Hourly to Salary Calculator
Turn an hourly wage into yearly pay and each paycheck, with overtime, or turn a salary back into an hourly rate.
$25.00 an hour over 2,080 paid hours comes to $52,000 before tax.
Pay schedule and units
Yearly pay by hourly rate
Drag the handle along the lineAt $25.00 an hour your yearly pay is $52,000. The $60,000 salary offer crosses your line at $28.85 an hour, the rate where both pay the same. The US federal minimum wage, $7.25, gives $15,080 at your hours. Drag the handle to try another rate.
Pay by period
| Period | Gross pay | A year |
|---|---|---|
| Year | $52,000.00 | 1 |
| Monthly | $4,333.33 | 12 |
| Twice a month | $2,166.67 | 24 |
| Biweekly | $2,000.00 | 26 |
| Weekly | $1,000.00 | 52 |
| Day | $200.00 | 260 |
Paychecks spread the yearly pay evenly, so with unpaid weeks the weekly figure is an average across the year.
How the pay is worked out
- 1Regular pay: rate × hours a week × paid weeks$25.00 × 40 h × 52 = $52,000.00
- 2Each biweekly paycheck: yearly pay ÷ 26$52,000.00 ÷ 26 = $2,000.00
- 3Check: the paychecks add back up to the yearly pay$2,000.00 × 26 = $52,000.00
Compare a salaried offer
The offer pays $8,000 more a year. To match it at the same hours, the hourly job would need $28.85 an hour.
Take-home estimate
US 2026 federal brackets and standard deduction, Social Security and Medicare, plus your flat state rate. No credits, retirement or benefit deductions.
Yearly pay at other rates and hours
| Rate | 40 h (yours) | 20 h | 30 h | 50 h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $23.00 | $47,840 | $23,920 | $35,880 | $59,800 |
| $24.00 | $49,920 | $24,960 | $37,440 | $62,400 |
| $25.00 (yours) | $52,000 | $26,000 | $39,000 | $65,000 |
| $26.00 | $54,080 | $27,040 | $40,560 | $67,600 |
| $27.00 | $56,160 | $28,080 | $42,120 | $70,200 |
Hours a week across, hourly rate down. Same paid weeks and overtime.
Pay rules to check
- US federal minimum wage
- Above $7.25
- Overtime after 40 hours
- Within 40 hours
- Exempt salary floor
- Above $684 a week
US federal rules from the Department of Labor, in US dollars. A salaried job paying under $684 a week ($35,568 a year) cannot treat you as exempt from overtime. Many states set higher minimums.
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Yearly pay for each rate
| Yearly | Monthly | Biweekly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| $18.00 | $37,440 | $3,120.00 | $1,440.00 |
| $22.00 | $45,760 | $3,813.33 | $1,760.00 |
| $30.00 | $62,400 | $5,200.00 | $2,400.00 |
Common hourly rates
| Hourly | Yearly | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| $15.00 | $31,200 | $2,600 |
| $18.00 | $37,440 | $3,120 |
| $20.00 | $41,600 | $3,467 |
| $22.00 | $45,760 | $3,813 |
| $25.00 | $52,000 | $4,333 |
At 40 hours a week for 52 paid weeks, without overtime.
Before you rely on this result. This is an estimate for planning. Banks, lenders and other providers apply their own rules, fees and rounding, so confirm figures with them before you commit to a financial decision. Sources used on this page.
How it's worked out
Yearly pay is your rate times the hours you are paid in a year. Overtime hours are added at their higher rate.
- is your hourly rate and your regular hours a week.
- is paid weeks a year: 52 if your vacation and holidays are paid, fewer if some weeks are unpaid.
- is overtime hours a week and the overtime multiplier, 1.5 for time and a half.
A full-time year is 40 hours times 52 weeks, or 2,080 paid hours. So $25.00 an hour is $52,000. The federal government divides by 2,087 hours instead, since a year is a little over 52 weeks. At $25.00 that gives $52,175, only $175 more.
Each paycheck is the yearly pay split evenly: 12 monthly, 24 twice-monthly, 26 biweekly or 52 weekly checks. To go the other way, the tool divides a salary by the paid hours in a year.
Worked examples
Maria works steady overtime
Maria earns $22.00 an hour as a warehouse lead. She works 40 regular hours plus about 6 hours of overtime each week at time and a half.
Her regular pay is $45,760 and her overtime adds $10,296, so she makes $56,056 a year before tax. Each biweekly check is $2,156.00. Open this example in the tool
Theo takes summers off
Theo works 24 hours a week over 4 days at a coffee shop for $17.00 an hour. He takes two unpaid weeks off, so he is paid for 50 weeks.
That comes to $20,400 a year, $1,700.00 a month on average and $102.00 a working day. The two unpaid weeks cost him $816. Open this example in the tool
Aisha weighs a salaried offer
Aisha earns $25.00 an hour, or $52,000 a year at 40 hours. A new job offers $62,000 a year. Spread over the same 2,080 hours, the offer works out to $29.81 an hour.
So the offer pays more unless her hourly job adds overtime. She should also count benefits, and whether the salaried role expects longer weeks without extra pay. Open this example in the tool
Reading your result
The big number is gross pay, before income tax, Social Security, Medicare and any benefit deductions. Lenders and landlords usually ask for this figure. Turn on the take-home estimate to see what reaches your bank, using the 2026 federal brackets and a flat state rate you enter.
Paid weeks matter more than people expect. Each unpaid week at 40 hours and $25.00 costs $1,000. If your vacation is paid, keep 52.
Federal law sets a floor. The minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, and states may set more (Department of Labor). Nonexempt workers must get at least 1.5 times their rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. A salaried worker can be exempt from that rule only if paid at least $684 a week, or $35,568 a year (DOL overtime rules).
Biweekly and twice-monthly checks differ. With 26 biweekly checks, two months a year have three paydays, so a month of checks is smaller than the monthly figure here. With 24 checks, each one is a bit larger than a biweekly check.
Common mistakes
- Putting overtime in regular hours. If you work 45 hours, enter 40 regular and 5 overtime. Entering 45 regular hours pays the extra 5 at your base rate and understates your pay.
- Using 52 weeks when time off is unpaid. Contract, seasonal and many part-time jobs do not pay holidays. Subtract the weeks you will not be paid.
- Treating gross pay as spending money. At $52,000 a year, a single filer with a 5% state tax keeps about $41,362, or 80% of gross pay. Budget from the take-home figure.
- Comparing an hourly job with a salary on pay alone. Health insurance, retirement matching and paid leave can be worth thousands a year. Add them to the side that offers them.
- Assuming the rule-of-thumb is exact. Doubling the rate and adding three zeros gives $50,000 for $25.00, which assumes 2,000 hours. The 2,080-hour figure is $2,000 higher.
Questions people ask
Sources
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Pay and leave: computing hourly rates of pay using the 2,087-hour divisor
- U.S. Department of Labor, Overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act
- U.S. Department of Labor, Minimum wage
- IRS, Revenue Procedure 2025-32: inflation adjustments for tax year 2026 (brackets and standard deduction)
- Social Security Administration, 2026 Social Security Changes fact sheet (wage base $184,500, tax rates)
Maintained by Anil ShahUpdated October 28, 2026Checked against 8 reference values