Hourly ↔ salary
The same wage weighed both ways, with real unpaid time in the denominator.
Hourly rate
$31.25
How the math works
One identity, read in two directions:
annual = hourly × hours/week × paid weeks/year Everything else is division. The lever people miss is paid weeks: dropping from 52 to 48 paid weeks raises the true hourly value of the same salary by over 8%. Gross conversions here carry no tax withholding — for net numbers, feed the result into the take-home receipt.
Assumptions on the counter
- Gross pay only — no taxes withheld in these figures.
- Overtime not modeled; salaried-exempt hours can exceed the input.
- Paid leave counts inside weeks/year; unpaid gaps do not.
Questions people ask
How do I convert an hourly wage to an annual salary?
Multiply the wage by hours per week, then by weeks worked per year: $25 × 40 × 52 = $52,000. The unpaid-weeks input matters — 52 assumes you work every week; using 48 for four unpaid weeks raises your true hourly equivalent.
How much is $65,000 a year per hour?
At 40 hours across 52 weeks, $65,000 is $31.25 an hour gross. That is before taxes — run it through the take-home paycheck calculator for the net figure.
Should I count holidays and PTO as paid weeks?
Yes if your employer pays for them. Paid time off belongs in the weeks-per-year input because you earn salary during it; only genuinely unpaid gaps belong out.