Job offers mix the two pay languages: hourly wages and annual salaries. Comparing them requires assumptions about hours and weeks worked. This converter makes those assumptions visible and editable — the defaults (40 hours, 52 weeks) match the standard full-time year.
The standard conversion
Annual salary = Hourly wage × hours per week × weeks per year. At the 40-hour, 52-week default: $15/hr ≈ $31,200/year, $20/hr ≈ $41,600, $25/hr ≈ $52,000, $30/hr ≈ $62,400, $50/hr ≈ $104,000. That is why "make $50 an hour" sounds different from "$100,000 a year" but is identical.
Adjusting for reality
If you take unpaid time off, lower the weeks (a common choice is 50). If overtime is regular, raise the hours but remember overtime is usually paid at 1.5×. Salaried jobs often include benefits (health insurance, retirement match, paid vacation) that hourly wages may not — a $60,000 salary with benefits can beat a $33/hr contract with none.
Before vs after tax
These figures are gross pay. Take-home pay is lower after federal income tax, state tax, Social Security (6.2%) and Medicare (1.45%). Rough rule of thumb: expect to keep 70–80% depending on your state and deductions.