$18 an Hour Is How Much a Year?
52 weeks × 40 hours = 2,080 paid hours a year (the standard US full-time assumption). Enter 50 weeks to model two weeks of unpaid time off. Overtime is paid at 1.5×.
Annual salary
$37,440
Monthly
$3,120
Biweekly
$1,440
Weekly
$720
Daily (8 h)
$144
Hourly
$18.00
Gross pay before federal and state income tax, Social Security (6.2 %) and Medicare (1.45 %).
$18 an hour by pay period
| Schedule | Hours / year | Yearly | Monthly | Biweekly | Weekly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full time, 40 h × 52 wk | 2,080 | $37,440 | $3,120 | $1,440 | $720 |
| Full time, 2 weeks unpaid | 2,000 | $36,000 | $3,000 | $1,385 | $692 |
| 35 hours a week | 1,820 | $32,760 | $2,730 | $1,260 | $630 |
| Part time, 30 h | 1,560 | $28,080 | $2,340 | $1,080 | $540 |
| Part time, 20 h | 1,040 | $18,720 | $1,560 | $720 | $360 |
| 50 hours (10 h at 1.5×) | 2,600 | $51,480 | $4,290 | $1,980 | $990 |
How $18 an hour compares
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour ($15,080 a year), though most states set a higher floor — $18 an hour is 2.5× the federal minimum. The median full-time US worker earns roughly $62,000 a year (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025), so $37,440 is about 60 % of the median, below the typical full-time paycheck.
The conversion is simple: hourly rate × hours per week × weeks per year. Payroll uses 2,080 hours for a full-time year; a salaried employee’s equivalent hourly rate is salary ÷ 2,080. Monthly pay is the annual figure ÷ 12 — not weekly × 4, which under-counts by about 8 %.
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