Hourly to Salary Calculator
Turn an hourly rate into an annual salary, and into the monthly, biweekly and weekly figures payroll will actually use.
The address carries whatever you changed, so anyone opening it sees these numbers. Nothing is saved on our side.
Annual salary
$62,400/yr
$30.00 an hour across 2,080 paid hours. Overtime, bonuses and unpaid time are not included.
- $1,200.00
- $2,400.00
- 26 pay periods
- $2,600.00
- 24 pay periods
- $5,200.00
- $240.00
- 8-hour day
- 2,080
How this calculator works
One multiplication, and the hours you feed it decide the answer.
hourly rate × hours a week × weeks paid
Full time at forty hours for fifty-two weeks is 2,080 paid hours. Every shorter period then divides that annual figure by the number of periods in a year — 52 weekly, 26 biweekly, 24 semi-monthly, 12 monthly.
What this does not include
- Overtime, which is paid at a premium and varies week to week.
- Bonuses and shift differentials, which are real income but not part of a base rate.
- Benefits — often the largest difference between an hourly role and a salaried one at the same headline number.
A worked example
A $30 hourly rate on a standard full-time schedule.
| Hourly rate | $30.00 |
|---|---|
| Hours a week | 40 |
| Weeks paid | 52 |
| Paid hours a year | 2,080 |
| Per week | $1,200.00 |
| Every two weeks | $2,400.00 |
| Per month | $5,200.00 |
| Annual salary | $62,400 |
Drop to a 32-hour week at the same rate and the annual figure falls to $49,920 — the rate is unchanged, but a fifth of the hours are gone.
Questions people ask
It is the straight arithmetic equivalent, which is the right starting point but not the whole picture. Salaried roles often carry benefits an hourly role does not — paid leave, employer retirement contributions, health cover — and salaried employees are frequently exempt from overtime, so extra hours stop being paid.
No. Put your regular schedule here. Overtime is paid at a higher rate and usually varies week to week, so folding it into a flat annual figure overstates a reliable income. The overtime calculator handles those hours properly.
A biweekly year has 26 pay periods and a semi-monthly year has 24, so each semi-monthly cheque is larger. Biweekly pay also produces two months a year with three payments, which is the single most common source of confusion when budgeting from a pay stub.
Yes. This is gross pay, before federal and state withholding, Social Security and Medicare, and anything you contribute to retirement or insurance.
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This is a gross-pay conversion for planning purposes. It does not deduct tax, withholding or benefits, and it is not financial advice.