Hourly to Salary: How to Convert Your Wage
If you're paid by the hour, figuring out your "real" annual salary is simple once you know the formula. This guide shows you how to convert any hourly wage to a yearly, monthly, biweekly, and weekly figure — and, just as important, what you actually keep after taxes.
The formula
That 2,080 is the number of work hours in a standard full-time year: 40 hours per week × 52 weeks. So if you earn $30 an hour:
- $30 × 2,080 = $62,400 per year (gross)
- $62,400 ÷ 12 = $5,200 per month
- $62,400 ÷ 26 = $2,400 every two weeks
- $30 × 40 = $1,200 per week
Hourly to salary conversion chart
Here's what common hourly rates work out to per year, based on 2,080 hours. Click any rate for a full breakdown including monthly, biweekly, and after-tax take-home by state.
| Hourly | Annual (gross) | Monthly | Full breakdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| $15/hr | $31,200 | $2,600 | See $15/hr → |
| $20/hr | $41,600 | $3,467 | See $20/hr → |
| $25/hr | $52,000 | $4,333 | See $25/hr → |
| $30/hr | $62,400 | $5,200 | See $30/hr → |
| $35/hr | $72,800 | $6,067 | See $35/hr → |
| $40/hr | $83,200 | $6,933 | See $40/hr → |
| $50/hr | $104,000 | $8,667 | See $50/hr → |
| $60/hr | $124,800 | $10,400 | See $60/hr → |
| $72/hr | $149,760 | $12,480 | See $72/hr → |
| $75/hr | $156,000 | $13,000 | See $75/hr → |
| $100/hr | $208,000 | $17,333 | See $100/hr → |
View all hourly rates from $15 to $100/hr →
The catch: that number is before taxes
Multiplying by 2,080 gives your gross salary — the figure before anything comes out. Your actual take-home is meaningfully lower. Most workers keep about 70–78% of gross after federal tax, state tax, Social Security, and Medicare.
For example, $30/hr = $62,400 gross, but the real take-home looks more like this for a single filer:
| State | Annual take-home | Monthly | Keep rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas (no state tax) | ~$51,900 | ~$4,325 | ~83%* |
| California | ~$49,900 | ~$4,158 | ~80%* |
*Keep rate here counts only income and payroll taxes, before health insurance or retirement contributions. Add those and take-home drops further.
See exact after-tax take-home by state →
When 2,080 isn't quite right
The formula assumes full-time, year-round work with no unpaid time off. A few situations change the math:
- Part-time: Use your actual weekly hours. 25 hours/week × 52 = 1,300 hours, so $30/hr = $39,000/year.
- Unpaid leave: Every unpaid week lowers your real annual pay by one week's wages.
- Overtime: Hours over 40/week usually pay 1.5×, so heavy-overtime jobs earn more than the base formula suggests. See how much overtime actually adds.
- Shift differentials: Night and weekend premiums can add $2–$8/hr on top of base. See night differential pay.
Salary to hourly (going the other way)
To convert an annual salary back to an hourly rate, just divide by 2,080:
- $50,000 ÷ 2,080 = $24.04/hr
- $75,000 ÷ 2,080 = $36.06/hr
- $100,000 ÷ 2,080 = $48.08/hr
See salary-to-hourly breakdowns for $30k–$200k →
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