Hourly ↔ Salary Converter
This hourly to salary calculator converts both ways: enter an hourly wage and it shows the annual salary, weekly, monthly, and biweekly paycheck, plus what that wage is worth after federal tax. Enter an annual salary instead and it shows the equivalent hourly rate. Overtime hours price at time-and-a-half, weeks per year adjusts for unpaid time off, and the after-tax lines use the 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, and FICA — so "$25 an hour after tax, how much a year?" gets a real answer: $52,000 gross becomes $43,962 take-home before state tax.
Each direction asks only for the inputs it needs.
Your regular hourly rate before any overtime multiplier.
Regular scheduled hours. In hourly mode, overtime hours are entered separately below — do not add them here.
Hours over your regular schedule each week, paid at time-and-a-half. Part-time workers usually leave this at 0.
52 is a full year. Use 50 for two weeks of unpaid time off, 48 for a school-year schedule, and so on.
Sets the standard deduction ($16,100 single / $32,200 joint) and the Additional Medicare threshold ($200,000 / $250,000).
Take-home pay per year (after federal tax)
43,962
- Gross annual payWeekly gross $1000.00 × 52 weeks.
- 52,000
- Gross weekly pay40 regular hours + 0 overtime hours at 1.5x.
- 1,000
- Gross monthly payAnnual gross ÷ 12.
- 4,333.33
- Gross biweekly paycheckAnnual gross ÷ 26 pay periods — the amount on a typical every-two-weeks stub before tax and deductions.
- 2,000
- Equivalent hourly rate (gross)Weekly gross ÷ 40 total hours — above your base rate when overtime is included.
- 25
- Federal income tax2026 brackets on $35900.00 of taxable income (annual gross − $16,100 standard deduction).
- 4,060
- Social Security tax6.2% on the full $52000.00 (under the $184,500 wage base).
- 3,224
- Medicare tax1.45% on the full $52000.00.
- 754
- Additional Medicare tax0.9% applies only above $200,000 of yearly wages — not reached here.
- 0
- Total tax (federal + FICA)
- 8,038
- Take-home pay per yearAnnual gross minus total tax, before state tax and pre-tax deductions.
- 43,962
- Take-home pay per monthTake-home annual ÷ 12.
- 3,663.5
- Take-home hourly rateTake-home annual ÷ (40 hours × 52 weeks).
- 21.14
How it was calculated
- Weekly gross: 40 regular hours × $25.00 = $1000.00.
- Annual gross: $1000.00 × 52 weeks = $52000.00; monthly $4333.33; biweekly paycheck $2000.00. Equivalent hourly rate: $1000.00 ÷ 40 hours = $25.00 per hour.
- Federal tax: $52000.00 − $16,100 standard deduction = $35900.00 taxable, taxed at the 2026 marginal brackets = $4060.00. FICA: Social Security $3224.00 + Medicare $754.00 = $3978.00.
- Take-home: $52000.00 − $8038.00 total tax = $43962.00 per year ($3663.50 per month, $21.14 per hour) — before state tax and pre-tax deductions.
How it works
The conversion itself is simple multiplication: annual pay equals hourly rate times hours per week times weeks per year, and the reverse divides the salary by the same two numbers. The familiar 2,080-hour year is just 40 hours × 52 weeks; a part-time schedule of 20 hours × 52 weeks is 1,040 hours, which is why $18 an hour part-time is $18,720 a year, not $37,440.
Overtime changes the hourly average: weekly gross is regular hours × rate plus overtime hours × 1.5 × rate (the FLSA floor), so 10 overtime hours at $25 lift a $1,000 week to $1,375 and the effective hourly rate from $25.00 to $27.50 across the 50 hours worked. The biweekly paycheck is annual ÷ 26 and the monthly figure is annual ÷ 12 — the two are not the same, because there are 26 biweekly periods but only 12 months.
After-tax lines use the 2026 federal brackets (10% through 37%, IRS Revenue Procedure 2025-32) on annual gross minus the standard deduction ($16,100 single, $32,200 joint), plus FICA: Social Security at 6.2% only until $184,500 of wages, Medicare at 1.45% on everything, and 0.9% Additional Medicare above $200,000 single or $250,000 joint. That stack is why $25 an hour full-time ($52,000) keeps $43,962 after federal tax — a 15.46% combined bite — before any state tax.
State income tax is deliberately excluded here, unlike the take-home pay calculator, which carries a full state table: a converter that also priced 50 state tables would hide the conversion itself, and most users comparing two offers are in the same state anyway. Pre-tax deductions are excluded for the same reason — 401(k) and health premiums come out of gross pay before tax, so they change both the tax lines and the deposit, and no single default would be honest.
Weeks per year is the quiet lever: 50 weeks instead of 52 (two weeks unpaid) cuts every annual figure by about 3.85% without changing the hourly rate at all. Compare offers on the same weeks basis, or a job with unpaid summers will look worse than it is — or a salaried role with paid time off will look better than its hourly equivalent.
Worked examples
$25 an hour after tax — how much a year?
At 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, $25 an hour is $1,000 a week and $52,000 a year gross — $4,333.33 a month and a $2,000 biweekly paycheck. Federal income tax is $4,060 (on $35,900 of taxable income after the $16,100 single standard deduction), Social Security is $3,224 and Medicare $754, for $8,038 total tax. Take-home is $43,962 a year, $3,663.50 a month, or $21.14 an hour after federal tax — before state tax and any 401(k) or health deductions.
