Pay is quoted in different units: an hourly rate on one offer, an annual salary on another, a biweekly amount on a pay stub. Converting them to the same unit is simple multiplication once you know how many hours or pay periods a year holds. All conversions here are gross pay, before taxes and deductions.
The conversion formulas
A full-time year is 2,080 hours (40 hours a week for 52 weeks).
| Convert | Formula | Example ($25 an hour, $52,000 a year) |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly to annual | × 2,080 | $25 × 2,080 = $52,000 |
| Annual to hourly | ÷ 2,080 | $52,000 ÷ 2,080 = $25.00 |
| Weekly to annual | × 52 | $1,000 × 52 = $52,000 |
| Biweekly to annual | × 26 | $2,000 × 26 = $52,000 |
| Semimonthly to annual | × 24 | $2,166.67 × 24 = $52,000 |
| Monthly to annual | × 12 | $4,333.33 × 12 = $52,000 |
Pick the converter for your pay
Paid by the hour, or comparing an hourly offer with a salary? The hourly to salary calculator converts both ways, with tables from the $7.25 federal minimum wage to $100 an hour and from $30,000 to $500,000 a year, and handles part-time hours and unpaid weeks.
Paid weekly, every two weeks, twice a month or monthly? The pay period to annual salary calculator turns any paycheck into a yearly figure and explains why biweekly and semimonthly pay are not the same.
Working more than 40 hours? The overtime calculator adds time-and-a-half pay for the extra hours on top of your straight-time earnings.
Checking whether a raise kept up with prices? The inflation-adjusted salary calculator compares a past salary with today’s.
After you convert
A converted salary is gross pay. To see what a salary leaves after federal and state taxes, use the take-home pay guides. To judge whether a salary is enough where you live, see the good salary guides.
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