Hourly to Salary Calculator

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Last verified: July 12, 2026 against IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32 (2026 brackets and standard deduction) and SSA 2026 wage base

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An hourly wage times 2,080 is the whole trick: 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year. $20 an hour is $41,600; $25 is $52,000; $30 is $62,400. What the job listings never show is the after-tax figure, so this converter also runs your annual total through the 2026 federal brackets and FICA - and hands the result to the paycheck calculator for your state's cut.

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Your Hours

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$7.25$100

40 is full-time; hours past 40 usually pay 1.5x for non-exempt roles

52 if your time off is paid; subtract any unpaid weeks

What That Makes

Annual Salary (gross)

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Monthly

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Biweekly

$0

Weekly

$0

Est. federal take-home

$0

Federal income tax + FICA, single filer, standard deduction

State tax not included. Run this salary through the paycheck calculator for your state's exact cut.

What this salary actually means

The 2,080-hour convention assumes every week is paid - true for most salaried-style hourly jobs with paid holidays and PTO, false for contract, seasonal, and gig work. If your role has unpaid gaps, the paid-weeks input matters more than the wage: at $25 an hour, the difference between 52 and 46 paid weeks is $6,000 a year, the same as a $2.90 an hour raise.

The take-home estimate uses the 2026 federal brackets after the $16,100 single standard deduction, plus 6.2% Social Security and 1.45% Medicare. It deliberately excludes state income tax (zero in nine states, up to 13.3% in California), pre-tax benefits, and credits - the paycheck calculator handles all of that with the same salary carried over.

Common wages, converted

Full-time (2,080 hours), with estimated federal take-home for a single filer computed from the 2026 brackets. Every figure derives from the same tax data file the calculators use.

Hourly Annual Monthly Est. federal take-home Fed + FICA bite
$12.00 $24,960 $2,080 $22,165 11.2%
$15.00 $31,200 $2,600 $27,249 12.7%
$16.00 $33,280 $2,773 $28,920 13.1%
$17.00 $35,360 $2,947 $30,592 13.5%
$18.00 $37,440 $3,120 $32,263 13.8%
$19.00 $39,520 $3,293 $33,934 14.1%
$20.00 $41,600 $3,467 $35,606 14.4%
$22.00 $45,760 $3,813 $38,948 14.9%
$25.00 $52,000 $4,333 $43,962 15.5%
$28.00 $58,240 $4,853 $48,976 15.9%
$30.00 $62,400 $5,200 $52,318 16.2%
$35.00 $72,800 $6,067 $60,045 17.5%
$40.00 $83,200 $6,933 $67,361 19.0%
$45.00 $93,600 $7,800 $74,678 20.2%
$50.00 $104,000 $8,667 $81,994 21.2%
$60.00 $124,800 $10,400 $96,567 22.6%
$75.00 $156,000 $13,000 $117,892 24.4%

Single filer, standard deduction, no state tax or pre-tax deductions. Sources: IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32; SSA 2026 wage base.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you convert an hourly wage to a yearly salary?
Multiply the wage by hours per week, then by weeks paid per year. The standard full-time assumption is 40 hours x 52 weeks = 2,080 hours, so any hourly rate x 2,080 gives the full-time annual figure. $20 an hour is $41,600 a year; $25 is $52,000; $30 is $62,400. If you take unpaid time off, use the weeks you are actually paid - 50 weeks turns $25 an hour into $50,000 instead of $52,000.
$20 an hour is how much a year after taxes?
Full-time at $20 an hour grosses $41,600. For a single filer taking the $16,100 standard deduction, federal income tax plus FICA leaves roughly $35,606 - about 86% of gross - before any state income tax or pre-tax deductions. Run your state through the paycheck calculator for the full picture.
How many working hours are in a year?
A full-time year is 2,080 hours (40 x 52). Accounting for the 11 federal holidays gives about 1,992 hours, and subtracting two weeks of vacation leaves roughly 1,912 actually-worked hours. Salary conversions conventionally use 2,080 because holidays and PTO are typically paid.
Why is my biweekly paycheck not exactly two weeks of my monthly figure?
A year contains 26 biweekly periods but only 12 months, so two months every year contain three paydays instead of two. Your biweekly gross is annual divided by 26; your monthly average is annual divided by 12. The two figures reconcile over a full year but never within a single month.
Does overtime change the conversion?
Yes, and non-exempt workers earn 1.5x for hours past 40 under the FLSA. Five hours of weekly overtime at a $20 base adds $150 a week ($7,800 a year) on top of the $41,600 base. Set the hours slider above 40 to see straight-time totals, and remember withholding treats overtime as ordinary wages - it is not taxed at a special rate, it just lands in your normal brackets.
This calculator is for educational purposes. Withholding on real paychecks depends on your W-4, state, and benefits. Consult a financial professional for advice specific to your situation.

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