Hourly to Salary - Wage Calculator

Turn an hourly wage into weekly, biweekly, monthly, and annual gross pay using Annual = (Hourly rate × Regular hours + 1.5 × Hourly rate × Overtime hours) × Paid weeks per year.

Quick Facts

Formula
Annual = (Hourly × Regular hrs + 1.5 × Hourly × OT hrs) × Paid weeks
Overtime defaults to 0; set paid weeks below 52 to account for unpaid time off.
Full-time benchmark
40 hrs/week × 52 weeks = 2,080 hours/year
The common baseline for converting an annual salary back to an hourly rate.

Your Results

Calculated
Annual salary
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Gross pay per year
Monthly pay
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Annual ÷ 12
Biweekly pay
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Annual ÷ 26 pay periods
Weekly pay
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Regular + overtime pay

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Enter hourly wage, hours, and paid weeks per year, then press Calculate.

How the Hourly to Salary - Wage Calculator works

This tool converts a hourly wage into the pay figures most people actually compare: weekly, biweekly, monthly, and annual gross pay. Enter your hourly rate, your regular hours per week, any overtime hours, and how many weeks per year you're actually paid for — then the calculator annualizes the total.

The formula

Weekly pay is regular pay plus overtime pay: Weekly = (Hourly rate × Regular hours) + (1.5 × Hourly rate × Overtime hours). Overtime is calculated at time-and-a-half, the standard U.S. rate for non-exempt hours beyond the regular schedule. Annual salary then scales that weekly figure by how many weeks you're actually paid: Annual = Weekly pay × Paid weeks per year. Monthly pay is annual ÷ 12, and biweekly pay is annual ÷ 26 — the standard 26-pay-period convention used by most biweekly payrolls.

Gross vs. take-home pay

Every figure here is gross pay — what you earn before withholding. Take-home pay is smaller: federal income tax, FICA (Social Security 6.2% + Medicare 1.45%), state/local taxes, health insurance premiums, and retirement contributions all come out of the gross figure before it reaches your bank account. This calculator does not model taxes or deductions, since those depend on your filing status, location, and benefit elections.

Why "paid weeks per year" matters

If you work all 52 weeks with no unpaid time off, set paid weeks to 52. If you take unpaid leave, seasonal layoffs, or unpaid holidays, lower the figure — two weeks of unpaid time off means 50 paid weeks, which lowers the annual total even though the hourly rate never changed. This is the main reason two people at the same hourly rate can report different annual salaries.

Converting between pay periods

  • Annual → hourly (standard full-time basis): divide by 2,080 (52 weeks × 40 hours)
  • Hourly → annual (standard full-time basis): multiply by 2,080
  • Semi-monthly vs. biweekly: these aren't the same — biweekly gives 26 paychecks/year vs. 24 for semi-monthly, so two months a year have three biweekly checks

Comparing job offers

Normalize competing offers to annual gross pay including benefits: add employer 401k match, health insurance value (often $6,000–$15,000/year), and any equity at fair value. A $10,000 higher base salary may be outweighed by a superior benefits package at the lower-paying offer.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is hourly wage converted to annual salary?
Weekly pay is (hourly rate × regular hours) plus (1.5 × hourly rate × overtime hours). Annual salary is that weekly figure multiplied by the number of weeks per year you're actually paid for. At $25/hour, 40 regular hours, no overtime, and 50 paid weeks, weekly pay is $1,000 and annual salary is $50,000.
Why does "paid weeks per year" matter if I always work 40 hours?
Paid weeks per year captures unpaid time off. If you work every week of the year with no unpaid leave, use 52. If you have two weeks of unpaid vacation or an unpaid seasonal gap, use 50 — the lower figure reduces the annual total even though your hourly rate and weekly schedule are unchanged.
Does this include overtime pay?
Yes, if you enter overtime hours. The calculator pays overtime hours at 1.5× your hourly rate (time-and-a-half), the standard U.S. rate for eligible non-exempt hours worked beyond your regular schedule, and adds that to regular pay before annualizing.
Is the result gross pay or take-home pay?
All figures are gross pay — before federal and state income tax, FICA, health insurance, and retirement contributions are withheld. Take-home pay is typically lower and depends on your filing status, location, and benefit elections, which this calculator does not model.
Why is biweekly pay not just twice the weekly figure?
Biweekly pay here is annual salary ÷ 26, the standard number of biweekly pay periods in a year. If your weekly pay is perfectly consistent every week, this equals weekly pay × 2. It's shown separately because biweekly (26 paychecks/year) and semi-monthly (24 paychecks/year) schedules are easy to confuse and produce different per-check amounts from the same annual salary.

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