Hourly to Salary Calculator
The usual shortcut — hourly rate times two thousand — assumes you are paid for all 52 weeks. If any of your time off is unpaid, it overstates your income. Set the unpaid weeks and the calculator shows exactly what they cost.
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The quick estimate, and where it fails
Doubling the hourly rate and adding three zeros gives a close approximation of annual pay at 40 hours a week — twenty-five dollars an hour is roughly fifty thousand a year. It works because 40 hours times 52 weeks is 2,080, close enough to 2,000 for a mental estimate.
It breaks down as soon as hours are not 40, or leave is unpaid. Both are common in hourly work, and both push the real figure below the estimate.
Unpaid leave is a real pay cut
Two unpaid weeks removes just under four percent of annual pay. Four weeks removes nearly eight. When an hourly role is compared against a salaried one with paid leave, that difference belongs in the comparison — it is often larger than the difference in headline rate.
What else to weigh
Health coverage, retirement matching and paid sick leave can be worth thousands a year and rarely appear in an hourly quote. Overtime cuts the other way: hourly roles usually pay a premium for extra hours, where many salaried roles pay nothing at all.
Frequently asked questions
What is $25 an hour annually?
About $52,000 at 40 hours a week for all 52 weeks. With two unpaid weeks off it is closer to $50,000.
Should I use 52 weeks or fewer?
Use 52 if all your leave is paid. Subtract any unpaid weeks, which the calculator does for you.
Is this before or after tax?
Before. Deductions vary far too much by location and circumstance to estimate reliably here.