Hourly to Salary Calculator
Thinking of switching from hourly to salaried — or just want the big picture? Enter your hourly wage and weekly hours to convert it into annual, monthly, biweekly and weekly salary equivalents. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is sent anywhere.
Convert Hourly to Salary
⚡ Quick Facts
- Formula: annual salary = hourly wage × hours per week × 52
- At 40 hrs/week: $25/hr = $52,000/year · $30/hr = $62,400/year
- Federal minimum wage: $7.25/hr (many states and cities set higher minimums)
- Full-time for benefits: usually 30–40 hrs/week, depending on the employer
- Overtime not included: hours over 40/week at 1.5× go in our overtime calculator
How Hourly-to-Salary Conversion Works
The math is one multiplication: hourly wage × hours per week × 52 weeks. At the standard 40-hour week, every $1 per hour equals $2,080 a year — a handy rule of thumb. So $25 an hour is $52,000 a year, and a $2 raise to $27 is worth $4,160 annually. Small hourly differences compound into life-changing annual ones.
But the headline number hides an important comparison. Hourly workers are typically paid only for hours worked — no pay for holidays, sick days or vacation unless the employer offers paid time off. A salaried worker at the "same" annual figure often gets paid holidays and PTO baked in. When comparing an hourly offer against a salary, ask about paid time off before declaring a winner.
Hours are the other hidden variable. This calculator annualizes whatever schedule you enter, so a $30 wage at 32 hours a week ($49,920/year) looks very different from the same wage at 40 ($62,400). If your hours swing week to week — common in retail, food service and gig work — run the calculation with your average hours for the realistic figure, and with your best-case hours to see the ceiling.
Finally, remember this is gross pay before taxes. Your actual spending power is lower once federal tax, FICA and state tax come out. Feed the annual figure into our take-home pay calculator to see what you'd really keep — that's the number your budget should be built on.
📝 Example: $30/hour at 40 hours/week
Annual salary: $30 × 40 × 52 = $62,400/year
Per month ≈ $5,200.00 · Per two weeks ≈ $2,400.00 · Per week ≈ $1,200.00 · Per 8-hour day ≈ $240.00
A $2 raise to $32/hour would be worth an extra $4,160 per year at the same schedule.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many hours count as full-time?
There's no single legal definition, but 40 hours a week is the standard. For benefits like health insurance, many employers treat 30+ hours as full-time. Enter whatever you actually work — the calculator adapts.
Does this include overtime pay?
No. This annualizes your base wage only. Overtime (typically 1.5× for hours over 40/week) is extra — calculate it separately with our overtime calculator and add it to the annual figure.
What about unpaid time off?
The formula assumes you work all 52 weeks. If you take unpaid weeks off, subtract them: use 50 or 48 weeks instead of 52 in your head, or scale the result down proportionally (e.g., 2 unpaid weeks ≈ 96% of the shown annual figure).
Is $X per hour a good wage?
It depends entirely on where you live. $25 an hour stretches far in a low-cost city and barely covers rent in San Francisco or New York. Compare your annualized figure against local cost-of-living data, not against a national gut feeling.
How do I convert salary back to hourly?
Our salary to hourly calculator does exactly that — useful when a salaried offer needs to be weighed against your current hourly pay.
Are these figures before or after tax?
Before tax (gross). Run the annual salary through our paycheck calculator to estimate your take-home pay after federal, FICA and state taxes.
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