What Is an Hourly to Salary Calculator?
This calculator converts an hourly wage into equivalent pay over other periods — daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, and annual — so you can compare hourly job offers against salaried ones, budget more easily, or simply understand what your paycheck adds up to over a full year.
How to Use the Calculator
- Enter your hourly wage.
- Enter your typical hours worked per week (defaults to 40).
- Choose 52 weeks per year, or 50 weeks if you take about 2 unpaid weeks off.
- Optionally, enter overtime hours per week and an overtime multiplier (defaults to 1.5×) if you regularly work more than 40 hours.
- View your full pay breakdown and a rough take-home pay estimate.
How to Convert Hourly Pay to a Salary
Regular hours are capped at 40 per week for overtime purposes — any overtime hours entered are paid at your hourly wage multiplied by your overtime multiplier (typically 1.5× under federal law for non-exempt employees working over 40 hours in a week).
Accounting for Unpaid Time Off
If you get 2 unpaid weeks off per year (for example, unpaid vacation or an unpaid holiday closure), your realistic annual pay is based on 50 working weeks rather than the full 52. This can make a meaningful difference in accurately estimating your true annual income, especially for hourly workers without paid time off.
Worked Example
Weekly pay: $20 × 40 = $800
Daily pay (÷5): $160
Biweekly pay: $800 × 2 = $1,600
Annual pay: $800 × 52 = $41,600
Monthly pay: $41,600 ÷ 12 ≈ $3,467
Rough Take-Home Pay Estimate
This calculator also shows a simplified take-home estimate, applying an illustrative ~22% combined effective tax rate (covering federal income tax, FICA/payroll taxes, and a rough allowance for state tax) to your gross pay. This is meant only as a ballpark — your actual take-home pay depends heavily on your state (some have no income tax at all), filing status, deductions, benefits, and other withholdings.
For a precise, personalized number, use our Take-Home Paycheck Calculator or our Paycheck Calculator by State, which account for your actual state and filing details.
Important Notes
- Daily pay assumes a standard 5-day work week — if you work a different schedule, divide your weekly pay by your actual number of workdays instead.
- Overtime rules vary by state and job classification — this calculator uses a simple, adjustable multiplier and applies it only to hours entered above the standard 40-hour week.
- The take-home estimate is illustrative only and not a substitute for a full state-specific paycheck calculation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Multiply your hourly wage by the number of hours you work per week, then multiply that weekly figure by the number of weeks you work per year. For example, $20/hr × 40 hrs/week × 52 weeks/year = $41,600 per year.
Use 52 weeks if you're paid for every week of the year, including any vacation or holidays. Use 50 weeks (or another adjusted number) if you take unpaid time off, since those weeks won't generate income and would otherwise overstate your realistic annual pay.
Overtime pay is typically your regular hourly wage multiplied by an overtime multiplier (commonly 1.5×, or "time and a half"), applied only to hours worked beyond 40 in a single week for non-exempt employees. This calculator applies your chosen multiplier only to the overtime hours you enter, on top of your regular pay for the first 40 hours.
Gross pay is your total earnings before any deductions. Take-home (net) pay is what's left after federal income tax, FICA taxes (Social Security and Medicare), and often state and local income tax, plus any benefit deductions like health insurance or retirement contributions. The gap between gross and net pay commonly ranges from about 15% to 30%+ depending on your state and situation.
This tool is built to go from hourly wage to salary, but the same math works in reverse: divide your annual salary by your weeks worked per year, then by your hours per week, to estimate an equivalent hourly rate. Just be aware that this doesn't account for unpaid overtime that salaried employees sometimes work.