This hourly to salary calculator multiplies an hourly rate by hours per week and by paid weeks in the year. The headline is the annual figure. Weekly pay and monthly pay are shown beside it, and so is the number of paid hours. The sample is $28 an hour, 40 hours a week, for 52 paid weeks, which is $58,240 a year.
The useful choice is the weeks field. A person who is paid for every week, including paid leave, is on 52 weeks. A contractor who takes two unpaid weeks is closer to 50. The form does not assume overtime. Hours above 40 are paid at the same hourly rate unless you use the weekly overtime calculator for that week.
How to use this calculator
- Enter the hourly rate in dollars. Use 28 for $28 an hour, not 28 cents.
- Enter hours per week. The sample is 40. A part-time schedule might be 32 or 20.
- Enter paid weeks per year. Leave 52 if you are paid for every week. Use fewer weeks if some weeks are unpaid.
- Press Calculate. Read the annual headline, the weekly pay, the monthly pay, and the paid-hour count.
How hourly pay becomes a salary
Weekly pay is the hourly rate times hours per week. Annual pay is weekly pay times the number of paid weeks, which is the same as rate times hours times weeks. Monthly pay is the annual figure divided by 12, not the weekly figure times 4. There are not exactly four weeks in a month. Using 4 would understate a 52-week year: 40 hours times $28 times 4 is $4,480, while $58,240 divided by 12 is $4,853.33.
The paid-hour line is hours per week times weeks. At 40 and 52 that is 2,080 hours, the usual full-time count in the United States when leave is paid. At 40 and 50 it is 2,000 hours. The calculator rounds money to the cent at the end of each multiplication. A rate of $18.50 for 32 hours and 52 weeks is $30,784.00 a year, because 18.50 × 32 × 52 is exact.
Nothing in the formula withholds tax. The annual headline is a gross salary, the sort of number a paycheck calculator expects in its wage field. It is not take-home pay. It also is not a quote that includes overtime, shift differentials, bonuses, or unpaid lunch. If the hours field already includes unpaid lunch, the salary will be high. Enter hours you are paid for.
Formula
Weekly pay = hourly rate × hours per week Annual pay = hourly rate × hours per week × paid weeks Monthly pay = annual pay ÷ 12 Paid hours = hours per week × paid weeks A 40-hour week for 52 paid weeks = 2,080 paid hours
Monthly pay uses the annual total divided by 12 so that twelve displayed months can be reconciled to the year, apart from cent rounding. It does not use 52 ÷ 12 as a weekly multiplier on the stub. If your employer pays twice a month, the cash amount of one paycheck is the annual figure divided by 24, which this page does not print. Divide the headline by 24 yourself, or run the annual figure through a paycheck calculator that has a twice-a-month choice.
A week count other than 52 changes the note under the result. Fifty paid weeks at $45 an hour and 40 hours is $90,000.00 a year and 2,000 paid hours. The same hours at 52 weeks would be $93,600. The two-week gap is $3,600, which is two weeks of $1,800.
Worked hourly-to-salary examples
$28 an hour, 40 hours, 52 weeks
Weekly pay is 28 × 40 = $1,120.00. Annual pay is 1,120 × 52 = $58,240.00, which is the headline. Monthly pay is 58,240 / 12 = $4,853.333…, shown as $4,853.33. Paid hours are 2,080. The note says the count uses 52 paid weeks.
Twelve times $4,853.33 is $58,239.96, four cents under the annual headline. That is display rounding on the month. The annual figure itself is exact for these inputs. Tax is not removed. A 2026 paycheck calculator can take the $58,240 as gross wages if you want federal tax and FICA.
$18.50 an hour, 32 hours, 52 weeks
Weekly pay is 18.50 × 32 = $592.00. Annual pay is 592 × 52 = $30,784.00. Monthly pay is $2,565.33. Paid hours are 1,664. This is a four-day schedule paid every week of the year, not a 40-hour salary with Fridays deleted after the fact.
Compared with the $28 full-time sample, both the rate and the hours are lower. The calculator does not blend the two. If the 32 hours sometimes become 40, the annual figure will be low for those weeks. Add the extra hours only if they are paid at this same rate. Overtime needs the other calculator.
$45 an hour, 40 hours, 50 paid weeks
Weekly pay is $1,800.00. Annual pay is 1,800 × 50 = $90,000.00. Monthly pay is $7,500.00 exactly, because $90,000 divides by 12 with no remainder. Paid hours are 2,000. The note says the count uses 50 paid weeks, not 52.
The two unpaid weeks are why this is not $93,600. If those two weeks are actually paid vacation, change the weeks field to 52. Leaving 50 in that case understates the salary by $3,600. The form cannot tell paid leave from unpaid leave. The weeks field is that decision.
Annual pay from hourly rate, hours, and weeks
| Hourly rate | Hours per week | Paid weeks | Weekly pay | Monthly pay | Annual pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $28.00 | 40 | 52 | $1,120.00 | $4,853.33 | $58,240.00 |
| $18.50 | 32 | 52 | $592.00 | $2,565.33 | $30,784.00 |
| $45.00 | 40 | 50 | $1,800.00 | $7,500.00 | $90,000.00 |
| $15.00 | 20 | 52 | $300.00 | $1,300.00 | $15,600.00 |
| $60.00 | 40 | 52 | $2,400.00 | $10,400.00 | $124,800.00 |
What this hourly conversion leaves out
Overtime premiums, double time, weekend differentials, and unpaid meal breaks are not detected. If you type 48 hours at the straight rate, all 48 are paid at that rate. The weekly overtime calculator is the tool that applies a multiple after an hour threshold.
Tax, retirement contributions, and benefit premiums are not withheld. The headline is gross pay. A salaried exempt worker is often paid the annual amount even when a particular week is not 40 hours. This form assumes every paid hour is at the rate you type, which describes hourly pay, not an exempt salary that happens to imply an hourly equivalent.
Paid weeks are whatever you enter. The calculator does not know the legal holiday calendar or your employer’s leave plan. A year with 27 biweekly paychecks is a payroll-calendar issue, not a change to the hourly math, and it is not modeled. Currency is displayed in dollars. The arithmetic is the same in another currency if you ignore the symbol and keep the inputs in one currency.
Frequently asked questions
How many hours are in a full-time year at 40 hours a week?
Forty hours times 52 paid weeks is 2,080 hours. At $28 an hour that is $58,240.00 a year and $1,120.00 a week. Monthly pay is $4,853.33, which is the annual figure divided by 12, not the weekly figure times 4.
Should a salaried worker use 52 weeks or 50?
Use 52 if you are paid for leave. Use 50, or another count, only for weeks that are unpaid. At $45 an hour and 40 hours, 50 weeks is $90,000.00 and 52 weeks would be $93,600. The form does not decide which one your job pays.
Does this hourly calculator include overtime?
No. Every hour uses the same rate. A 48-hour week at $22 is not time and a half here. The weekly overtime calculator applies a multiple after a threshold, by default 1.5 after 40 hours.
Why is monthly pay not four times the weekly pay?
A month is not four weeks. Four times $1,120 is $4,480, but $58,240 divided by 12 is $4,853.33. Using four weeks would drop almost a month of pay across a 52-week year. This page always divides the annual total by 12.
Is the annual figure take-home pay?
No. It is gross pay before tax, retirement contributions, and benefit premiums. You can use it as the wage input on a 2026 paycheck calculator. Those pages apply federal tax and FICA, and the California page also applies state income tax and SDI.
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