How to Turn Hours or a Salary into Pay
By Tools Star Hub Editorial Team · Published
Regular annual pay is the hourly rate times hours per week times weeks per year. In salary mode, the hourly rate is the salary divided by that same schedule. Overtime is extra hours times the hourly rate times the multiplier, then times the weeks.
These totals are gross pay from the hours you enter. They do not subtract taxes or unpaid time off. That subtraction is the Paycheck Estimator, and only for the deductions you type.
How to convert pay
- Choose hourly rate or annual salary. Hourly mode starts from the rate. Salary mode starts from the yearly amount.
- Enter hours per week and weeks per year. Use 52 for a job paid every week. Salary mode rejects 0 weeks.
- Enter overtime, or leave it at 0. Use a multiplier of 1.5 for time and a half, or 1 if overtime is paid at the regular rate.
- Read weekly, monthly, and annual totals. Monthly pay is the annual total divided by 12.
Example
20 an hour with overtime
40 hours a week, 52 weeks, and 5 overtime hours at 1.5: regular annual pay is 41,600. Overtime pay is 7,800. Annual pay is 49,400. Weekly pay is 950.
A 52,000 salary
At 40 hours and 52 weeks, with no overtime, the hourly rate is 25, and annual pay stays 52,000.
FAQ
- How do I turn an hourly rate into a salary?
- Multiply the rate by hours per week and by weeks per year, then add overtime if you entered it.
- How do I turn a salary into an hourly rate?
- Divide the salary by hours per week times weeks per year. 52,000 divided by 40 times 52 is 25.
- How is overtime counted?
- Overtime hours per week times the hourly rate times the multiplier times the weeks per year. Five hours at 20 with a 1.5 multiplier for 52 weeks is 7,800.
- Does this include taxes?
- No. The totals are before taxes and other deductions.
To convert an hourly rate or a salary, use the Hourly Wage Calculator.