Turn an hourly rate or salary into gross pay per weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly or monthly paycheck.
Annual = rate × weekly hours × 52, or salary.
Per paycheck = annual ÷ number of pay periods.
Hourly employees are usually paid for actual hours in each period, so real paychecks vary.
An employee earning $19 an hour for 38 hours a week makes $37,544 a year: $722 weekly, $1,444 biweekly, $1,564.33 semi-monthly or $3,128.67 monthly, before taxes.
Use it to explain pay to a new hire, compare pay frequencies or plan cash flow for payroll.
This shows gross pay before taxes and deductions. It does not include overtime; add that with the overtime calculator.
An office manager on a $61,500 salary wants to compare pay frequencies. With pay type set to annual salary, weekly pay is $1,182.69, biweekly $2,365.38, semi-monthly $2,562.50 and monthly $5,125.00, all before taxes and deductions. The semi-monthly check is $197.12 larger than the biweekly one, but it arrives 24 times a year instead of 26.
Each figure is annual gross divided by the number of pay periods, before withholding, benefits or retirement deductions. For hourly pay, the annual figure assumes the same hours every week for 52 weeks, so overtime, unpaid time off and seasonal hours make it wrong. Cent rounding means a year of checks can differ slightly from the annual figure: 52 weekly checks of $1,182.69 total $61,499.88.
Biweekly is every two weeks (26 checks); semi-monthly is twice a month (24 checks).
No. It is gross pay.
States set minimum pay frequency rules; check yours.
Add it separately.
Dividing salary by 26 in a 27-payday year pays more than the annual salary. Employers either keep the same check and accept a higher yearly cost, or divide by 27 for that year; whichever you choose, tell salaried staff ahead of time.
The calculator shows a full period. A first check often covers only part of a period, such as a start in the middle of the week, and it may also include first-time deductions.
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