333.33 a month, $2,000 every two weeks, $1,000 a week and $200 a day (8 hours). Add 5 overtime hours a week at 1.5x and the annual pay rises by $25 × 1.5 × 5 × 52 = $9,750, to $61,750 a year.

How to Use This Calculator

This calculator converts pay in both directions — hourly wage to annual salary, or annual salary back to an hourly rate — and shows the same pay by the day, week, two weeks, month and year. All figures are gross pay, before tax and deductions.

1. Choose the direction. Pick "Hourly wage to salary" to see what an hourly rate is worth over a year, or "Salary to hourly wage" to see what a salary works out to per hour.
2. Enter your rate and schedule. Enter your hourly rate, your regular hours per week and your paid weeks per year. A full-time year is 40 hours a week for 52 weeks — 2,080 paid hours — so $25 an hour is $52,000 a year.
3. Add overtime if you work it. Enter your overtime hours per week and the multiplier (1.5x is time-and-a-half, the usual US overtime rate). Overtime is calculated separately and added on top of your regular pay.
4. Read the breakdown. The headline result is the converted figure, with a full table of daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly and annual pay, plus a comparison table showing common hourly rates at your schedule.

If you take unpaid time off, lower the paid weeks per year — for example, 50 weeks gives 2,000 paid hours and a lower annual figure than the full 52-week year.

Tips and Practical Advice

This calculator is most useful when you are comparing two ways of being paid. An hourly job and a salaried job can look very different on paper, but once both are converted to the same basis — annual pay, or pay per hour — the comparison becomes straightforward. Try both directions.

• Count your real hours, not your contracted ones. A $52,000 salary is $25.00 an hour at 40 hours a week, but if the job actually takes 50 hours a week, the same salary is only $20.00 an hour. Enter the hours you really work.
• Do not forget unpaid time off. Hourly workers who are not paid for holidays or vacation earn less over the year than the 52-week figure suggests — set the weeks per year to match your actual paid weeks.
• Compare the whole package, not just the rate. Salaried roles often come with paid time off, health insurance and retirement contributions that hourly roles may not. This calculator compares gross pay only, so weigh benefits separately.
• Use it to negotiate. Knowing that a $1-an-hour raise is worth $2,080 a year at full time — or that 5 overtime hours a week at 1.5x adds $9,750 a year at $25 an hour — gives you concrete numbers to bring to a pay discussion.
• Check your take-home pay too. These figures are before income tax, Social Security and Medicare. Use the Salary Calculator to estimate what actually lands in your bank account.

Results are estimates only and not financial advice. Your employer's payroll department can confirm how your pay is actually calculated.

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