Quick answer
- Annual salary = hourly rate × hours per week × paid weeks per year. Full time is 40 × 52 = 2,080 hours.
- $20 an hour at 40 hours a week is $41,600 a year, $3,466.67 a month and $1,600 every two weeks, before taxes.
- Subtract unpaid weeks, add regular overtime at 1.5×, and remember the result is gross pay, not take-home pay.
This hourly to salary calculator turns an hourly wage into annual pay, then breaks it down into monthly, semimonthly, biweekly, weekly and daily amounts. It starts with a standard full-time year of 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. Change the hours if you work part time, add unpaid weeks if you take time off without pay, and add the overtime hours you work in a typical week. Overtime is paid at time and a half, as federal law requires for non-exempt employees after 40 hours in a workweek.
Hourly to salary calculator
$41,600.00
Annual pay before taxes for 52 paid weeks.
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Hourly to salary table: $10 to $50 an hour
Every row assumes 40 hours a week and 52 paid weeks (2,080 hours a year), with no overtime. Monthly pay is the annual figure divided by 12, rounded to the cent. Biweekly is 80 hours and weekly is 40 hours. All figures are gross pay before taxes.
| Hourly wage | Annual salary | Monthly | Biweekly | Weekly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10.00 | $20,800 | $1,733.33 | $800.00 | $400.00 |
| $11.00 | $22,880 | $1,906.67 | $880.00 | $440.00 |
| $12.00 | $24,960 | $2,080.00 | $960.00 | $480.00 |
| $13.00 | $27,040 | $2,253.33 | $1,040.00 | $520.00 |
| $14.00 | $29,120 | $2,426.67 | $1,120.00 | $560.00 |
| $15.00 | $31,200 | $2,600.00 | $1,200.00 | $600.00 |
| $16.00 | $33,280 | $2,773.33 | $1,280.00 | $640.00 |
| $17.00 | $35,360 | $2,946.67 | $1,360.00 | $680.00 |
| $18.00 | $37,440 | $3,120.00 | $1,440.00 | $720.00 |
| $19.00 | $39,520 | $3,293.33 | $1,520.00 | $760.00 |
| $20.00 | $41,600 | $3,466.67 | $1,600.00 | $800.00 |
| $21.00 | $43,680 | $3,640.00 | $1,680.00 | $840.00 |
| $22.00 | $45,760 | $3,813.33 | $1,760.00 | $880.00 |
| $23.00 | $47,840 | $3,986.67 | $1,840.00 | $920.00 |
| $24.00 | $49,920 | $4,160.00 | $1,920.00 | $960.00 |
| $25.00 | $52,000 | $4,333.33 | $2,000.00 | $1,000.00 |
| $26.00 | $54,080 | $4,506.67 | $2,080.00 | $1,040.00 |
| $27.00 | $56,160 | $4,680.00 | $2,160.00 | $1,080.00 |
| $28.00 | $58,240 | $4,853.33 | $2,240.00 | $1,120.00 |
| $29.00 | $60,320 | $5,026.67 | $2,320.00 | $1,160.00 |
| $30.00 | $62,400 | $5,200.00 | $2,400.00 | $1,200.00 |
| $31.00 | $64,480 | $5,373.33 | $2,480.00 | $1,240.00 |
| $32.00 | $66,560 | $5,546.67 | $2,560.00 | $1,280.00 |
| $33.00 | $68,640 | $5,720.00 | $2,640.00 | $1,320.00 |
| $34.00 | $70,720 | $5,893.33 | $2,720.00 | $1,360.00 |
| $35.00 | $72,800 | $6,066.67 | $2,800.00 | $1,400.00 |
| $36.00 | $74,880 | $6,240.00 | $2,880.00 | $1,440.00 |
| $37.00 | $76,960 | $6,413.33 | $2,960.00 | $1,480.00 |
| $38.00 | $79,040 | $6,586.67 | $3,040.00 | $1,520.00 |
| $39.00 | $81,120 | $6,760.00 | $3,120.00 | $1,560.00 |
| $40.00 | $83,200 | $6,933.33 | $3,200.00 | $1,600.00 |
| $41.00 | $85,280 | $7,106.67 | $3,280.00 | $1,640.00 |
| $42.00 | $87,360 | $7,280.00 | $3,360.00 | $1,680.00 |
| $43.00 | $89,440 | $7,453.33 | $3,440.00 | $1,720.00 |
| $44.00 | $91,520 | $7,626.67 | $3,520.00 | $1,760.00 |
| $45.00 | $93,600 | $7,800.00 | $3,600.00 | $1,800.00 |
| $46.00 | $95,680 | $7,973.33 | $3,680.00 | $1,840.00 |
| $47.00 | $97,760 | $8,146.67 | $3,760.00 | $1,880.00 |
| $48.00 | $99,840 | $8,320.00 | $3,840.00 | $1,920.00 |
| $49.00 | $101,920 | $8,493.33 | $3,920.00 | $1,960.00 |
| $50.00 | $104,000 | $8,666.67 | $4,000.00 | $2,000.00 |
If your rate falls between rows, add the cents yourself: every extra $0.50 an hour adds $1,040 a year at full time, and every extra $1 adds $2,080. For a rate like $17.85, the calculator above is quicker.
