Forty hours × 52 weeks. It's the standard full-time year, paid time off included.

Do salaried employees get overtime?

Only if they're non-exempt. Exempt employees — most managers, professionals, and administrative staff above the salary threshold — don't, no matter how many hours they work.

How do I compare two job offers?

Look at total compensation — pay, bonus, benefits, retirement match — and the hours. The Job Offer Comparison calculator puts them side by side.

Work & Pay

Salary to Hourly Calculator

Turn a salary into an hourly rate (or the other way around) — plus what you really make per hour worked once time off and overtime are counted, and what each paycheck comes to.

Ben / Reviewed Sep 27, 2026 / v2.0.0

Results

Showing the numbers you calculated

Hourly rate: $36.06; Per paid hour
Yearly pay: $75,000.00; Before taxes
Per hour actually worked: $38.27; 1,960 hours over 49 working weeks
Per day: $288.48

Each paycheck

Base pay before taxes and deductions.

Each paycheck
Paid	Paychecks a year	Each paycheck
Weekly	52	$1,442.31
Every two weeks	26	$2,884.62
Twice a month	24	$3,125.00
Monthly	12	$6,250.00

What this does

Comparing a salaried job with an hourly one (or just wondering what your salary works out to per hour) takes one division — and a couple of decisions about time off that change the answer.

This converts either way, shows what you make per hour you actually work once paid time off, overtime, and bonuses are in, and breaks the year into paychecks.

How the math works

hourly rate = salary ÷ (hours per week × 52)
salary = hourly rate × hours per week × 52

Fifty-two weeks, because paid vacation and holidays are paid. But you don't work those weeks, so the pay per hour you actually work is higher:

per hour worked = total pay ÷ hours actually worked

A quick rule of thumb: an hourly rate × 2,080 is the full-time salary. $25 an hour ≈ $52,000 a year.

Check my math: a worked example

A $75,000 salary at 40 hours a week.

Hourly: $75,000.00 ÷ (40 × 52) = $36.06.
With 3 paid weeks off, you work 49 weeks — 1,960 hours — so you really make $38.27 per hour worked.
Paychecks: $1,442.31 weekly, $2,884.62 every two weeks, $3,125.00 twice a month, $6,250.00 monthly.

These numbers come straight from the calculator using its example inputs — if the math ever changes, this example changes with it.

Mistakes I see a lot

Comparing a salary to an hourly rate without the benefits. A salary job with health insurance and a 401(k) match is worth more than the number alone.
Forgetting overtime. Hourly (non-exempt) work over 40 hours a week pays at least 1.5×.
Mixing up "every two weeks" and "twice a month." Biweekly is 26 paychecks; semimonthly is 24.

Questions people ask

Why 2,080 hours?: Forty hours × 52 weeks. It's the standard full-time year, paid time off included.
Do salaried employees get overtime?: Only if they're non-exempt. Exempt employees — most managers, professionals, and administrative staff above the salary threshold — don't, no matter how many hours they work.
How do I compare two job offers?: Look at total compensation — pay, bonus, benefits, retirement match — and the hours. The Job Offer Comparison calculator puts them side by side.

Assumptions and limits

Hourly rate = salary ÷ (hours per week × 52). Paid time off is paid, so it's in those 52 weeks.
Unpaid weeks reduce the year's pay proportionally.
Per hour worked = everything you're paid (base, overtime, bonus) ÷ the hours you actually work — paid time off doesn't count as hours worked.
Overtime is the overtime hours × the hourly rate × the overtime multiplier, in the weeks you work.
Paychecks are the year's base pay divided by the number of pay periods, before taxes and deductions.

Ben’s notes on this

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Spot an error?

This is a public notebook and I do make mistakes. If a number looks off, tell me — I fix things and note the change in the changelog.

Disclaimer: Educational and planning use only. Results depend on what you enter and may not match your lender, your tax return, or professional accounting treatment. Informational content + opinions only — not tax/legal advice.

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