How to Convert Hourly Pay to a Yearly Salary
Multiply your hourly rate by 2,080. That one number covers most full-time jobs, and the rest of this guide is about when it does not.
Where 2,080 comes from
A standard full-time week is 40 hours. A year has 52 weeks. 40 × 52 = 2,080 paid hours. So:
- $20 an hour × 2,080 = $41,600 a year
- $25 an hour × 2,080 = $52,000 a year
- $35 an hour × 2,080 = $72,800 a year
The reverse works the same way. Divide a salary by 2,080 to get the hourly rate: $60,000 ÷ 2,080 = $28.85 an hour.
A quick mental shortcut: double the hourly rate and add three zeros. $20 an hour becomes "about $40,000." It slightly undercounts because 2,080 is a little more than 2,000, but it is close enough to compare two job ads at a glance.
Why some employers use 2,087
A calendar year is 52 weeks and one day, or two days in a leap year. Averaged over 28 years, that comes to 2,087 working hours a year. The U.S. federal government uses 2,087 to turn annual salaries into hourly rates. The difference is small: on a $60,000 salary it changes the hourly figure from $28.85 to $28.75. If your employer's number differs from yours by a few cents, this is usually why.
Part-time hours
Replace 40 with the hours you actually work each week. At 30 hours a week, the yearly figure is rate × 30 × 52, or rate × 1,560. At 20 hours a week, it is rate × 1,040.
If your hours change week to week, add up your hours over a few typical months, divide by the number of weeks, and use that average. Every hourly rate page shows the 20, 25, 30, 32 and 35-hour versions.
Unpaid time off
2,080 hours assumes you are paid for all 52 weeks, which is true if your vacation and holidays are paid. If they are not, subtract the weeks you take off. Two unpaid weeks means 50 paid weeks, or 2,000 hours. At $22 an hour, that is $44,000 instead of $45,760, a difference of $1,760.
Many hourly jobs pay some holidays and not others. Count only the weeks you are paid for.
Overtime
If you regularly work more than 40 hours, the extra hours are usually paid at time and a half. Add them separately rather than folding them into the 2,080:
Yearly pay = (rate × 40 × paid weeks) + (rate × 1.5 × overtime hours per week × weeks with overtime)
Someone at $20 an hour who works 45 hours a week, every week, earns $41,600 in regular pay plus $20 × 1.5 × 5 × 52 = $7,800 in overtime, for $49,400. The overtime calculator handles one week at a time; multiply by the weeks you expect.
Monthly, weekly and paycheck amounts
Once you have the yearly figure, every other period follows:
- Monthly: yearly ÷ 12
- Weekly: yearly ÷ 52
- Every two weeks: yearly ÷ 26
- Twice a month: yearly ÷ 24
Do not multiply weekly pay by 4 to get monthly pay. A month averages 4.33 weeks, so "weekly × 4" understates monthly income by about 8%. The difference between paying every two weeks and twice a month is covered in its own guide.
Gross is not take-home
Every number above is gross pay: what you earn before income tax, Social Security, Medicare, health insurance and retirement contributions come out. For most employees, Social Security and Medicare alone take 7.65%. Income tax depends on your state, your filing status and your deductions. Gross vs. net pay explains the gap.
Comparing an hourly job with a salaried one
Converting both offers to the same unit is the first step, but not the last. A salaried job at $50,000 with paid vacation, health insurance and a retirement match can be worth more than an hourly job at $25 ($52,000) with none of those. And a salaried job that expects 50-hour weeks pays less per hour worked than its 2,080-hour figure suggests: see your real hourly rate on a salary.
To run your own numbers, use the pay converter.
Last reviewed October 2, 2026. General information, not financial, tax or legal advice.