Salary Calculator
Convert hourly, weekly, monthly & annual pay
$30 an hour for 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year, is $62,400 a year, $5,200 a month and $2,400 every two weeks. Enter any pay figure and its period to convert it between hourly, weekly, biweekly, monthly and annual, and adjust the weeks for unpaid time off, which changes the answer more than people expect.
Converting between pay periods
Every conversion runs through annual pay as the common unit. The one number you need is your hours in a working year:
hours per week × weeks per year = annual hours. The standard full-time year is 40 × 52 = 2,080 hours.
From there, hourly × 2,080 gives annual, and annual ÷ 2,080 gives hourly. Both fields are editable above, which matters because 2,080 assumes you are paid for all 52 weeks. Contract and seasonal workers usually are not.
Hourly to salary conversion chart
At 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. As an hourly salary to annual calculator, this is a gross-pay conversion, before any tax.
| Hourly | Annual | Monthly | Biweekly |
|---|---|---|---|
| $15 | $31,200 | $2,600.00 | $1,200.00 |
| $20 | $41,600 | $3,466.67 | $1,600.00 |
| $25 | $52,000 | $4,333.33 | $2,000.00 |
| $30 | $62,400 | $5,200.00 | $2,400.00 |
| $35 | $72,800 | $6,066.67 | $2,800.00 |
| $40 | $83,200 | $6,933.33 | $3,200.00 |
| $50 | $104,000 | $8,666.67 | $4,000.00 |
| $60 | $124,800 | $10,400.00 | $4,800.00 |
| $75 | $156,000 | $13,000.00 | $6,000.00 |
| $100 | $208,000 | $17,333.33 | $8,000.00 |
A quick mental shortcut worth knowing: hourly rate × 2 = annual salary in thousands. $30 an hour is roughly $60,000 a year, $45 an hour is roughly $90,000. It is about 4% low because 2,080 is not quite 2,000, but it is close enough to sanity-check an offer in your head.
Annual salary calculator: salary back to hourly
| Annual salary | Hourly equivalent | Per week |
|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $19.23 | $769.23 |
| $50,000 | $24.04 | $961.54 |
| $60,000 | $28.85 | $1,153.85 |
| $75,000 | $36.06 | $1,442.31 |
| $100,000 | $48.08 | $1,923.08 |
| $150,000 | $72.12 | $2,884.62 |
These are honest only if you actually work 40 hours. A salaried role at $100,000 that really runs 55 hours a week is $34.97 an hour, not $48.08 — a third less. When comparing a salaried offer against hourly or contract work, put your realistic hours into the field above rather than the contractual ones.
Biweekly, semi-monthly and the 26th paycheck
These two get used interchangeably and they are genuinely different:
| Schedule | Paychecks | Each | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly | 52 | $1,200.00 | Every week |
| Biweekly | 26 | $2,400.00 | Every two weeks; two months get three |
| Semi-monthly | 24 | $2,600.00 | Twice a month, usually 15th and last |
| Monthly | 12 | $5,200.00 | Once a month |
As a bi weekly to annual salary calculator, multiply by 26 rather than 24 — the mistake costs you two paychecks of accuracy. Semi-monthly pays 24 larger cheques on fixed dates; biweekly pays 26 smaller ones on a fixed day of the week, which means two months a year contain three paydays. If you budget on "two paychecks a month" with a biweekly schedule you will under-plan by about 8%, so treat those two extra cheques as the buffer they are.
Unpaid time off changes the answer
The weeks-per-year field is the one people leave alone and should not. Paid vacation is already inside a salary, so a salaried employee uses 52. Anyone with unpaid weeks does not:
- Salaried with paid leave: 52 weeks. Time off is already paid for.
- Hourly with two unpaid weeks: 50 weeks, so 2,000 hours. A $30 rate is $60,000, not $62,400.
- School-year work: often 40 weeks or fewer.
- Freelance: realistically 46 to 48 billable weeks after holidays and admin, and the freelance rate calculator handles that case properly.
Enter a weekly rate with fewer than 52 weeks and the Weekly output shows pay per week worked, while Monthly and Biweekly show what a payroll department would issue by spreading the annual figure. Those answer different questions on purpose.
Gross pay is not what you take home
Everything on this page is gross. Federal tax, Social Security, Medicare, state tax and pre-tax deductions all come out before your account sees anything, and together they commonly take 17 to 30% of gross. A $62,400 salary lands closer to $52,000 for a single filer with no state tax.
Run your figure through the take-home pay calculator for the net number, and compare offers on take-home rather than headline salary — especially across state lines, where a 9% state rate can wipe out a 7% raise.
Comparing offers properly
- Convert both to annual first. Never compare an hourly rate to a salary directly.
- Use realistic hours, not contractual ones. Salaried overtime is unpaid and invisible in the headline.
- Count the employer contributions. A 5% 401(k) match is 5% of pay; health premiums can be worth more than a raise.
- Adjust for unpaid weeks in contract or seasonal roles.
- Compare net, not gross, where state tax differs.
- Remember self-employment costs. A contract rate must cover both halves of FICA and all your own benefits, which is why it should be well above the salaried equivalent.
What the salary conversion assumes
All conversions route through annual pay. Annual hours are hours per week × weeks per year, defaulting to 40 × 52 = 2,080.
- From hourly: annual = rate × annual hours. From weekly: annual = rate × weeks per year. From monthly: annual = rate × 12.
- Weekly output divides by weeks worked, not by 52, so entering a weekly rate with fewer than 52 weeks returns the same number you typed. Monthly and biweekly stay on the payroll calendar (12 and 26) because that is what a payroll department issues.
- 26 biweekly periods, not 24. Biweekly and semi-monthly are different schedules and the distinction is a common source of error.
- Everything is gross pay. No tax, FICA, pre-tax deductions or benefits are modelled here.
- Overtime, bonuses and shift differentials are not included. For salaried roles, entering realistic rather than contractual hours gives a far more honest hourly comparison.
Reviewed September 2026.
Figures reviewed . Every worked example on this page is checked against the calculator above.
Salary Calculator: frequently asked questions
How do I convert hourly pay to an annual salary?
Multiply the hourly rate by hours per week, then by weeks per year. At 40 hours for 52 weeks, $30 an hour is $62,400 a year. A quick estimate is to double the hourly rate and read it as thousands: $30 an hour is about $60,000.
How many work hours are in a year?
2,080 for a standard full-time year, which is 40 hours × 52 weeks. Subtract unpaid time off for a truer figure: two unpaid weeks brings it to 2,000 hours.
How do I convert biweekly pay to an annual salary?
Multiply by 26, not 24. A biweekly schedule pays every two weeks, so there are 26 paychecks a year and two months contain three of them. $2,400 biweekly is $62,400 a year.
What is the difference between biweekly and semi-monthly pay?
Biweekly is every two weeks, giving 26 paychecks on a fixed weekday. Semi-monthly is twice a month, giving 24 larger paychecks on fixed dates. On $62,400 that is $2,400 versus $2,600 per cheque.
What is $30 an hour annually?
$62,400 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. With two unpaid weeks off it drops to $60,000, and after federal tax and FICA a single filer takes home roughly $52,000 of it.
Should I use 50 or 52 weeks per year?
52 if you are salaried with paid vacation, since that time is already paid. 50 or fewer if you are hourly with unpaid time off, seasonal or freelance, because unpaid weeks genuinely reduce your annual earnings.
Is a contract hourly rate comparable to a salary?
Not directly. A contractor pays both halves of Social Security and Medicare, buys their own health insurance and gets no paid leave, so a contract rate typically needs to be well above the salaried hourly equivalent to match it.