Hourly to Salary Calculator
Hourly to salary calculator: convert an hourly wage to a yearly salary Free, no sign-up, and it runs in your browser.
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52 means paid holidays and vacation. 50 means 2 unpaid weeks off.
Extra hours over your normal week, paid at time and a half.
Days off with no pay. 25 unpaid days (10 holidays + 15 vacation) cuts a $52,000 salary to $47,000.
Gross pay before tax: federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare and state tax are not taken out here. Use the paycheck calculator for take-home pay. The FLSA requires 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek for most hourly workers. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour; many states are higher.
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Quick answer
An hourly to salary calculator converts an hourly wage to a yearly salary and back. Enter the rate or the salary, your paid hours a week and paid weeks a year, and it shows the pay for every period, from a day to a year, with overtime and unpaid time off included.
About this Hourly to Salary Calculator
Hourly to salary calculator: convert an hourly wage to a yearly salary It is one of the Money and Finance on ToolUstad, and like every tool here it runs entirely in your browser: nothing you type, paste or open is uploaded to a server, and there is no sign-up or usage limit.
What is an hourly to salary calculator?
An hourly to salary calculator converts a wage quoted one way into the other way, so you can compare job offers that are not quoted the same. One job pays $25 an hour, another pays $52,000 a year. Are they the same? At 40 paid hours a week for 52 weeks, yes: $25 times 40 times 52 is $52,000. But a $75,000 salary at 40 hours a week for only 50 paid weeks is $37.50 an hour, not $36.06, because the year has 2,000 paid hours, not 2,080.
The 2,080-hour shortcut and when it fails
The shortcut is simple: hourly rate times 2,080 equals the yearly salary, because 40 hours times 52 weeks is 2,080 hours. It is exact only for a full-time 40-hour, 52-week year with no unpaid time. Two unpaid weeks off makes it 2,000 hours, so $25 an hour is $50,000, not $52,000. A 30-minute unpaid lunch each day over 5 days cuts 2.5 paid hours a week, which is $3,250 a year at $25 an hour.
Pay periods: day, week, biweekly, semimonthly, month, quarter, year
Employers pay on different schedules, and the paycheck amount changes even when the yearly total does not. On a $52,000 salary, a day is $200.00, a week is $1,000.00, biweekly is $2,000.00, semimonthly is $2,166.67, a month is $4,333.33 and a quarter is $13,000.00. Biweekly means every two weeks, 26 paychecks a year, and two months a year have three paychecks. Semimonthly means twice a month, 24 paychecks a year, always the same two dates.
Best practices
- Compare offers on paid hours, not the headline rate: $37.50 an hour for 50 weeks is $75,000, but $36.06 an hour for 52 weeks is the same $75,000.
- Count unpaid breaks: a 30-minute unpaid lunch a day is 2.5 hours a week, or $3,250 a year at $25 an hour.
- Ask whether overtime is paid: exempt salaried workers do not get it, and the difference can be $14,000 a year.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Using rate times 2,080 for a job with unpaid weeks off, which overstates the salary.
- Confusing biweekly and semimonthly pay, which are 26 and 24 paychecks a year.
- Forgetting unpaid breaks, which cut the paid hours every single day.
- Comparing a salary with overtime to an hourly rate without overtime.
Who is the hourly to salary calculator for?
Job seekers comparing an hourly offer with a salary offer, hourly workers checking what a raise is worth a year, freelancers setting an hourly rate from a target salary, and anyone budgeting from a paycheck.
Learn: how to use the Hourly to Salary Calculator
- Enter your hourly rate or your annual salary: the calculator converts both ways.
- Set your paid hours a week and paid weeks a year, and your work days a week.
- Add unpaid breaks each day and unpaid holidays or vacation days if you have them.
- Add overtime hours at 1.5 times the rate if you work them regularly.
- Read the pay for every period: day, week, biweekly, semimonthly, month, quarter and year.
Features
- Hourly to salary and salary to hourly, both directions
- Pay for every period: day, week, biweekly, semimonthly, month, quarter, year
- Paid hours a week and paid weeks a year, with unpaid time off
- Unpaid break minutes a day, which cut the paid hours
- Overtime hours at 1.5 times the rate, added to the weekly and yearly totals
- Adjusted annual pay after unpaid holidays and vacation days
- Quick reference table: $5 to $50 an hour, at your hours
- 2,080-hour full-time shortcut explained: 40 hours times 52 weeks
Worked example
$25 an hour at 40 paid hours a week for 52 weeks is $52,000 a year, $1,000 a week and $4,333.33 a month. A $75,000 salary at the same hours but only 50 paid weeks is $37.50 an hour. Add 5 overtime hours a week at 1.5 times the rate and the week becomes $1,781.25 and the year $89,062.50. The 2,080-hour shortcut says $25 an hour is $52,000 a year, which is exact only for a full-time 40-hour, 52-week year.
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert an hourly wage to a salary?
Multiply the hourly rate by paid hours a week, then by paid weeks a year. $25 an hour times 40 hours times 52 weeks is $52,000 a year. The 2,080-hour shortcut, rate times 2,080, is the same thing for a full-time 40-hour, 52-week year.
How do I convert a salary to an hourly rate?
Divide the salary by the paid hours in the year: paid hours a week times paid weeks a year. $75,000 a year at 40 hours a week for 50 weeks is $37.50 an hour, because the year has 2,000 paid hours, not 2,080.
What is the difference between biweekly and semimonthly pay?
Biweekly is every two weeks, 26 paychecks a year. Semimonthly is twice a month, 24 paychecks a year. On a $52,000 salary, biweekly is $2,000 a paycheck and semimonthly is $2,166.67. The yearly total is the same.
Does overtime count in my salary?
Only if you are paid for it. Salaried workers who are exempt from overtime law do not get it. Non-exempt hourly workers get 1.5 times the rate over 40 hours a week.
Why is my salary lower than rate times 2,080?
Because 2,080 assumes 52 paid weeks. Two unpaid weeks off makes it 2,000 hours, so $25 an hour is $50,000, not $52,000. Unpaid breaks each day cut it further. The calculator uses your actual paid hours, not the shortcut.
What is a good hourly wage in 2026?
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, unchanged since 2009, but most states set a higher one. The median hourly wage in the US is around $22 to $25 an hour.
How many hours is full-time?
Usually 40 hours a week, or 2,080 hours a year. The Affordable Care Act counts 30 hours a week as full-time for health coverage. Some employers count 32 or 35 hours as full-time, so check the job offer, not the label.
Do salaried workers get paid for overtime?
Only if they are non-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Exempt salaried workers, usually managers and professionals above a salary threshold, do not get overtime pay no matter how many hours they work. The calculator lets you add overtime only if your job pays it.
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