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Salary to hourly calculator

Enter a yearly salary or an hourly wage to see what it pays an hour, a day, a week, a paycheck, a month and a year, before taxes. A full-time year is 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks), so $60,000 a year is $28.85 an hour and $25 an hour is $52,000 a year.

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Salary to hourly calculator

Your full salary, before taxes.

40 is full time.

Count paid vacation and holidays.

Optional. Days a year without pay.

Your hourly rate

$28.85 an hour

$60,000 a year is $28.85 an hour at 40 hours a week for 52 paid weeks (2,080 hours), before taxes.

Your pay, before taxes
Pay periodPay
HourlySalary ÷ 2,080 hours$28.85
DailyA fifth of a 40-hour week$230.77
WeeklyYearly ÷ 52$1,153.85
BiweeklyYearly ÷ 26 paychecks$2,307.69
SemimonthlyYearly ÷ 24, twice a month$2,500.00
MonthlyYearly ÷ 12$5,000.00
YearlyYour salary$60,000

Pay before taxes. Daily pay assumes a five-day week, and unpaid days come off at a day's pay. Overtime is time and a half past 40 hours a week, the federal rule for most hourly workers. An educational estimate, not financial advice.

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The numbers behind the conversion

Full-time year
2,080 hours
Federal minimum
$7.25 an hour
Overtime
1.5× past 40 hours
Biweekly paychecks
26 a year

From the Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, checked October 18, 2026.

How do you convert a salary to an hourly wage?

Divide the yearly salary by the hours you're paid for in a year: 2,080 for a full-time job of 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. $60,000 ÷ 2,080 = $28.85 an hour. To go from hourly to yearly, multiply by 2,080: $25 an hour is $52,000 a year. For a quick estimate, halve the salary and drop the thousands ($60,000 is about $30 an hour), or double the wage and add three zeros ($25 an hour is about $50,000 a year).

The calculator does the same with your own hours and weeks. Weekly, biweekly, semimonthly and monthly pay are the year's pay divided by 52, 26, 24 and 12, and a day is a fifth of a week.

How much is $50,000 a year per hour?

$50,000 a year is $24.04 an hour over a 2,080-hour work year, or $4,167 a month, $1,923 every two weeks and $962 a week before taxes. $75,000 a year is $36.06 an hour and $100,000 is $48.08.

Yearly salaries per hour and pay period, at 2,080 hours a year, before taxes
Yearly salaryHourlyWeeklyBiweeklyMonthly
$30,000$14.42$577$1,154$2,500
$35,000$16.83$673$1,346$2,917
$40,000$19.23$769$1,538$3,333
$45,000$21.63$865$1,731$3,750
$50,000$24.04$962$1,923$4,167
$55,000$26.44$1,058$2,115$4,583
$60,000$28.85$1,154$2,308$5,000
$65,000$31.25$1,250$2,500$5,417
$70,000$33.65$1,346$2,692$5,833
$75,000$36.06$1,442$2,885$6,250
$80,000$38.46$1,538$3,077$6,667
$85,000$40.87$1,635$3,269$7,083
$90,000$43.27$1,731$3,462$7,500
$95,000$45.67$1,827$3,654$7,917
$100,000$48.08$1,923$3,846$8,333
$110,000$52.88$2,115$4,231$9,167
$120,000$57.69$2,308$4,615$10,000
$125,000$60.10$2,404$4,808$10,417
$130,000$62.50$2,500$5,000$10,833
$140,000$67.31$2,692$5,385$11,667
$150,000$72.12$2,885$5,769$12,500
$175,000$84.13$3,365$6,731$14,583
$200,000$96.15$3,846$7,692$16,667

How much is $20 an hour a year?

$20 an hour is $41,600 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, or $3,467 a month and $1,600 every two weeks before taxes. $15 an hour is $31,200 a year and $25 an hour is $52,000.

Hourly wages per year and pay period, at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, before taxes
Hourly wageWeeklyBiweeklyMonthlyYearly
$7.25 (federal minimum)$290$580$1,257$15,080
$10$400$800$1,733$20,800
$12$480$960$2,080$24,960
$15$600$1,200$2,600$31,200
$16$640$1,280$2,773$33,280
$17$680$1,360$2,947$35,360
$18$720$1,440$3,120$37,440
$20$800$1,600$3,467$41,600
$22$880$1,760$3,813$45,760
$25$1,000$2,000$4,333$52,000
$28$1,120$2,240$4,853$58,240
$30$1,200$2,400$5,200$62,400
$35$1,400$2,800$6,067$72,800
$40$1,600$3,200$6,933$83,200
$45$1,800$3,600$7,800$93,600
$50$2,000$4,000$8,667$104,000
$60$2,400$4,800$10,400$124,800
$75$3,000$6,000$13,000$156,000
$100$4,000$8,000$17,333$208,000

What is the federal minimum wage per year?

The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, unchanged since July 24, 2009, which comes to $15,080 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, or $290 a week. 30 states and the District of Columbia set higher minimums: Washington's is $17.13 an hour ($35,630 a year full time) and DC's $18.40 ($38,272). In New York and Oregon the state rate depends on the region.

The federal minimum wage and the highest state rates, full time, from the Department of Labor's state table (updated July 1, 2026)
WhereHourlyWeeklyYearly
Federal minimum$7.25$290$15,080
District of Columbia$18.40$736$38,272
Washington$17.13$685$35,630
New York City, Long Island and Westchester$17.00$680$35,360
Connecticut$16.94$678$35,235
California$16.90$676$35,152

How does overtime change hourly pay?

