Hourly to Salary Calculator — annualize an hourly wage

How it works

The annual figure is the hourly rate times the hours you actually work in a year, and the hours are yours to set: hours per week times paid weeks per year. Full-time is usually 40 × 52 = 2,080 hours, but part-time, seasonal, or overtime-heavy schedules land elsewhere, and that's the point of setting them explicitly. The hours-per-week sweep shows how the same wage annualizes across 20, 30, 40, and 50 hours a week, so a raise in hours reads in dollars a year. The monthly, biweekly, and weekly figures divide the annual by the standard periods (12, 26, 52).

Worked example

At $25 an hour working 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, annual hours are 40 × 52 = 2,080, so the salary is $25 × 2,080 = $52,000 — $4,333.33 a month, $2,000 biweekly, and $1,000 a week. Drop to 20 hours a week and it halves to $26,000. For the reverse, OPM converts a federal annual rate to hourly with a 2,087-hour divisor — its published GS-13 example takes an $89,033 salary to $89,033 ÷ 2,087 = $42.66 an hour — which this tool inverts: at $42.66 over 2,087 hours you get back $89,033.

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert hourly pay to an annual salary?

Multiply your hourly rate by the hours you work in a year — hours per week times weeks per year. $25 an hour at 40 hours for 52 weeks is $25 × 2,080 = $52,000. A quick shortcut for full-time work is to double the hourly rate and add three zeros ($25 → ~$50,000), which approximates the 2,080-hour year.

How many hours are in a full-time work year?

The common convention is 2,080 — 40 hours a week times 52 weeks. It's an approximation: it counts every week as worked, including any paid holidays and vacation. The federal government uses 2,087 hours to average in leap years. Set your own hours and weeks here if your schedule differs.

Should I subtract vacation and holidays?

Only if they're unpaid. Paid time off is still paid, so leave the weeks at 52. For unpaid weeks, reduce the "paid weeks per year" — 48 weeks instead of 52 drops a $52,000 full-time figure to $48,000. The calculator uses whatever weeks you enter.

Is this my take-home pay?

No — it's gross annual pay, before income tax, Social Security, Medicare, and any deductions. Your take-home is lower. This page annualizes the gross wage; the income-tax calculator handles what comes out.

How do I compare a job offer's hourly rate to a salaried one?

Annualize the hourly wage at the hours you'd actually work, then compare the two annual figures — but also weigh benefits, overtime eligibility, and paid time off, which differ between hourly and salaried roles. The dollar figures are only part of the comparison.

Why doesn't doubling my wage and adding zeros match exactly?

The "double and add three zeros" trick assumes exactly 2,000 hours a year; the real full-time year is 2,080, so the shortcut understates the annual by about 4%. $25 an hour is ~$50,000 by the trick but $52,000 at 2,080 hours. Use the calculator for the exact figure.

How accurate is this, and what does it exclude?

The arithmetic is exact for the rate, hours, and weeks entered. It excludes taxes and deductions (the result is gross), overtime premiums, shift differentials, and bonuses. It assumes every counted hour is paid at the same rate — enter overtime hours separately if they're paid at a premium.