How the conversion works
The standard assumption is full-time, year-round work: 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, or 2,080 hours a year. Multiply any hourly wage by 2,080 for the annual figure — $20 an hour is $41,600; $25 is $52,000; $30 is $62,400. Every other figure is just that annual number divided differently: by 12 for monthly, by 52 for weekly, and doubled weekly for a biweekly paycheck.
The 2,080-hour year quietly assumes you're paid for every week. If you take two weeks of unpaid time off, set weeks to 50; a $25/hour job then pays $50,000, not $52,000. Salaried jobs with paid vacation don't have this haircut — one reason a salary and its "equivalent" hourly rate aren't quite equal.
Comparing an hourly offer to a salary offer
Divide any salary by 2,080 to get its full-time hourly equivalent: $60,000 is about $28.85 an hour. Then adjust for the things the raw rate hides. Hourly roles typically earn time-and-a-half above 40 hours — real upside if overtime is common — while exempt salaried roles absorb extra hours for free. On the other side, salaried packages more often carry paid vacation, holidays and richer benefits. A wage with no paid time off needs to be roughly 4–8% higher than the salary equivalent just to break even on a couple weeks of vacation and standard holidays.
Gross vs. what you keep
All the conversion figures are gross. Federal income tax and the 7.65% FICA payroll taxes come out everywhere; state income tax comes out in 41 states. The calculator shows a federal-only after-tax estimate so hourly workers aren't surprised at the register; for the full deduction stack including your state's rates, send your converted salary into the paycheck calculator — the button under the result carries it over automatically.
Hourly to yearly
Yearly = rate × hours/week × weeks/year
- Full time, year-round: rate × 40 × 52 = rate × 2,080
- Monthly = yearly ÷ 12 · Weekly = yearly ÷ weeks worked
Frequently asked questions
+How much is $25 an hour per year?
$52,000 for full-time, year-round work (40 hours × 52 weeks). That's about $4,333 a month or $2,000 per biweekly paycheck before taxes.
+How do I convert a salary back to hourly?
Divide by 2,080 for a full-time schedule. $50,000 ÷ 2,080 ≈ $24.04 an hour. If the role expects 45-hour weeks, divide by 2,340 instead — the same salary is really $21.37 an hour.
+Does the yearly figure include overtime?
No — it assumes straight-time hours only. Non-exempt hourly workers earn at least 1.5× their rate beyond 40 hours a week under federal law, so regular overtime can push actual annual pay well above the straight-time conversion.
+How many working hours are in a year?
2,080 for a standard full-time schedule (40 × 52). Accounting for the ~10 federal holidays many employers pay, actual worked hours are closer to 2,000 — but paid hours, which drive your pay, stay at 2,080 when holidays are paid.