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Hourly to salary: what is my pay?

Enter your hourly pay and your hours a week to see what it comes to in a year, a month, two weeks and a week.

Your numbers

52 if you are paid every week, including paid time off.
Yearly salary
$52,000.00

$25.00 an hour for 40 hours a week over 52 weeks is $52,000.00 a year.

Per month
$4,333.33
Every two weeks
$2,000.00
Per week
$1,000.00

Yearly salary: $52,000.00. $25.00 an hour for 40 hours a week over 52 weeks is $52,000.00 a year.

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How to calculate

Converts an hourly rate to a yearly salary, and a monthly, biweekly and weekly amount, from the hours a week and the paid weeks a year.

Example with the default inputs (Hourly pay $25.00, Hours a week 40, Paid weeks a year 52): $25.00 an hour for 40 hours a week over 52 weeks is $52,000.00 a year.

Formula: salary = hourly × hours × weeks, with hours paid a week and weeks paid a year (52 when every week is paid).

  • Pay is gross: before tax and other deductions.
  • Every paid hour earns the same rate. Overtime at a higher rate is not included.
  • Paid time off counts as paid weeks; only unpaid weeks off lower the weeks a year.
  • Per month is the salary ÷ 12, every two weeks is ÷ 26, and per week is ÷ 52.

Machine-readable copies: Markdown, JSON.

Worked examples

Each example is checked against the calculator on every build.

  1. Hourly pay $20.00, Hours a week 38, Paid weeks a year 51 gives Yearly salary $38,760.00, Per month $3,230.00, Every two weeks $1,490.77, Per week $745.38.Source: hand calculation in content.mdx: 20 × 38 × 51 = 38,760; 38,760 ÷ 12 = 3,230
  2. Hourly pay $9.38, Hours a week 40, Paid weeks a year 52 gives Yearly salary $19,500.00, Per week $375.00.Source: 29 CFR 778.113(a): a $375 weekly salary for 40 hours is a $9.375 regular rate; $375 × 52 = $19,500
  3. Hourly pay $20.00, Hours a week 40, Paid weeks a year 52 gives Yearly salary $41,600.00, Per month $3,466.67, Every two weeks $1,600.00, Per week $800.00.Source: hand calculation in content.mdx: 20 × 40 × 52 = 41,600 (2,080 hours a year)
  4. Yearly salary $52,000.00, Hourly pay $25.00, Hours a week 40 gives Paid weeks a year 52.Source: hand calculation in content.mdx: 52,000 ÷ (25 × 40) = 52 weeks

How hourly to salary is worked out

salary = hourly × hours × weeks

  • hourly is gross pay for one hour.
  • hours is the hours paid in a week (often 40).
  • weeks is the weeks paid in a year: 52, less any unpaid weeks off. Paid vacation and holidays stay in.

Fill in any three of salary, hourly pay, hours a week and paid weeks, and the calculator finds the fourth:

  • hourly = salary ÷ (hours × weeks)
  • hours = salary ÷ (hourly × weeks)
  • weeks = salary ÷ (hourly × hours)

The yearly salary is then spread evenly: per month = salary ÷ 12, every two weeks = salary ÷ 26, per week = salary ÷ 52.

Assumptions

  • Pay is gross, before tax and deductions.
  • Every hour earns the same rate. Overtime at a higher rate is not included.
  • Salary, hourly pay, hours and weeks are all more than 0.

Limits

Salary is more than $0 and at most $1,000,000,000; hourly pay more than $0 and at most $1,000,000; hours a week more than 0 and at most 168; paid weeks more than 0 and at most 53. A solved value outside these limits has no answer.

Worked examples by hand

$20 an hour, 38 hours a week, 51 paid weeks. Salary = 20 × 38 × 51 = $38,760. Per month = 38,760 ÷ 12 = $3,230. Every two weeks = 38,760 ÷ 26 = $1,490.77. Per week = 38,760 ÷ 52 = $745.38.

$9.375 an hour for 40 hours (29 CFR 778.113). A week is 9.375 × 40 = $375. A year is 375 × 52 = $19,500.

$20 an hour for 40 hours, 52 weeks. Salary = 20 × 40 × 52 = $41,600. Per month = $3,466.67, every two weeks = $1,600, per week = $800.

The paid weeks in $52,000 at $25 an hour for 40 hours. weeks = 52,000 ÷ (25 × 40) = 52.

Other questions people ask

How do I convert hourly pay to a yearly salary?

Multiply the hourly rate by the hours you work in a week, then by the weeks you are paid in a year. At $25 an hour for 40 hours a week and 52 weeks, that is 25 × 40 × 52 = $52,000 a year.

What is $20 an hour a year?

At 40 hours a week for 52 weeks (2,080 hours), $20 an hour is 20 × 2,080 = $41,600 a year: $3,466.67 a month, $1,600 every two weeks, or $800 a week.

What if I take unpaid time off?

Lower the paid weeks a year by the unpaid weeks. At $20 an hour, 38 hours a week and one unpaid week, the year is 20 × 38 × 51 = $38,760.

Why is my monthly pay not 4 weeks of pay?

A year has 52 weeks, and 52 ÷ 12 = 4.33 weeks a month. So monthly pay is the yearly amount ÷ 12, a little more than 4 weeks of pay.

Does the salary include overtime?

No. Every hour is paid at the rate you enter. Hours over 40 in a week usually earn time and a half under federal law; use the overtime calculator for that.

Is this before or after tax?

Before tax. The salary is gross pay, before income tax, Social Security and Medicare tax, and other deductions.