Hourly to Salary Calculator
Convert between an hourly rate and a salary — in either direction.
Leave at 0 if your holiday is paid. 52 paid weeks · 2,080 h/year.
| Hourly | $25.00 |
|---|---|
| Daily (8 h) | $200.00 |
| Weekly | $1,000.00 |
| Every 2 weeks | $2,000.00 |
| Twice a month | $2,166.67 |
| Monthly | $4,333.33 |
| Annual | $52,000.00 |
These are gross figures — before income tax, Social Security, Medicare and any deductions. Note that “every 2 weeks” and “twice a month” are not the same: 26 paychecks a year against 24, so the biweekly amount is smaller even though the annual total matches.
How it works
- Choose a direction: hourly to salary, or salary to hourly.
- Enter the rate or salary, then adjust hours per week and weeks per year if they are not the usual 40 and 52.
- If your time off is unpaid, enter those weeks so the annual figure is realistic.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a $25 hourly rate as an annual salary?
- At 40 hours a week for 52 weeks it is $52,000 a year — the quick mental version is to double the hourly rate and add three zeros, which gives $50,000 and lands within a few percent. That shortcut assumes full-time hours and paid time off; if your holiday is unpaid, the real figure is lower and this calculator accounts for it.
- Should I use 52 weeks even though I take holiday?
- If your time off is paid, yes — you are paid for all 52 weeks, so nothing changes. If it is unpaid, as with many contract and hourly roles, enter those weeks in the unpaid field. Four unpaid weeks turns a nominal $52,000 into $48,000, which is exactly the kind of difference worth knowing before accepting a role.
- Why are “every 2 weeks” and “twice a month” different amounts?
- Because there are 26 biweekly periods in a year but only 24 semi-monthly ones. The annual total is identical, so each biweekly paycheck is smaller. It also means two months a year contain three biweekly paychecks, which is why biweekly earners occasionally get an apparently extra payday.
- Are these figures before or after tax?
- Before. Everything here is gross pay, which is what job listings and contracts quote. To see what actually reaches your account after federal tax, Social Security, Medicare and state tax, use the paycheck calculator.
- How do I compare a salaried offer with an hourly one fairly?
- Convert the salary to an hourly rate using the hours you would genuinely work, not the nominal 40. A $70,000 salary at a real 50 hours a week is about $27 an hour, whereas at 40 hours it is about $34 — and salaried roles usually pay nothing extra for those hours, while an hourly role would owe overtime. Benefits and paid time off matter too, but hours are where the comparison most often misleads.
About this tool
Job listings quote whichever number sounds better, so comparing offers means converting between them. This calculator goes both ways: give it an hourly rate and it produces the annual salary, or give it a salary and it produces the hourly rate, along with weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly and monthly equivalents.
The two inputs that matter are hours per week and weeks per year. The default 40 × 52 is the standard full-time assumption and gives the familiar shortcut — an hourly rate doubled with three zeros added is roughly the annual salary, so $25 an hour is about $52,000. It stops being accurate the moment your hours are not 40, which is why both fields are editable rather than baked in.
The unpaid weeks field exists because that assumption quietly breaks for a lot of people. Salaried employees are paid through their holidays, so 52 weeks is right for them. Many hourly, contract and seasonal workers are not, and four unpaid weeks is the difference between $52,000 and $48,000 on the same nominal rate. Comparing a salaried offer against an hourly one without accounting for it overstates the hourly job by thousands.
One more trap worth naming: biweekly and semi-monthly are not the same thing. Twenty-six biweekly paychecks a year against twenty-four semi-monthly ones means each biweekly cheque is smaller for the same salary, and two months a year contain three of them. All figures here are gross — before income tax, Social Security and Medicare — because that is what contracts quote. For take-home pay, the paycheck calculator applies the actual 2026 tax rules.