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Gross pay conversion

Hourly pay to annual salary, with the weeks visible

A $30 hourly rate is not automatically $62,400 a year. That result assumes 40 paid hours for all 52 weeks.

Not included: overtime premiums, unpaid time beyond your paid-weeks input, bonus, commission, tax, benefits and employer cost.
Hourly conversionNo tax calculation
Use 50 if two weeks are unpaid; use the number that matches the actual arrangement.
Worked example

$62,400.00 a year

$30.00 × 40.00 hours × 52.00 paid weeks

Weekly$1,200.00
Biweekly$2,400.00
Semimonthly$2,600.00
Monthly$5,200.00
Not take-home pay

This conversion includes no overtime premium, bonus, commission, tax or deduction.

The formula

annual gross = hourly rate × paid hours per week × paid weeks per year

Biweekly gross is two times weekly gross. Semimonthly gross is annual gross divided by 24. Those periods are not interchangeable: biweekly normally means 26 paychecks, while semimonthly means 24.

Common questions

Quick answers

How does the formula?

Biweekly gross is two times weekly gross. Semimonthly gross is annual gross divided by 24. Those periods are not interchangeable: biweekly normally means 26 paychecks, while semimonthly means 24.