Convert an hourly rate into annual, monthly, and weekly pay — or work backwards from a salary to find the hourly rate. Built by the Salaryitis Editorial Team on standard payroll math · Reviewed against our editorial standards · Last reviewed 2026
Turning an hourly wage into a yearly figure is straightforward: multiply your hourly rate by the hours you work each week, then by the number of paid weeks in the year. For a standard full-time job that is rate × 40 × 52. At $20 an hour, that comes to $41,600 a year — roughly $3,467 a month or $800 a week, all before tax.
The two variables that trip people up are hours per week and paid weeks per year. If you regularly work more or fewer than 40 hours, adjust the first box. If you take unpaid time off, drop the paid-weeks figure — for example, two weeks of unpaid leave means 50 paid weeks rather than 52. Both change the annual total, so this calculator lets you set them exactly.
To go the other way, divide the annual salary by the total hours you work in a year. A full-time schedule of 40 hours over 52 weeks is 2,080 hours, so a $52,000 salary works out to $25 an hour. Switch the toggle above to "Salary → Hourly" and the calculator does this for you, which is handy when you are comparing a salaried offer against contract or hourly work.
Every figure here is gross — your pay before anything is withheld. What actually lands in your account is lower once federal income tax, Social Security, and Medicare come out, and lower still if your state has income tax. When you want the real number, run your result through the Gross-to-Net Calculator.
Estimates for informational purposes only — not professional tax advice. Actual take-home pay depends on taxes and deductions specific to your situation.