Convert hourly pay to annual salary
Annual gross pay is your hourly rate times the paid hours you work each week times the number of weeks you are paid. At $25 an hour for 40 hours a week over 52 paid weeks that is 25 × 40 × 52 = $52,000. The calculator also works backwards: enter an annual salary and the hours you work and it returns the hourly rate, so $52,000 at 40 hours and 52 weeks is $25 an hour. Both directions use the same arithmetic, so a round trip returns exactly the number you started with.
Annual, monthly, biweekly and semimonthly gross pay
Once you have the annual figure, every other frequency is a division. Monthly pay is the annual amount divided by 12, quarterly by 4, biweekly by 26 and semimonthly by 24. Biweekly means a paycheck every two weeks, 26 a year, so each is smaller than a semimonthly check, which is paid twice a month on 24 dates. On $52,000 a year that is $2,000 biweekly against $2,166.67 semimonthly, and both add up to the same annual pay. The weekly figure is shown two ways so they are never confused: the calendar-average week (annual ÷ 52) and the amount for each week you are actually paid (annual ÷ paid weeks).
Paid weeks, unpaid leave and shift hours
Paid weeks means the weeks for which the hours you entered are paid, not the weeks you are physically at work. Paid holidays and paid vacation remain part of the 52. If you take unpaid leave, reduce the paid weeks: at 50 paid weeks the same $25 rate and 40 hours gives $50,000, and each paid week is still $1,000 even though the calendar average is $961.54. A planning year of 52 paid weeks is a convention; actual payroll calendars can have 53 weekly or 27 biweekly paydays in some years, so this is not a payslip calculator.
If your hours vary, switch to daily shifts and enter the length of each shift and the unpaid break in minutes. Five 8-hour days with 30-minute unpaid breaks are 37.5 paid hours, not 40. Four 10-hour days are 40 hours over 4 paid days and give the same annual pay as five 8-hour days; the number of paid days only changes the per-day amount.
Worked examples at $20, $25, $27, $30 and $45 per hour
The table below assumes 40 hours a week and 52 paid weeks, calculated with the same code as the calculator.
| Hourly rate | Annual | Monthly | Biweekly |
|---|---|---|---|
| $20 | $41,600 | $3,466.67 | $1,600.00 |
| $25 | $52,000 | $4,333.33 | $2,000.00 |
| $27 | $56,160 | $4,680.00 | $2,160.00 |
| $30 | $62,400 | $5,200.00 | $2,400.00 |
| $45 | $93,600 | $7,800.00 | $3,600.00 |
Compare two gross-pay scenarios
Use Compare with a second scenario to test a different rate, hours or paid weeks side by side. Comparing $25 × 40 × 52 with $25 × 40 × 50 shows a gross difference of $2,000 a year. That is a pre-tax difference only: it does not tell you the change in take-home pay, which depends on taxes, benefits and deductions. There are no assumed raises, bonuses, inflation or employer benefits.
Convert annual salary back to an hourly rate
Switch to Salary to hourly, enter the annual gross salary and your paid hours and weeks, and the calculator divides the salary by the paid hours in the year. A lower paid-week count raises the implied hourly rate for the same salary, because the same pay is spread across fewer paid hours. Use the CSV export to keep the full set of conversions with their assumptions.
FAQ
How do I convert hourly pay to annual salary?
Multiply the hourly rate by paid hours per week and by paid weeks per year. For 40 hours and 52 weeks that is the rate times 2,080.
How much is $25 an hour per year?
$52,000 a year gross at 40 hours a week and 52 paid weeks, or $4,333.33 a month and $2,000 every two weeks. With 50 paid weeks it is $50,000.
Should paid vacation count in paid weeks?
Yes. Paid vacation, paid holidays and paid sick leave are weeks or days you are paid for, so they stay in. Reduce paid weeks only for unpaid time off.
Why are biweekly and semimonthly pay different?
Biweekly pay is every two weeks, 26 paychecks a year. Semimonthly pay is twice a month, 24 paychecks a year. The same annual salary is split into 26 or 24 parts, so each biweekly check is smaller.
Does this estimate take-home pay or overtime?
No. Results are gross pay at one flat rate, before income tax, social contributions and deductions, and they exclude overtime and premiums, which depend on your contract and local law. Track real hours with the time card calculator or measure a single shift with the hours between times calculator, then decide how much of your income to save with the required savings rate calculator; a gross-income conversion alone does not tell you what you can afford to save.