Hourly to Salary Calculator

Enter an hourly wage to see annual, monthly, biweekly, and weekly pay — or flip the direction to turn a salary into an hourly rate. Hours per week and weeks per year are editable, and everything runs privately in your browser.

📖 How it works & FAQ

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Hourly wage ($)

Hours per week

Weeks worked per year

Gross pay before taxes and deductions. Estimates only — not professional, financial, tax, or legal advice.

How the hourly to salary math works

The conversion behind this calculator is a single, transparent formula: annual salary = hourly wage × hours per week × weeks worked per year. On the standard American full-time schedule — 40 hours a week for 52 weeks — that works out to 2,080 paid hours, so a $20 hourly wage becomes $41,600 a year, about $3,466.67 a month, and $800 a week. Flip the direction and the tool divides instead: an annual salary spread across those same 2,080 hours gives your effective hourly rate, which is the fastest way to compare a salaried offer against hourly work. Both assumptions are fully editable. Work 25 hours a week? Change the hours field. Take two unpaid weeks off each year? Set weeks to 50 and watch the annual figure adjust. Every result is gross pay — before taxes, insurance, and retirement contributions come out — and these figures are estimates only, not professional, financial, tax, or legal advice.

How to use it

Pick a direction: hourly wage to salary, or annual salary back to an hourly rate.
Enter the amount you know — your hourly wage or your yearly salary.
Adjust hours per week and weeks per year if your schedule isn’t the standard 40 and 52.
Read the cards: annual, monthly, biweekly, and weekly pay all update live as you type, and nothing you enter ever leaves your browser.

FAQ

What is $25 an hour as an annual salary?: $52,000 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. On a full-time schedule, every extra dollar per hour adds $2,080 a year.
Does the result include taxes?: No. All figures are gross pay. Federal and state income tax, Social Security, and Medicare come out before the money reaches you, so take-home pay is meaningfully lower.
Should I use 52 weeks if I get paid vacation?: Yes — paid time off is still paid, so keep 52. Only lower the weeks figure for unpaid time, such as seasonal layoffs or unpaid leave.
Why doesn’t my paycheck match the monthly number?: Most employers pay biweekly — 26 paychecks a year — which is not the same as twice a month. Two months each year contain three paydays, so a single check is smaller than one-twelfth of your salary.