This salary calculator converts pay between every common period: hourly, daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, and annual. Whether you earn an hourly wage and want to know your yearly income, or you have a salary offer and want the equivalent hourly rate, the conversion takes one click.
Enter your pay, your typical hours per week, and how many weeks you work per year. Using 52 weeks assumes paid vacation; if your time off is unpaid, lower the weeks to match reality. All results are gross pay — taxes, retirement contributions, and insurance premiums come out afterward.
How the Conversion Works
The math behind every salary conversion is simple multiplication and division:
- Annual salary = hourly wage × hours per week × weeks per year
- Hourly wage = annual salary ÷ (hours per week × weeks per year)
- Weekly pay = hourly wage × hours per week
- Biweekly pay = weekly pay × 2
- Monthly pay = annual salary ÷ 12
- Daily pay = weekly pay ÷ 5 (assuming a five-day week)
At the standard 40 hours per week and 52 weeks per year, a full-time year is 2,080 working hours. That gives a handy shortcut: annual salary ≈ hourly wage × 2,080, or roughly double the hourly rate in thousands ($25/hour ≈ $52,000/year).
Hours, Weeks, and What Counts as Full Time
Small changes in schedule assumptions move the numbers noticeably, so set them carefully.
- 40 hours × 52 weeks = 2,080 hours (the U.S. full-time standard)
- 40 hours × 50 weeks = 2,000 hours (two weeks unpaid vacation)
- 37.5 hours × 52 weeks = 1,950 hours (common office schedule with unpaid lunch)
- 30 hours × 52 weeks = 1,560 hours (part-time threshold under the ACA)
Salaried employees are usually paid for 52 weeks regardless of vacation, so keep weeks at 52 when converting a salary to an hourly rate. Hourly workers without paid time off should count only the weeks they actually expect to work.
Example: $25 per Hour to Annual Salary
Suppose you earn $25 per hour, work 40 hours per week, and are paid for all 52 weeks.
- Weekly: $25 × 40 = $1,000
- Biweekly: $1,000 × 2 = $2,000
- Monthly: $52,000 ÷ 12 = $4,333.33
- Annual: $1,000 × 52 = $52,000
Now reverse it: a $75,000 salary at 40 hours and 52 weeks works out to $75,000 ÷ 2,080 = $36.06 per hour, $1,442.31 per week, and $6,250 per month. If that same job actually demands 50-hour weeks, the true hourly rate drops to $28.85 — a useful check when comparing salaried and hourly offers.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I convert an hourly wage to an annual salary?
Multiply your hourly wage by the hours you work per week, then by the weeks you work per year. At the full-time standard of 40 hours and 52 weeks, that is wage × 2,080 — so $20 per hour equals $41,600 per year.
What is $50,000 a year per hour?
A $50,000 salary equals about $24.04 per hour at 40 hours per week for 52 weeks ($50,000 ÷ 2,080 hours). That is roughly $961.54 weekly, $1,923.08 biweekly, and $4,166.67 monthly before taxes.
Why are biweekly and semi-monthly pay different?
Biweekly pay arrives every two weeks — 26 paychecks per year, each equal to annual salary ÷ 26. Semi-monthly pay arrives twice a month — 24 paychecks of annual salary ÷ 24. Semi-monthly checks are slightly larger, but biweekly schedules deliver two extra checks per year.
Does this calculator show take-home pay?
No. All results are gross pay before deductions. Take-home pay subtracts federal and state income tax, Social Security and Medicare (7.65% for most employees), plus retirement contributions and insurance premiums. Net pay commonly lands around 70–80% of gross, depending on your tax situation.
How should overtime factor into the conversion?
Non-exempt hourly workers in the U.S. earn at least 1.5× their regular rate beyond 40 hours per week. This calculator assumes a flat rate, so estimate overtime separately: 5 overtime hours weekly at $25 base adds about $9,750 per year ($37.50 × 5 × 52).