The 2,080-hour rule, and when to use fewer hours
The basic way to convert an hourly wage to annual salary is one multiplication:
annual salary = hourly rate × hours per week × paid weeks per year
A full-time year is 40 hours × 52 weeks = 2,080 hours, which is why you will see 2,080 in most payroll and HR math. It is a convention, not a law. Pick the number of hours that matches how you are actually paid.
- 2,080 hours fits a full-time job where holidays and vacation are paid. It is the right default for most full-time hourly employees.
- 2,000 hours fits a full-time job with two unpaid weeks off, such as a seasonal shutdown or a job with no paid vacation. It is also the basis of the mental shortcut “double the rate and add three zeros.” $20 an hour becomes about $40,000. The exact full-time figure is 4% higher.
- Fewer hours fits part-time, seasonal or school-year work. A job at 25 hours a week for 50 weeks is 1,250 hours a year.
- 2,087 hours is what the U.S. Office of Personnel Management uses to convert federal salaries to hourly rates. OPM explains that a calendar year averages 2,087 work hours over the 28-year cycle after which the calendar repeats, because most years have 260 or 261 workdays and some have 262. You only need it for federal pay.
The calendar also explains why some people on biweekly pay see 27 paydays in a year instead of 26. Your hourly rate does not change in those years. The extra payday is just where the extra workdays land.
Monthly pay is the annual figure divided by 12, and semimonthly pay (the 15th and the last day of the month, for example) is the annual figure divided by 24. Do not multiply a weekly paycheck by 4 to get monthly pay: a month averages about 4.33 weeks, so ×4 understates it by about 8%.
$20 an hour is how much a year? Worked examples
These examples use the calculator’s rules. Each figure is gross pay before taxes, and you can reproduce every one by typing the same inputs above.
- $20 an hour, full time (the calculator defaults). 40 hours × $20 = $800 a week. $800 × 52 weeks = $41,600 a year. Monthly: $41,600 ÷ 12 = $3,466.67. Semimonthly: $41,600 ÷ 24 = $1,733.33. Biweekly: $41,600 ÷ 26 = $1,600. Daily, over five days: $800 ÷ 5 = $160.
- $25 an hour with two unpaid weeks. 40 × $25 = $1,000 a week. 50 paid weeks × $1,000 = $50,000 a year. Monthly: $4,166.67. Averaged across all 26 pay periods, biweekly pay is $1,923.08, though you get $2,000 in every two-week period you work in full.
- $18 an hour with 5 overtime hours every week. Regular pay: 40 × $18 = $720. Overtime: 5 × $27 (that is, $18 × 1.5) = $135. Weekly total: $855. Annual: $855 × 52 = $44,460. Monthly: $3,705. Without the overtime, the same job pays $37,440.
- $16 an hour, part time. 25 hours × $16 = $400 a week. 50 paid weeks × $400 = $20,000 a year, or $1,666.67 a month.
In the calculator, hours per week above 40 are treated as overtime automatically, so typing 45 hours gives the same answer as 40 hours plus 5 overtime hours. The calculator applies overtime the federal way, after 40 hours in a workweek. Some states also have daily overtime; our overtime calculator covers those rules and the effect of bonuses on the overtime rate.
If your hours change from week to week, add up a few recent weeks with our time card calculator and use the average.
Gross pay vs take-home pay
The salary this calculator gives is gross pay: what you earn before anything comes out. Your take-home pay, or net pay, is smaller. The usual deductions are:
- Federal income tax withholding, based on the W-4 you gave your employer.
- Social Security and Medicare taxes (shown on many stubs as FICA).
- State and sometimes local income tax, in the states and cities that have one.
- Benefit deductions such as health insurance premiums and retirement contributions, some taken before tax and some after.
How much each one takes depends on your filing status, your state and the benefits you choose, so we do not estimate it here. The most reliable way to see your own numbers is a recent paycheck. Our guide on how to read a pay stub walks through gross pay, each deduction and the year-to-date totals line by line.
Converting an hourly job offer to a salaried one
When you are choosing between an hourly job and a salaried job, or your employer offers to move you to salary, compare what you actually take home over a year, not the headline numbers.
