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Hourly to Salary Calculator
Turn an hourly wage into a yearly salary and every paycheck in between. Enter your rate, weekly hours and paid weeks, then press Calculate to see weekly, biweekly, monthly and annual gross pay.
Written by TopicDrill Editorial Team·Updated June 2026
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How the hourly to salary calculator works
The conversion is straightforward once you fix your schedule. The tool multiplies your hourly rate by the hours you work in a week to get weekly pay, then scales that up by the number of paid weeks you work in a year for the annual figure. From the annual total it derives monthly, biweekly and daily pay so you can match whatever cadence your employer uses.
Because the weeks-per-year input is yours to set, the result respects unpaid time off. Drop from 52 to 50 weeks and the annual number falls accordingly. The bar chart lines up each pay period side by side so the relative size of a daily, weekly, biweekly and monthly check is easy to see at a glance.
A worked example
Take a wage of 25 dollars an hour at 40 hours a week for all 52 weeks. Weekly pay is 1,000 dollars, the annual salary is 52,000 dollars, monthly pay is about 4,333 dollars, and a biweekly paycheck is roughly 2,000 dollars. Cut back to 50 paid weeks and the annual figure slips to 50,000 dollars, a clean reminder of what two unpaid weeks cost.
Things to keep in mind
These numbers are gross, before any tax or deduction, so your take-home pay will be lower. Overtime, bonuses and shift differentials are not included either. For the current federal minimum wage and overtime rules, see the U.S. Department of Labor. To see how much of that salary you could set aside each month, try our savings calculator.
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert an hourly wage to an annual salary?
Multiply your hourly rate by the hours you work each week, then multiply that weekly pay by the number of paid weeks you work in a year. For a full-time job that often means rate times 40 times 52. At 25 dollars an hour that works out to 52,000 dollars a year before taxes.
Why does this tool ask for weeks per year?
Not everyone is paid for all 52 weeks. If you take two weeks of unpaid time off, you are really earning across 50 paid weeks, which lowers the annual figure. Letting you set the weeks makes the conversion honest for contractors, part-timers and anyone with unpaid leave.
Is the result before or after taxes?
It is gross pay, meaning before income tax, payroll tax and any benefit deductions. Your take-home pay will be lower once those are withheld. Use this as the starting point, then apply your tax bracket to estimate what actually lands in your account.
How is the biweekly amount different from twice the weekly pay?
A biweekly paycheck covers two weeks, but the calculator divides the full year into 26 pay periods rather than simply doubling one week. Because a year has slightly more than 52 weeks, spreading the annual total across 26 periods is the cleaner way to match how employers actually pay.
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