Salary & Payroll

Hourly to Salary Calculator

What this does

Project the weekly, monthly and annual gross income behind any hourly wage at your actual schedule.

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How to use it

Using the hourly to salary calculator

  1. 01

    Enter the hourly rate

    Use the base wage before shift differentials or tips.

  2. 02

    Add realistic hours and weeks

    Count only weeks you will actually be paid; hourly jobs usually exclude unpaid time off.

  3. 03

    Read the projections

    Compare the annual figure against salaried offers on equal footing.

Good to know

The benefits gap the math hides

An hourly wage matching a salary on this calculator is usually worth less overall once employer benefits are counted: health insurance, retirement match, and especially paid leave. A salaried job with three paid weeks off pays for 52 weeks while requiring 47 of work; the hourly equivalent must fund its own vacations. Add roughly 20–30% to the required hourly rate to close a full-benefits gap.

Overtime changes everything

Non-exempt hourly workers earn 1.5× beyond 40 hours weekly under the FLSA, so steady overtime can push hourly earnings past nominally higher salaries. Run the overtime calculator alongside this one when hours regularly exceed forty.

How it's calculated

The math behind this calculator

Weekly = Rate × Hours Annual = Weekly × Weeks per year Monthly = Annual / 12

Annualizing an hourly wage multiplies the rate by weekly hours and by the number of weeks actually worked each year. The monthly view divides evenly by twelve, which smooths months with different working days. Because hourly roles often lack paid time off, dropping the weeks count models unpaid breaks honestly.

Assumptions & limitations

  • Every entered hour is paid at the same rate; no built-in overtime premium.
  • No taxes, benefits or deductions are netted out.
  • Hours are constant week to week; variable schedules should use averages.

Worked example

At $25 an hour for 40-hour weeks across 52 weeks you gross $1,000 weekly, about $4,333 monthly and $52,000 a year.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does this show take-home pay?
No; these are gross figures before federal/state tax, Social Security, insurance and other deductions.
What if my hours vary weekly?
Enter your average; for seasonal work reduce the weeks field rather than inflating weekly hours.
Why does my annual figure differ from my W-2?
Raises mid-year, overtime, tips and bonus pay all move actual earnings away from this flat-rate projection.

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