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Hourly to salary calculator
To turn an hourly wage into a yearly salary, multiply it by hours per week and by 52 paid weeks: $25 an hour at 40 hours a week is $52,000 a year. Switch tabs to go the other way and see what any salary works out to per hour.
Annual salary
$52,000
$25.00/hr × 2,080 hours a year.
- Hourly
- $25.00
- Daily (8 hrs)
- $200.00
- Weekly
- $1,000.00
- Biweekly
- $2,000.00
- Semi-monthly (24 paychecks)
- $2,166.67
- Monthly
- $4,333.33
- Annual (before tax)
- $52,000
Formulas
- Annual salary = Hourly rate × Hours per week × Paid weeks per year
- Hourly rate = Annual salary ÷ (Hours per week × Paid weeks per year)
- Monthly = Annual ÷ 12; Biweekly = Weekly × 2; Semi-monthly = Annual ÷ 24
Quick conversions at 40 hours a week
A full-time year is 2,080 hours (40 × 52), so a handy shortcut is to double the hourly rate and add three zeros, then knock off about 4%:
- $15/hour ≈ $31,200 a year
- $20/hour ≈ $41,600 a year
- $25/hour ≈ $52,000 a year
- $30/hour ≈ $62,400 a year
- $40/hour ≈ $83,200 a year
- $50/hour ≈ $104,000 a year
Biweekly vs semi-monthly paychecks
Biweekly pay arrives every other Friday — 26 paychecks a year, so two months a year have three paydays. Semi-monthly pay arrives on two set dates, such as the 15th and the last day of the month — 24 paychecks of a slightly larger amount. The yearly total is the same; only the size and timing of each check changes.
Comparing a job offer with freelancing
An hourly rate as a freelancer is not the same as an employee's hourly wage. Employees get paid time off, an employer share of payroll taxes and often health insurance; freelancers pay all of that themselves and rarely bill 40 hours a week. If you are weighing a contract rate against a salary, run the numbers through the freelance hourly rate calculator too — most people need 1.5–2× the employee rate to come out even.
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert hourly pay to a yearly salary?
Multiply your hourly rate by the hours you work each week, then by 52. At 40 hours a week, $22 an hour is $45,760 a year before tax.
How many work hours are in a year?
2,080 for a full-time schedule of 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. If some weeks off are unpaid, multiply by the number of paid weeks instead.
What is $60,000 a year per hour?
About $28.85 an hour at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks (60,000 ÷ 2,080).
Is the salary from this calculator before or after tax?
Before tax. Federal and state income tax, Social Security, Medicare and any benefit deductions come out of these gross amounts.
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