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Pick a direction: hourly to salary, or salary to hourly. Enter your hourly wage (or annual salary), how many hours you work each week, and how many paid weeks you work per year. Add overtime hours and the overtime multiplier if you earn extra for extra hours. The calculator instantly converts your pay into annual, monthly, semi-monthly, bi-weekly, weekly and daily figures. All figures are gross estimates before tax and deductions, not professional financial advice.
The core math is simple: Annual salary = Hourly wage × Hours worked per week × Paid weeks per year. At the standard full-time schedule of 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, that is $25 × 40 × 52 = $52,000 a year. Two handy shortcuts: multiply your hourly rate by 2,080 (the full-time hours in a year) for a quick annual figure, or double your rate and add three zeros ($25 becomes roughly $50,000). The 2,080 shortcut assumes zero unpaid time off; if you take two unpaid weeks, use 2,000 hours instead.
Choose the conversion direction first. For hourly to salary, enter your hourly wage, weekly hours, and paid weeks per year. For salary to hourly, enter your annual salary and work schedule instead. Add overtime hours and the multiplier (1.5x is standard) if you regularly earn extra pay. Every result updates instantly, so you can slide the hours up and down and watch the monthly, bi-weekly and daily figures move with them. No signup, no ads, and nothing is stored.
To find your effective hourly rate from a salary, flip the formula: Hourly rate = Annual salary / (Hours per week × Weeks per year). A $60,000 salary at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks works out to $60,000 / 2,080 = $28.85 per hour. But watch the trap: salaried staff who work 50-hour weeks earn an effective $23.08 an hour for the same salary. Always convert a salary offer using the hours you will actually work, not the official 40.
Pay frequency changes how each paycheck looks. Monthly is annual / 12. Semi-monthly is annual / 24 (two predictable paychecks a month). Bi-weekly is annual / 26, which means two months each year bring a third bonus paycheck. Weekly is annual / 52. These are annualized averages: a bi-weekly paycheck is not simply the monthly figure divided by two, which is one of the most common pay mistakes people make.
The 2,080-hour year (40 hours × 52 weeks) is the anchor of every hourly to salary conversion. Use 2,080 when vacation and holidays are paid and your schedule is steady. Use 2,000 when you take two unpaid weeks (40 × 50), which turns $25 an hour into $50,000 instead of $52,000. Part-time workers should use their real average: 20 hours a week for 52 weeks is 1,040 hours, so $18 an hour is $18,720 a year, not $37,440.
Under the 1.5x rule, overtime hours pay rate × 1.5. Ten overtime hours a week at $20 an hour adds $20 × 1.5 × 10 = $300 to the weekly paycheck, lifting a $41,600 base to $57,200 a year. Some jobs also pay double time, which this calculator handles through the multiplier field. Overtime is the biggest lever in an hourly job: 5 extra hours a week at 1.5x is equivalent to a 12.5% raise on a 40-hour base.
Unpaid weeks shrink the annual total directly. At $30 an hour, 40 hours a week, 52 paid weeks is $62,400; drop to 50 paid weeks and it is $60,000. Paid vacation still counts as paid weeks, so the number to enter is weeks you are actually paid for, not weeks you are physically present. For part-time or variable hours, enter your realistic average weekly hours over the year; a few short weeks change the total by hundreds of dollars.
Every figure on this page is gross pay, before tax and deductions. Take-home pay is lower after federal and state income tax, Social Security (6.2%), Medicare (1.45%), and any retirement or health deductions. Treating gross pay as take-home is the number-one mistake people make when converting hourly to salary. For a precise net figure, use a paycheck calculator with your actual tax situation; this tool shows the earnings side of the comparison.
Never compare the headline numbers alone. Convert the hourly offer to annual with the realistic hours you will work, including overtime you actually get, then add the value of benefits, which are typically worth 20 to 30% of total compensation. Salaried roles often expect unpaid extra hours, which drags the effective hourly rate down; hourly roles may offer overtime premiums but less stability. Run both offers through the reverse conversion to get an honest effective hourly rate for each.
If you are leaving a salaried job to freelance, do not quote your employee hourly equivalent. Freelancers cover their own taxes, benefits, health insurance, and unbilled admin time, so a common rule is 1.5 to 2 times the salaried hourly rate. A $28.85 employee hour becomes a $43 to $58 freelance hour. Use the salary to hourly reverse conversion on your target income, then multiply up.
Multiply your hourly wage by hours worked per week, then by paid weeks per year. For example, $25 an hour × 40 hours × 52 weeks = $52,000 a year. Our calculator does this instantly and also breaks it into monthly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, weekly and daily pay.
A standard full-time year is 2,080 working hours (40 hours a week × 52 weeks). If you take two unpaid weeks off, use 2,000 hours. Part-time workers should use their real average weekly hours times 52.
Use 2,080 when your vacation and holidays are paid, since you are paid for all 52 weeks. Use 2,000 when you take two unpaid weeks. The difference is real money: at $25 an hour, it is $52,000 versus $50,000.
Yes, and it matters. Enter your overtime hours and the multiplier (usually 1.5x), and the calculator adds overtime pay to the weekly and annual totals. Ten overtime hours a week at $20 an hour adds $15,600 a year at time-and-a-half.
Bi-weekly means paid every two weeks, or 26 paychecks a year, which includes two months with a third bonus paycheck. Semi-monthly means paid twice a month on fixed dates, or 24 paychecks a year. The per-paycheck amounts differ even though the annual total is the same.
No. All results are gross pay before tax and deductions, which is how offers are quoted and compared. Take-home pay will be lower after income tax, Social Security, Medicare, and any benefit deductions. These figures are estimates, not professional tax advice.
It depends on your hours, location, and benefits. At 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, $20 an hour is $41,600 a year before tax, which is below the US median household income but a livable full-time wage in lower-cost areas. The real test is your effective hourly rate after overtime and benefits.
Use the salary to hourly direction with the hours you will actually work, including expected unpaid extra hours, to get each offer's effective hourly rate. Then factor in benefits, which are typically worth 20 to 30% of compensation, plus overtime premiums and job stability.
Yes. Enter your realistic average weekly hours and the number of paid weeks. For example, 20 hours a week at $18 an hour for 52 weeks is $18,720 a year. If your hours change weekly, average them over the year for the most accurate conversion.
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