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Salary Calculator
Enter any single pay rate — hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or annual — and tell us which unit it is. Set your hours per week, days per week and weeks per year, and the worksheet converts your pay into every other unit instantly. It runs entirely in your browser and shows the conversion math below. This is handy when a US job listing quotes an hourly wage but you budget monthly, when you're comparing a $30/hour contract role against a $62,000 salaried offer, or when you simply want to know what a raise works out to per paycheck. Everything here is gross pay — the figure before federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare, state tax and 401(k) contributions come out — so treat it as your top-line number, not your take-home.
Your pay rate
gross, before tax & deductions
Gross figures only — taxes, pension and other deductions are not applied.
How the salary calculator works
The calculator first converts whatever you enter into a single annual figure, then divides that back out into every other unit using your working pattern. Hours per week, days per week and weeks per year decide how many hours and days exist in your work year, so part-time and unusual schedules convert correctly.
Conversion formulas
annual = weekly × weeks/yr weekly = hourly × hours/wk = daily × days/wk hourly = annual ÷ (hours/wk × weeks/yr) monthly = annual ÷ 12where: hours/wk, days/wk and weeks/yr come from your inputs (default 40, 5, 52)
For example, $25/hour at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks is $52,000 a year, $1,000 a week, $200 a day and about $4,333.33 a month.
Notes & assumptions
- Monthly pay is the annual figure divided by 12, so it does not vary by the number of days in a month.
- Daily pay divides the week by your days worked, so a 40-hour week over 4 long days shows a higher daily rate than the same week over 5.
- All figures are gross — before income tax, national insurance, pension or other deductions.
- Calculations are for general information only — verify before relying on them.
Worked example
Suppose you're offered $22 an hour for a full-time job in Ohio working a standard 40-hour week, with two weeks of unpaid time off (so 50 paid weeks a year). Enter 22 per hour, 40 hours per week, 5 days per week and 50 weeks per year. The worksheet converts that to $44,000 gross per year, $880 per week, $176 per day and about $3,666.67 per month. If the company instead pays for all 52 weeks (paid vacation), bump weeks per year to 52 and the annual figure rises to $45,760. This is also how you compare offers: a $50,000 salary at 40 hours over 52 weeks works out to roughly $24.04 an hour, so the $22 hourly role is a slightly lower base rate before you weigh in benefits, overtime and commute.
Hourly to annual salary reference table
The table below covers the most common US hourly rates on a standard full-time schedule: 40 hours a week, paid for all 52 weeks. Weekly pay is the rate × 40 hours, annual pay is the rate × 2,080 hours, and monthly pay is the annual figure ÷ 12. Weekly and monthly figures are rounded to the nearest cent; annual figures land on whole dollars.
| Hourly rate | Weekly (40 h) | Monthly (annual ÷ 12) | Annual (2,080 h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| $15.00 | $600.00 | $2,600.00 | $31,200 |
| $18.00 | $720.00 | $3,120.00 | $37,440 |
| $20.00 | $800.00 | $3,466.67 | $41,600 |
| $25.00 | $1,000.00 | $4,333.33 | $52,000 |
| $30.00 | $1,200.00 | $5,200.00 | $62,400 |
| $35.00 | $1,400.00 | $6,066.67 | $72,800 |
| $40.00 | $1,600.00 | $6,933.33 | $83,200 |
| $50.00 | $2,000.00 | $8,666.67 | $104,000 |
Two anchors worth memorizing: at a 40-hour week, every $1 of hourly wage adds exactly $2,080 a year, and $25.00 an hour lands on a clean $52,000. All figures are gross. If your week is not 40 hours, the table scales in direct proportion, and the next section shows exactly how much the common variations move the totals.
For context at the bottom of the range, the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour comes to $15,080 a year at 2,080 hours, though most states now set a higher floor. And when a recruiter quotes a salary band, dividing by 2,080 turns it back into an hourly rate you can compare against contract work: the reverse conversion in the FAQ below walks through it.