Start with your real hourly earnings, including the overtime you usually work. Someone earning $25 an hour who works 45 hours every week earns 40 × $25 + 5 × $37.50 = $1,187.50 a week, or $61,750 a year. A $55,000 salary sounds like a raise over the $52,000 that $25 × 2,080 gives, but it is $6,750 less than that person makes today.
Then check whether the salaried job is exempt. Being paid a salary does not end overtime by itself. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, an employee is exempt from overtime only if all three of these are true:
- They are paid a fixed salary that does not go down with the hours or quality of work.
- The salary is at least the federal minimum. The Department of Labor enforces $684 a week ($35,568 a year) for the executive, administrative and professional exemptions. That equals $17.10 an hour over 2,080 hours.
- The job’s main duties fit one of the exemptions, such as managing a business or a department, office work that involves real independent judgment, or a learned professional role.
Several states set a higher bar. California’s Department of Industrial Relations sets its 2026 minimum for most exempt employees at twice the state minimum wage for a full-time year, $70,304, which is $33.80 an hour over 2,080 hours. Our exempt vs non-exempt guide covers the duties tests and the other states with higher thresholds.
If the job is exempt and you expect long weeks, divide the salary by the hours you will actually work. $55,000 over 45 hours a week for 52 weeks (2,340 hours) is about $23.50 an hour. Also compare the paid holidays, paid time off and benefits in each offer, since they are part of the deal.
Paid time off counts in the 2,080 hours
The 2,080-hour year includes every paid hour, whether you worked it or not. If your employer pays for 10 holidays and two weeks of vacation, those hours are already in the 52 weeks, and you do not subtract them.
Only unpaid time changes your annual pay. The federal Fair Labor Standards Act does not require payment for time not worked, such as vacations, sick leave or holidays; the Department of Labor describes those as matters of agreement between employer and employee. Some states and cities do require paid sick leave. So the question to ask is simple: when you are off, do you get paid?
- Paid vacation, holidays and sick days: keep 52 weeks.
- Unpaid holidays or a shutdown week: subtract them. Six unpaid holidays at 8 hours is 48 hours, or 1.2 weeks.
- A job with no paid vacation and two weeks off: use 50 weeks.
Enter the unpaid weeks in the calculator to see the difference. At $20 an hour, each unpaid week costs $800 of annual pay. Our guide to paid time off explains accrual, carryover and state sick leave rules, and the holiday pay guide covers when holiday hours are paid.
What employers should know
Owners and managers use the same conversion when they budget labor, write a job post or move someone from hourly to salary.
- Wages are not your full labor cost. The annual figure is gross pay. Your cost also includes the employer share of payroll taxes, unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation and any benefits.
- Budget overtime you know is coming. If a role regularly runs 45 hours, the overtime premium is part of the real annual cost, not a surprise.
- Moving someone to salary needs both tests. The salary must meet the federal and state minimums, and the duties must fit an exemption. A salaried employee who fails either test is non-exempt and still earns overtime, so you must keep tracking their hours.
- Quote pay clearly. When an offer gives both an hourly rate and an annual estimate, state the hours and weeks behind the estimate so the candidate can check it.
- Keep hour records for non-exempt staff. The FLSA requires accurate records of hours worked for every non-exempt employee, hourly or salaried. A time clock app records real punches so pay is calculated from actual hours.
Pay rates must also stay at or above the minimum wage where your staff work; check minimum wage by state before you set an hourly rate.
Frequently asked questions
$20 an hour is how much a year?
At 40 hours a week for 52 paid weeks, $20 an hour is $41,600 a year before taxes. That works out to $3,466.67 a month, $1,600 every two weeks and $800 a week. If you take two unpaid weeks off, the annual figure drops to $40,000.
How many work hours are in a year?
The standard figure is 2,080 hours: 40 hours a week times 52 weeks. It already includes paid holidays and paid vacation, because those hours are paid. The federal government uses 2,087 hours to convert its salaries, because the calendar averages slightly more than 52 weeks of workdays.
What is the quick way to convert hourly to salary?
Multiply the hourly rate by 2,080 for a full-time year. For a fast estimate in your head, double the rate and add three zeros: $20 an hour is roughly $40,000. That shortcut assumes 2,000 hours, so the exact full-time figure is 4% higher, or $41,600.
Is the annual salary from an hourly wage before or after taxes?
Before taxes. Hourly rate times hours gives gross pay. Your take-home pay is lower after federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare, state and local income tax where they apply, and deductions such as health insurance or retirement contributions. Your pay stub shows each one.
Does a salaried job stop overtime pay?
Not automatically. A salaried employee is exempt from overtime only if the salary meets the federal minimum of $684 a week, any higher state minimum, and the job passes a duties test. Salaried employees who fail those tests still earn time and a half after 40 hours.