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, covered hourly workers earn at least time and a half, 1.5 times their regular rate, for every hour over 40 in a workweek. At $20 an hour, a 45-hour week pays $950: $800 for the first 40 hours and $150 for 5 hours at $30. That's $49,400 a year instead of $41,600. Hours can't be averaged over two weeks, and federal law doesn't require extra pay for weekends or holidays as such (DOL Fact Sheet #23). Some states add daily overtime: California pays time and a half past 8 hours in a workday.

Pay with overtime at time and a half past 40 hours, before taxes
Hours a weekWeekly at $20Weekly at $25Yearly at $20Yearly at $25
40$800$1,000$41,600$52,000
45 (5 overtime)$950$1,188$49,400$61,750
50 (10 overtime)$1,100$1,375$57,200$71,500
55 (15 overtime)$1,250$1,563$65,000$81,250
60 (20 overtime)$1,400$1,750$72,800$91,000

Salaried workers don't get overtime by default, so longer hours lower a salary's hourly rate. But those paid under $684 a week ($35,568 a year) are generally owed it (DOL Fact Sheet #17A).

Why is a work year 2,080 hours?

Because 40 hours a week for 52 weeks is 2,080 hours. It counts paid holidays and vacation as paid hours, and it's the work year the Bureau of Labor Statistics uses to turn hourly wages into yearly ones. A calendar year is 52 weeks and a day or two, so the federal government figures its employees' hourly rates over 2,087 hours instead, which makes $60,000 come to $28.75 an hour. Work fewer or more hours and the same salary is worth more or less an hour:

$60,000 a year at different weekly hours, over 52 paid weeks
Hours a weekHours a yearPer hour
201,040$57.69
301,560$38.46
351,820$32.97
37.51,950$30.77
402,080$28.85
452,340$25.64
502,600$23.08
603,120$19.23

What's the difference between biweekly and semimonthly pay?

Biweekly pay comes every two weeks, 26 paychecks a year; semimonthly pay comes twice a month, 24 paychecks. On $60,000 a year, a biweekly paycheck is $2,308 and a semimonthly one $2,500 before taxes. Biweekly is the most common: 43% of private establishments paid that way in February 2023, according to the BLS.

Paychecks on $60,000 a year, and how common each pay period was among private establishments in February 2023
Pay periodPaychecks a yearEach paycheckPrivate establishments
Weekly52$1,15427%
Biweekly26$2,30843%
Semimonthly24$2,50019.8%
Monthly12$5,00010.3%

Now and then a biweekly schedule fits 27 paydays into a calendar year: 26 two-week periods are 364 days, so it happens when the first payday falls on January 1 (or January 2 in a leap year). Ask your employer how it splits a salary that year.

What is the average hourly wage in the US?

$37.81 an hour for employees on private nonfarm payrolls in September 2026, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over an average workweek of 34.4 hours. The median is lower: full-time wage and salary workers' median weekly earnings were $1,251 in the second quarter of 2026, about $31.28 an hour over 40 hours, or $65,052 a year. To see how your own pay compares with people your age, in the US or your state, use the income percentile calculator.

How the calculator works

  • From a salary: the hourly rate is the salary divided by your hours a week times your paid weeks a year. Salaries don't earn overtime here, so hours past 40 lower the rate.
  • From an hourly wage: a week's pay is the wage times your hours, with hours past 40 at 1.5 times the wage unless you switch overtime off. A year is that week times your paid weeks.
  • Paid weeks include paid vacation and holidays. Fewer paid weeks, as in seasonal or school-year work, spread a salary over fewer hours.
  • Unpaid days come off the year at a day's pay, a fifth of a full week's.
  • Pay periods: weekly, biweekly, semimonthly and monthly pay are the year's pay over 52, 26, 24 and 12. Switching between salary and hourly keeps the same year's pay.

Sources: DOL minimum wage and state minimum wages (updated July 1, 2026), DOL overtime pay, Fact Sheet #23, #17A and #17E, California overtime, OPM's 2,087-hour divisor, the BLS OEWS technical notes, Employment Situation (September 2026), Usual Weekly Earnings and length of pay periods, and IRS Topic 751, all checked October 18, 2026.

Salary and hourly pay questions

Is this salary to hourly calculator before or after taxes?

Before taxes. Take-home pay is lower after federal and state income tax and payroll taxes: employees pay 6.2% Social Security tax on wages up to $184,500 in 2026 and 1.45% Medicare tax, 7.65% in all, or $4,590 on $60,000.

Do paid holidays and vacation count as hours?

Yes. The 2,080-hour year includes paid time off, which is how employers quote an hourly equivalent, so keep paid weeks at 52 if your time off is paid. For your pay per hour actually worked, take the time off out: with 10 paid holidays and 10 vacation days, a full-time job works 1,920 hours, so $60,000 a year comes to $31.25 for each hour worked.

Do salaried workers get overtime?

Some do. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, salaried workers paid less than $684 a week ($35,568 a year) are generally owed overtime, and so are many who earn more but whose jobs don't meet the duties tests for executive, administrative or professional work. Highly compensated employees, paid $107,432 or more a year, face a looser duties test. State rules can be stricter. This calculator adds overtime only to hourly pay.

Are all hourly workers owed overtime?

Most are, but not all. The FLSA exempts some jobs, such as computer professionals paid at least $27.63 an hour, and some workers aren't covered by it at all. Some states go further than federal law: California requires time and a half past 8 hours in a workday and double time past 12.

How many hours a week is full time?

There's no single rule. The Fair Labor Standards Act doesn't define full-time work, so employers generally decide; 40 hours is the usual full-time week and the basis of the 2,080-hour year. For employer health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the IRS counts 30 hours a week, or 130 hours a month, as full time.

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