The calculator needs JavaScript. The math: annual = hourly × hours per week × weeks per year; monthly = annual ÷ 12. BLS annualizes hourly wages at 2,080 hours (40 × 52).
1. Your pay
2. Or start from an official figure
3. Benchmark against
4. Overtime scenario (optional)
Compare two job offers
Annual gross pay of each offer, using the paid weeks per year above.
How it is calculated
- Annual = hourly × hours/week × paid weeks/year; weekly = annual ÷ weeks; monthly = annual ÷ 12.
- BLS annual wages assume year-round, full-time work of 2,080 hours, which matches the defaults of 40 hours and 52 weeks.
- The benchmark places your annual figure among the published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles for the area you choose.
Worked example
The U.S. median hourly wage of $27.67 × 40 hours × 52 weeks = $57,553.60, which BLS rounds to $57,550.
Limits
- Results are gross pay. Taxes, benefits, tool allowances, flat-rate or commission pay and bonuses are not modeled.
- Percentiles describe the spread of wages across the whole occupation in May 2025. They are not predictions of what a specific person will earn, nor experience levels.
- Overtime is a scenario you configure; whether it is owed, and at what rate, depends on the FLSA, state law and your employment terms.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, SOC 49-3051. How we use it.