Hourly to Salary Calculator

How to use this calculator

Enter your hourly rate, the number of hours you work per week, and how many weeks you work per year. The calculator instantly converts your wage into an annual salary, then breaks it down into monthly, weekly, and biweekly (per-paycheck) amounts. Use the "Try an example" chips to load common pay rates, or drag the sliders to see how a raise or fewer hours changes your yearly take.

How this is calculated

The math is straightforward: annual salary = hourly rate × hours per week × weeks per year. From that annual figure we derive the rest — monthly is the annual divided by 12, weekly is your hourly rate times hours per week, and biweekly is simply two weeks of pay. A standard full-time year uses 40 hours a week across all 52 weeks, which equals 2,080 working hours. If you take unpaid time off, lower the weeks-per-year input to reflect the weeks you actually get paid.

These are gross figures — your pay before any taxes, benefits, or deductions. Your real take-home pay will be lower once income tax, Social Security, Medicare, and any retirement or insurance contributions come out.

A worked example

Suppose you earn $25 an hour and work a standard 40 hours a week for all 52 weeks of the year. Your annual salary is 25 × 40 × 52 = $52,000. Divide by 12 and your monthly pay is about $4,333. A single week of work is 25 × 40 = $1,000, so a biweekly paycheck comes to $2,000 before deductions. Bump your rate to $30 and the same schedule yields $62,400 a year — a useful way to see exactly what a $5 raise is worth annually.

Gross vs. net pay

Every number on this page is gross pay: what you earn before anything is withheld. Most workers keep roughly 70–85% of gross after federal and state income tax, Social Security, and Medicare, though the exact share depends on where you live, your filing status, and your deductions. To estimate your actual take-home amount, run the result through our paycheck calculator. Want to go the other direction and turn a salary back into an hourly rate? Use the salary to hourly calculator.

Tips for an accurate conversion

• Count only paid weeks. If your employer does not pay for two weeks of vacation, set weeks per year to 50 rather than 52.
• Mind overtime. This tool assumes a flat rate. Regular overtime at 1.5× pay will push your real annual figure higher than the estimate.
• Part-time still works. Drop the hours-per-week input to model a 20- or 30-hour schedule and see the annualized salary.
• Compare offers fairly. Convert both jobs to the same annual basis before deciding which pays more.

Once you know your annual salary, a quick budget or savings plan helps you put it to work.