Paycheck Converter Calculator
Turn an hourly wage into an annual salary — or a salary back into an hourly rate — and see your gross pay per hour, day, week, paycheck, month, and year. Add overtime or unpaid time off to uncover your real effective hourly. Pre-tax, and entirely in your browser.
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Hourly to salary, and every paycheck in between
The core math is simple. To go from hourly to annual, multiply your hourly rate by the hours you work each week and the weeks you work each year: hourly × hours/week × weeks/year. A full-time 40-hour week across all 52 weeks is the familiar × 2,080 shortcut — so $30/hr lands at $62,400 a year. To go the other way, salary to hourly, just divide the salary by those same hours.
From the annual figure, every other period falls out cleanly — and the converter lays them all out for you:
- Per paycheck: weekly is annual ÷ 52, every-two-weeks is ÷ 26, twice-a-month is ÷ 24, and monthly is ÷ 12. Biweekly and semimonthly look similar but aren't — 26 paychecks vs. 24 changes each check's size.
- Your real effective hourly: annual gross ÷ the hours you actually work. Salaried at $75k but working 50-hour weeks? Your true rate is well below what salary ÷ 2,080 suggests — and this tool shows the gap.
One honest caveat worth repeating: these are gross numbers — your pay before a single dollar of tax or deduction comes out. What actually hits your bank account is lower once income tax and FICA are withheld. When you want the after-tax figure, head to the Take-Home Pay calculator.
Common questions
- How do I turn my hourly rate into a yearly salary?
- Multiply your hourly rate by your weekly hours and by the weeks you work per year. Full-time at 40 hours for all 52 weeks is hourly × 2,080. The converter also handles part-time schedules, overtime pay, and unpaid weeks, so the salary reflects your actual situation.
- What's the difference between biweekly and semimonthly pay?
- Biweekly means every two weeks — 26 paychecks a year, so two months each year have three checks. Semimonthly means twice a month on fixed dates — exactly 24 checks a year. Same annual total, but each biweekly check is a bit smaller because it's split more ways. Pick your cadence and the tool sizes the per-paycheck figure for you.
- Are these numbers after taxes?
- No — every figure is gross, before tax. Your take-home is lower once income tax, Social Security, Medicare, and any benefit deductions come out. For an after-tax estimate, use the Take-Home Pay calculator. And nothing you type here is saved or sent anywhere — it all runs in your browser.
Knowing the number is step one
Once you know what each paycheck brings in, Taly auto-splits it across your budget — so the money has a plan before it lands. Your paycheck does the math.