Hourly to Salary Calculator
Convert an hourly wage to its annual salary equivalent — or a salary to hourly — using your real hours, real weeks worked and overtime, not the ×2,080 shortcut.
52 if paid year-round. Lower it for unpaid leave or seasonal work.
Paid at time-and-a-half.
The quick "×2,080" rule assumes exactly 40 hours a week for all 52 weeks. Real schedules rarely do — two unpaid weeks alone changes the answer by about 4%.
Why ×2,080 is usually a little wrong
Every quick conversion multiplies the hourly rate by 2,080 — forty hours a week, fifty-two weeks a year. It is a fine shortcut and an inaccurate description of most working lives.
Two unpaid weeks off drops the real figure by about 4%. Regular overtime raises it by more than the hours alone, because those hours pay time-and-a-half. Seasonal and construction work can involve months of gap. This calculator takes the actual shape of your year, which is why its answer beats the shortcut whenever the two disagree.
Comparing an hourly job against a salaried offer
The honest comparison has three layers, and the wage is only the first.
Benefits. Per BLS data, benefits average roughly 30% of total compensation for private-sector workers. An offer with strong health coverage and a 401(k) match can beat a higher raw wage that comes with neither.
Overtime rights. Hourly workers get time-and-a-half past 40 hours — a legal floor with real teeth, and in a few states daily overtime too. Salaried exempt employees get nothing for hour 41 or hour 60. If a salaried role routinely demands long weeks, divide the salary by the real hours before comparing.
Predictability. A salary smooths income across slow weeks; hourly pay tracks the work. Which one is the feature depends on your life.
Gross is not what hits your account
Everything on this page is pre-tax. Between federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare and your state, the deposit is typically 20–30% smaller than the gross number. Take the annual figure from this page and run it through the take-home pay calculator with your state selected — that end-to-end pair answers the question people are actually asking, which is “what will I have.”
A note for freelancers
If you are converting a salary to an hourly rate you plan to charge rather than earn as an employee, do not use the plain division this calculator shows. You will owe both halves of Social Security and Medicare, fund your own benefits, and absorb unpaid time between clients. Rates that merely match your old salary per hour are a pay cut wearing a disguise.
How this is calculated
Annual = hourly rate × hours/week × paid weeks + (hourly rate × 1.5 × OT hours/week × paid weeks) Hourly = annual salary ÷ (hours/week × paid weeks) The common shortcut multiplies by 2,080 (40 hrs × 52 weeks) — right only when both of those assumptions hold.
Frequently asked questions
- How much is $22 an hour per year?
- At exactly 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, $45,760. Work 45 hours with overtime pay and it climbs past $53,000; take two unpaid weeks and it drops under $44,000. The hours and weeks assumptions move the answer more than people expect, which is why this calculator asks for them.
- What does ×2,080 mean?
- 40 hours × 52 weeks = 2,080 working hours in a standard American year. Multiplying an hourly rate by 2,080 gives the quick salary equivalent. It silently assumes no overtime, no unpaid leave and no seasonal gaps — fine as a rough cut, wrong for many real schedules.
- Is a salaried job worth more than the same hourly number?
- Usually, because benefits ride along — employer health premiums, 401(k) match and paid time off commonly add 20–30% of pay in value. But salaried exempt roles also absorb extra hours without overtime, so a salary that demands routine 50-hour weeks can be worth less per hour than the hourly job it replaced.
- Should contractors just convert their old salary to hourly?
- No — that rate is too low. A contractor pays both halves of Social Security and Medicare, buys their own benefits, and eats unpaid gaps between projects. A common starting point is the salary ÷ 1,000 as an hourly rate (e.g. $90,000 → ~$90/hr), then adjust for your market.
- Why does my paycheck differ from these numbers?
- Everything here is gross pay. Federal and state taxes, Social Security, Medicare and any pre-tax benefits come out before deposit. Run the annual figure through the take-home pay calculator to see the deposit amount for your state.