Hourly to Annual Salary Calculator
Turning an hourly wage into a yearly salary is a single multiplication once you fix the hours you work. This calculator takes your hourly rate, the hours you work each week and the weeks you work each year, then multiplies the three to give gross annual pay before tax. The standard full-time basis in the United States is 40 hours a week across 52 weeks, which comes to 2,080 hours, the figure most quoted salaries assume. Keeping hours and weeks as separate inputs lets you model part-time schedules, unpaid weeks off, or a compressed year just by changing the numbers. Enter your own rate, weekly hours and working weeks to compare an hourly job offer against a salaried one, work out what a raise per hour means over a year, or set a target rate. Remember the result is gross pay: taxes, retirement contributions and benefit premiums come out first, so your take-home will be lower. The calculation also assumes a constant rate, so if you regularly earn overtime at a higher rate, add that separately. Every figure here is computed deterministically from the standard hours convention, shown in full below, with a worked example that reconciles exactly to the calculator so you can follow each step.
Annual pay is the hourly rate times weekly hours times weeks worked: annual = rate x hours x weeks. At $25.00 an hour for 40 hours over 52 weeks (2,080 hours), gross annual pay is $52,000.00.
Hourly to annual formula
Annual pay = rate x hours per week x weeks per year
rate = hourly rate ($)
hours = hours worked per week
weeks = weeks worked per year
Standard full-time = 40 x 52 = 2,080 hours
Multiplying the rate by the hours and weeks you work gives gross pay for the year, before tax and other deductions.
Worked example
An hourly rate of 25 dollars, 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year.
- Total hours = 40 x 52 = 2,080
- Annual pay = 25 x 2,080 = 52,000
- Gross annual pay = $52,000.00
The gross annual pay is $52,000.00. These are the calculator's default inputs, so the result above matches the widget exactly.
Annual pay at common rates (2,080 hours)
Each dollar an hour is worth 2,080 dollars a year at full-time hours.
| Hourly rate | Annual pay |
|---|---|
| $15.00 | $31,200.00 |
| $20.00 | $41,600.00 |
| $25.00 | $52,000.00 |
| $35.00 | $72,800.00 |
Wage and hours standards: US Department of Labor (DOL).
Hourly to annual salary calculator: frequently asked questions
How do I convert an hourly rate to a yearly salary?
Multiply the hourly rate by the hours worked each week, then by the number of weeks worked a year. A standard full-time year is 40 hours over 52 weeks, which is 2,080 hours. At 25 dollars an hour, that is 25 times 2,080, or 52,000 dollars a year before tax.
Why is 2,080 the standard?
Forty hours a week multiplied by 52 weeks a year equals 2,080 hours, the conventional figure for full-time work in the United States. Annual salaries are often quoted assuming this number, so it makes a clean basis for converting between hourly and yearly pay.
Is this gross or net pay?
This is gross annual pay, before any taxes, retirement contributions, health premiums or other deductions. Your take-home pay will be lower. To estimate net pay, subtract federal, state and payroll deductions from this gross figure.
What if I work part-time or take unpaid weeks?
Lower the hours per week or the weeks per year to match your actual schedule. Someone working 30 hours a week for 48 weeks would enter those figures, and the calculator multiplies the rate by 30 by 48 to give the correct annual total.
Does this include overtime?
No. The calculation assumes a constant hourly rate for every hour entered. If you regularly earn overtime at a higher rate, the simple multiplication understates your pay; add overtime earnings separately for a fuller picture.
Official sources
- Wage, hours and full-time work standards: US Department of Labor (DOL). As at 25 June 2026.
Reviewed by the CalculatorHub team, edited by James Graham, 25 June 2026. See our methodology. This is general information, not financial, tax, legal or investment advice.