Wage to Salary Calculator

Convert an hourly wage into annual, monthly, biweekly, and weekly gross pay, including overtime hours paid at a chosen premium rate.

Quick Facts

Formula
Annual = [(Regular hrs x Wage) + (OT hrs x Wage x OT rate)] x Weeks/year
Monthly, biweekly, and weekly pay are all derived from the same weekly total.
Standard baseline
40 hrs/week x 52 weeks = 2,080 hours/year
The common full-time conversion factor employers and payroll systems use for hourly-to-annual estimates.

Your Results

Calculated
Annual salary
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Gross pay before taxes and deductions
Monthly salary
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Annual salary divided by 12
Biweekly pay
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Weekly pay x 2 (26 paychecks/year)
Weekly pay
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Regular plus overtime pay for one week

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Enter your hourly wage, hours, and weeks worked, then press Calculate.

How the Wage to Salary Calculator works

This calculator converts an hourly wage into the equivalent salary figures employers and job seekers compare: weekly, biweekly, monthly, and annual gross pay. It also accounts for overtime hours paid at a premium rate, since many hourly jobs pay time-and-a-half (or more) once a worker crosses 40 hours in a week.

The formula

Weekly pay is built from two parts: regular hours paid at the base wage, and any overtime hours paid at a multiple of that wage.

Weekly pay = (Regular hours x Hourly wage) + (Overtime hours x Hourly wage x OT rate)

Annual salary then multiplies weekly pay by the number of weeks actually worked in the year (52 for a worker who takes no unpaid time off, fewer if there is unpaid leave):

Annual salary = Weekly pay x Weeks worked per year

Monthly salary divides the annual figure by 12, and biweekly pay is simply two weeks of pay added together — the standard basis for a biweekly paycheck.

Worked example

Take a $25/hour wage, 40 regular hours per week, no overtime, and 52 weeks worked. Weekly pay is 40 x $25 = $1,000. Annual salary is $1,000 x 52 = $52,000, which works out to $4,333.33 per month and $2,000 per biweekly paycheck.

Now add 5 overtime hours per week at time-and-a-half: overtime pay is 5 x $25 x 1.5 = $187.50, so weekly pay rises to $1,187.50 and annual salary rises to roughly $61,750.

The 2,080-hour baseline

A common shortcut used by employers and payroll systems is the 2,080-hour year: 40 hours x 52 weeks. Multiplying an hourly wage by 2,080 gives a quick annual estimate for a full-time worker with no unpaid time off and no overtime — this calculator produces the same figure when regular hours are 40, overtime is 0, and weeks worked is 52.

What this calculator does not include

All figures here are gross pay — before federal, state, and local income tax withholding, Social Security and Medicare (FICA), health insurance premiums, or retirement contributions. Take-home pay after those deductions is typically lower than the gross figures shown. If you take unpaid vacation, unpaid holidays, or other unpaid leave, lower the "weeks worked per year" input to reflect the weeks you are actually paid for.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I convert an hourly wage to an annual salary?
Multiply your hourly wage by the hours you work in a week, then by the weeks you work in a year: Annual salary = Hourly wage x Hours per week x Weeks per year. For a standard full-time schedule of 40 hours a week and 52 weeks a year, that is the same as multiplying the hourly wage by 2,080.
How is overtime pay included?
Overtime hours are paid at a multiple of the base hourly wage — 1.5x for time-and-a-half or 2x for double time are the most common rates. The calculator adds Overtime hours x Hourly wage x OT rate to the regular weekly pay before multiplying by weeks worked to get the annual figure.
Why does biweekly pay not equal two months of monthly pay?
Biweekly pay (26 paychecks a year) and monthly pay (12 payments a year) split the same annual salary into different numbers of periods. Two biweekly paychecks total about 4.33 weeks of pay, which is slightly more than one month's share of the 12-way monthly split, so biweekly and semi-monthly schedules are not interchangeable.
Are these figures before or after taxes?
All results are gross pay — the amount earned before federal, state, and local taxes, FICA (Social Security and Medicare), health insurance, and retirement contributions are withheld. Take-home pay is lower than these figures, and the exact amount depends on your tax bracket, filing status, and benefit elections.

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