Minimum Wage Calculator

See what a minimum wage adds up to. Enter your hourly rate, weekly hours and overtime rules, then press Calculate to break your pay down by day, week, month and year.

Written by TopicDrill Editorial Team·Updated June 2026

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How the minimum wage calculator works

The calculator starts from a single hourly rate and scales it across every pay period you might be paid on. It first finds your weekly earnings, splitting them into regular hours and any overtime hours above the threshold you set, then projects that weekly figure out to a full year using your chosen number of paid weeks.

The bar chart lines up the hourly, daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly and annual amounts side by side. Seeing them together makes it easy to sanity-check a job offer or a payslip, because a small hourly difference quietly compounds into a large yearly gap.

A quick example

Say the wage is 7.25 dollars an hour and you work 45 hours a week with overtime paid at 1.5 times after 40 hours. The first 40 hours earn 290 dollars, the extra 5 hours earn about 54 dollars, so the week totals roughly 344 dollars. Over 52 paid weeks that is close to 17,900 dollars in gross pay, noticeably more than the straight-time figure.

Things to keep in mind

Minimum wage rates differ by country, state and city, and many places set higher local floors than the federal one. Check the current rate that applies to you on the U.S. Department of Labor site before relying on a number. To estimate what lands in your bank account after deductions, pair this with our paycheck calculator.

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert an hourly minimum wage to annual pay?

Multiply the hourly wage by the hours you work each week, then multiply that weekly figure by the number of paid weeks in the year. For example, 7.25 dollars an hour for 40 hours a week across 52 weeks comes to about 15,080 dollars a year before tax.

How is overtime handled in this calculator?

Any hours worked beyond the weekly overtime threshold you set are paid at the wage times your overtime multiplier. With a 40 hour threshold and a multiplier of 1.5, the forty-first hour onward is paid at one and a half times the base rate.

Is this gross pay or take-home pay?

The figures shown are gross pay, meaning before income tax, payroll deductions and benefits are removed. Your actual take-home amount will be lower once those withholdings are applied.

Why use weeks per year instead of just 52?

Not everyone is paid for all 52 weeks. If you take unpaid leave or work a seasonal job, lowering the weeks per year gives a more honest annual estimate than assuming a full year of pay.

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