Salary Calculator
Convert your salary between different pay periods. Enter an hourly wage, weekly pay, or annual salary and instantly see the equivalent amount for every pay frequency including hourly, daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, and yearly.
How to Use This Calculator
Enter your current salary or wage amount and select the corresponding pay period. Adjust the hours per week and weeks per year to match your work schedule. The calculator will instantly convert your pay to every common frequency so you can easily compare job offers or understand your true earning rate. Daily pay assumes a 5-day work week.
Last updated: April 7, 2026· Reviewed by the CalcNeeds Team
About This Calculator
This salary calculator converts pay between every common interval — hourly, daily, weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, monthly, and annual — so you can compare job offers, decide whether a freelance rate is fair, or figure out what your hourly job is really worth on a yearly basis. Enter your pay in any one field and the rest update instantly.
All conversions are based on the standard U.S. assumption of a 40-hour workweek and 52 weeks per year (2,080 hours), which is the figure the federal government and most employers use for full-time work. You can adjust hours per week and weeks worked per year if your schedule is different.
How to convert hourly to annual salary
The quick formula is hourly rate × 2,080 = annual salary, where 2,080 is the number of hours in a standard full-time work year (40 hours × 52 weeks). At $20/hour, that's $41,600/year. At $30/hour it's $62,400. At $50/hour it's $104,000.
To go the other direction, divide the annual salary by 2,080. $75,000/year is roughly $36.06/hour. Note that this is gross pay before taxes, deductions, and benefits — your take-home will be meaningfully lower depending on your tax bracket and state.
Pay period conversions cheat sheet
Annual to monthly: divide by 12.
Annual to semi-monthly: divide by 24 (paid on the 1st and 15th, or 15th and last day).
Annual to biweekly: divide by 26 (paid every two weeks — note this gives you 26 paychecks/year, not 24).
Annual to weekly: divide by 52.
Annual to daily: divide by 260 (the number of weekdays in a year, assuming a 5-day workweek).
Annual to hourly: divide by 2,080 (the standard full-time hours/year).
Biweekly vs. semi-monthly — what's the difference?
This trips a lot of people up. Biweekly means you get paid every two weeks, which produces 26 paychecks per year. Semi-monthly means twice a month — typically the 1st and 15th — which produces 24 paychecks per year. Each biweekly check is slightly smaller than each semi-monthly check at the same annual salary, but you get two extra checks per year, so the totals match.
Gross vs. take-home pay
This calculator works with gross pay — your salary before any deductions. Your take-home (net) pay is what hits your bank account after federal income tax, Social Security (6.2%), Medicare (1.45%), state and local income tax (if applicable), health insurance, retirement contributions, and any other voluntary deductions. As a rough rule of thumb, take-home is typically 70–80% of gross for most U.S. workers, depending heavily on your state and tax bracket.
Part-time, overtime, and unusual schedules
If you don't work a standard 40-hour week, adjust the "hours per week" field above. A 30-hour part-time schedule produces 1,560 annual hours; a 50-hour heavy schedule produces 2,600. If you take unpaid time off, reduce the "weeks per year" from 52 to whatever you'll actually work. Federal law (FLSA) requires non-exempt employees to receive 1.5× their regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek — this calculator handles base pay and doesn't add overtime automatically.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much is $20 an hour annually?
$20/hour × 2,080 hours per year = $41,600 per year, assuming a standard 40-hour workweek for 52 weeks. Before taxes. Take-home pay will be roughly $32,000–$36,000 depending on your state and filing status.
How much is $50,000 a year per hour?
$50,000 ÷ 2,080 hours = $24.04 per hour, assuming full-time work (40 hours/week × 52 weeks). $60,000/year is about $28.85/hour, $75,000/year is about $36.06/hour, and $100,000/year is about $48.08/hour.
How many hours are in a work year?
2,080 hours, calculated as 40 hours per week × 52 weeks per year. This is the standard the U.S. government uses for full-time employment, and it's the figure most employers use to convert salary to hourly equivalents and vice versa.
What's the difference between biweekly and semi-monthly pay?
Biweekly means every two weeks (26 paychecks per year). Semi-monthly means twice per month, usually on the 1st and 15th (24 paychecks per year). At the same annual salary, biweekly checks are slightly smaller because there are two more of them per year.
How do I calculate my annual salary from a biweekly paycheck?
Multiply your biweekly gross pay by 26. A $2,000 biweekly paycheck × 26 = $52,000 per year. Don't multiply by 24 — that's the figure for semi-monthly pay. Two months a year you'll get three biweekly paychecks instead of two.
Is this calculator for gross pay or take-home pay?
Gross pay — the amount before federal income tax, FICA (Social Security + Medicare), state tax, health insurance, retirement contributions, and other deductions. Your actual take-home pay is typically 70–80% of gross for most U.S. workers, with the exact percentage depending on your state, filing status, and benefit elections.
How do I convert a monthly salary to an annual salary?
Multiply by 12. A $5,000/month salary is $60,000/year. To go the other way, divide your annual salary by 12. Note that 'monthly' means once per month — different from semi-monthly (twice per month) or biweekly (every two weeks).
Does this account for overtime pay?
No — this is a base salary converter. Federal law (the Fair Labor Standards Act) requires non-exempt workers to be paid 1.5× their regular hourly rate for hours over 40 in a workweek, but this calculator only handles straight-time pay. To estimate total pay including overtime, calculate your overtime hours separately and add them to the result.
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