What changes the math
2,080 vs 2,000 hours (unpaid time off). The 2,080-hour year assumes you are paid for all 52 weeks. Take two weeks of unpaid time off and you work 2,000 hours, and at $25.00 an hour that is the difference between $52,000 and $50,000, a $2,000 haircut for the same rate. Salaried jobs with paid vacation keep the full 52-week figure, which is why an hourly offer and a salary that look equivalent on paper often are not.
Overtime at 1.5×. Under the FLSA, eligible hourly workers earn time and a half past 40 hours in a week. On a $20.00 base rate, a steady 45-hour week pays 40 × $20.00 + 5 × $30.00 = $950.00 a week, or $49,400 over 52 weeks. Entering 45 flat hours in the calculator would show only $46,800, so if overtime is routine, add the premium yourself: each weekly overtime hour at a $20.00 base is worth an extra $1,560 a year ($30.00 × 52).
Part-time pro-rating. Pay scales linearly with hours. At $22.00 an hour for 25 hours a week across 52 weeks, the worksheet shows $550.00 a week, $2,383.33 a month and $28,600 a year. That is exactly 62.5% of the 40-hour figure, because 25 ÷ 40 = 62.5%. Set hours per week to your real schedule instead of mentally discounting the full-time number, and the daily and monthly rows stay honest too.
Pay frequency. The size of each paycheck depends on how often you are paid, not just what you earn. A $52,000 salary is $1,000.00 a week over 52 checks, $2,000.00 biweekly over 26 checks, $2,166.67 semimonthly over 24 checks, or $4,333.33 monthly over 12. Biweekly and semimonthly look similar but budget differently: the biweekly schedule delivers a third paycheck in two months of the year, while semimonthly checks are larger and land on fixed dates.
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert an hourly wage to an annual salary?
Multiply your hourly rate by the hours you work per week, then by the weeks you work per year. At 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, multiply by 2,080. So $25 an hour becomes $25 × 2,080 = $52,000 a year before taxes. If you take unpaid time off, use the actual number of paid weeks instead of 52.
How many work hours are in a year?
A standard full-time US schedule of 40 hours a week across all 52 weeks is 2,080 hours a year. If you subtract two weeks of unpaid vacation, you're closer to 2,000 hours. Part-time and seasonal schedules will be lower — the calculator uses your own hours-per-week and weeks-per-year figures so the conversion matches your situation.
What is $20 an hour as a yearly salary at 40 hours a week?
$20 × 40 hours × 52 weeks = $41,600 per year gross. At $15 an hour it's $31,200, and at $30 an hour it's $62,400. These are pre-tax figures; your actual take-home pay will be lower after federal and state taxes, Social Security and Medicare.
What's the difference between gross pay and net pay?
Gross pay is your total earnings before anything is withheld — it's the number on a job offer or in this calculator. Net pay, often called take-home pay, is what actually lands in your bank account after federal income tax, Social Security (6.2%), Medicare (1.45%), state and local taxes, health insurance premiums and retirement contributions are deducted. Net pay is typically 20–35% lower than gross, depending on your state and benefits.
How do I figure out my monthly pay from an annual salary?
Divide your annual salary by 12. A $60,000 salary is $5,000 a month gross. Note that if you're paid biweekly (every two weeks), you'll receive 26 paychecks a year of about $2,307 each, which doesn't divide evenly into calendar months — two months a year you'll get a third paycheck.
How do I convert an annual salary to an hourly rate?
Divide the salary by your paid hours per year. At 40 hours a week for 52 weeks that is 2,080 hours, so a $60,000 salary works out to $60,000 ÷ 2,080 = $28.85 an hour. If you only count 2,000 hours because of unpaid time off, the same salary is $30.00 an hour. The calculator handles this automatically when you enter the amount as per year.
Does this calculator account for overtime?
No. It assumes every hour is paid at the same flat rate. Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, eligible hourly workers earn 1.5× their regular rate for hours over 40 in a week, so if you regularly work overtime your real annual pay will be higher than the straight-time figure shown here.