Is an $80,000 salary better than $38 an hour?
Almost identical — and the converter shows why. $80,000 at 40 hours × 52 weeks is $38.46 an hour gross. $38 an hour at the same schedule is $79,040 a year, about $960 less. The deciding factors are not the rate: paid time off (a salaried 52-week year versus an hourly 50-week year with unpaid gaps), overtime eligibility (hourly roles pay 1.5x past 40 hours; exempt salaried roles usually do not), and benefits — none of which a rate comparison alone captures.
How to measure
- Enter regular hours and overtime hours separately: putting 50 in the hours field and 0 in overtime prices all 50 hours at straight time and understates weekly pay by $125 at $25 an hour. Hours per week means regular hours; the overtime field carries the 1.5x premium.
- Match weeks per year to the actual job: an hourly role with two unpaid weeks is 50 weeks, not 52, and the annual gap is $2,000 on a $1,000 week. A salaried role with paid time off stays at 52 even when you are on holiday.
- Compare take-home, not gross, when offers sit in different tax situations: the same $52,000 gross keeps $43,962 as a single filer but $46,042 jointly (the $32,200 joint standard deduction cuts federal tax to $1,980), so a household comparison on gross alone misleads by thousands.
- Check the biweekly paycheck against your real stub: the gap is almost always state withholding plus pre-tax deductions, both excluded here by design. If the gap is larger than those two lines, check whether your employer withholds on a different pay frequency or deducts something you forgot.
- Re-run the conversion when hours change, not just when the rate changes: dropping from 40 to 30 hours at $25 an hour cuts annual gross from $52,000 to $39,000 — a 25% cut for a 25% hours cut — while a $2 rate rise at 40 hours only adds $4,160. Hours move the answer faster than raises do.
- For salary-to-hourly comparisons, use the hours you actually work: a $80,000 salary at a real 50-hour week is $30.77 an hour, not $38.46. The converter divides by the hours you enter, so entering the contracted 40 when you work 50 flatters the salary.
Assumptions & limitations
Planning estimate
- Tax year 2026 throughout: federal brackets and standard deduction from IRS Revenue Procedure 2025-32, FICA from the 2026 SSA wage base. Figures for other years will differ.
- State income tax is excluded entirely. The take-home pay calculator on this site carries the state table — use it when the state matters, or treat the take-home figures here as ceilings.
- Pre-tax deductions (401(k), health premiums, HSA, pension) are excluded: the entered wage or salary is treated as gross pay before those deductions, so both the tax lines and the take-home lines sit above what a real paycheck shows.
- Overtime is priced at a flat 1.5x for every overtime hour entered, per the FLSA floor. Double-time rules (California daily overtime), shift differentials, holiday premiums, and employer-policy overtime are not modeled.
- Salary mode assumes an exempt salaried role: no overtime line, and the hourly equivalent divides by scheduled hours × weeks. If the salaried role actually pays overtime, use hourly mode with the equivalent base rate instead.
- This is a planning estimate, not tax or employment advice. Confirm an offer or a paycheck question with your employer payroll department or a tax professional.
Frequently asked questions
Gross, $52,000 a year at 40 hours × 52 weeks ($1,000 a week, $2,000 biweekly, $4,333.33 a month). After federal tax as a single filer — $4,060 income tax, $3,224 Social Security, $754 Medicare — take-home is $43,962 a year, or $21.14 an hour. State tax and pre-tax deductions (401(k), health premiums) come out on top of that, so the deposit you see will be lower.
Multiply hourly rate × hours per week × weeks per year. At full time that is rate × 2,080: $25 × 2,080 = $52,000. Add overtime hours at 1.5x before multiplying: 10 overtime hours a week at $25 add $375 a week, or $19,500 a year. Then subtract federal tax and FICA for the after-tax figure — or use this converter, which does both steps and shows the weekly, monthly, and biweekly breakdown.
Divide the salary by hours per week × weeks per year. $80,000 at 40 × 52 = $80,000 ÷ 2,080 = $38.46 an hour gross, or $33.00 an hour after federal tax as a joint filer. Use the hours you actually work: the same salary at a real 50-hour week is only $30.77 an hour, which changes whether the salary beats an hourly offer.
Regular hours × rate plus overtime hours × 1.5 × rate, per week. At $18 an hour, 20 regular hours and no overtime is $360 a week ($18,720 a year, $720 biweekly gross). Add 5 overtime hours and the week becomes $360 + $135 = $495. Part-time overtime is uncommon — most part-time schedules stay under 40 hours — but when it happens, only the hours over the regular schedule price at 1.5x.
$30 an hour full-time (40 × 52) is $62,400 a year gross, $1,200 a week, $2,400 biweekly, $5,200 a month. After federal tax as a single filer it keeps about $52,000 (the exact figure depends on filing status and deductions). Whether it is "good" depends on location and hours: $30 an hour part-time at 20 hours is only $31,200 a year, and the same rate in a high-tax state keeps less after state tax, which this converter excludes.
Because there are 26 biweekly pay periods but only 12 months. Annual ÷ 26 is the biweekly check ($2,000 on $52,000), while annual ÷ 12 is the monthly figure ($4,333.33). Two months a year have three biweekly checks, so monthly budgeting from a biweekly check alone overstates a normal month — budget on the monthly figure, and treat the third check as a bonus.