Pay & Payroll
Hourly to Salary Calculator
Comparing an hourly job to a salaried offer means putting both on the same footing. Enter your rate and hours — including overtime you can count on — to see what the year adds up to before tax.
Estimates only. Verify important figures against your own records before acting on them. See our disclaimer.
What this calculator includes
What you enter
- Hourly rate
- Regular hours per week
- Paid weeks per year
- Overtime hours per week (optional)
- Overtime multiplier (optional)
What you get back
- Annual pay
- Monthly pay
- Weekly pay
- Every two weeks
- Twice a month
- Total hours a year
- Overtime pay per week
- Effective average rate
How this calculation works
How this calculation works
Weekly pay is the building block: regular hours at your rate plus any overtime hours at the multiplied rate. Everything else is that figure scaled across the year.
- Weekly regular pay = hourly rate × regular hours
- Weekly overtime pay = hourly rate × multiplier × overtime hours
- Weekly pay = regular + overtime
- Annual pay = weekly pay × paid weeks per year
- Monthly pay = annual ÷ 12, biweekly = weekly × 2, semi-monthly = annual ÷ 24
What the result means
Annual pay is your weekly gross — regular hours plus any overtime at the multiplier you set — scaled across the paid weeks you enter. The effective average rate blends overtime back across all hours.
Common mistakes and assumptions
- Counting overtime you cannot rely on, which inflates the annual figure.
- Using 52 paid weeks when some weeks are unpaid.
- Comparing this gross figure with a salaried offer without allowing for benefits and paid leave, which are not modelled here.
Worked example
$27.50 an hour, 40 regular hours plus 5 hours of dependable overtime at time and a half, 50 paid weeks.
- 1Regular weekly pay = $27.50 × 40 = $1,100.
- 2Overtime weekly pay = $27.50 × 1.5 × 5 = $206.25.
- 3Weekly total = $1,306.25.
- 4Annual = $1,306.25 × 50 = $65,312.50.
- 5Total hours = 45 × 50 = 2,250, so the effective average rate is $29.03 an hour.
Frequently asked questions
- Should I include overtime when comparing to a salary?
- Only if it is genuinely reliable. Salaried roles rarely pay extra for long weeks, so compare the salary against your regular-hours annual figure first, then look at the overtime separately.
- Why do biweekly and semi-monthly differ?
- Biweekly means 26 paychecks a year, semi-monthly means 24. The annual total is the same, so each biweekly check is slightly smaller.
- Does this include paid holidays?
- If your paid holidays and vacation are covered by your employer, keep 52 paid weeks. If you go unpaid, lower the paid weeks figure to match.
- What about benefits?
- Not included. Employer-paid health insurance and retirement matching can be worth several dollars an hour, and matter a lot when comparing offers.
Disclaimer
This calculator returns estimates based only on the values you enter. It does not account for taxes, financing terms, local regulations, or conditions specific to your operation, and it is not accounting, legal, tax, or investment advice. Confirm any figure that carries real cost before you rely on it.
Calculations run entirely in your browser and the numbers you type are never sent to us or stored. Read how Answerivo calculators are built.
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