$15 an Hour Is How Much a Year? (2026)
At 40 hours a week for all 52 weeks - the standard 2,080-hour work year - $15 an hour is $31,200 a year before tax, and a single filer takes home roughly $25,093 to $27,249 of it in 2026, depending on the state.
No-income-tax state
$27,249
e.g. Texas, Florida - $2,271/mo
California
$26,850
$399 state tax - $2,238/mo
New York
$26,161
$1,088 state tax - $2,180/mo
Estimate only - not tax advice. Single filer, standard deduction, no 401(k)/HSA, no local city taxes. Use the interactive calculator for your exact numbers.
$15 an hour by day, week, month and year
All figures below are gross pay (pay before any tax or deduction is withheld) on a full-time 40-hour week. Take-home pay by state follows further down.
| Pay period | Gross pay | How it is figured |
|---|---|---|
| Per hour | $15 | your rate |
| Per day (8 hours) | $120 | $15 x 8 hours |
| Per week (40 hours) | $600 | $15 x 40 hours |
| Every 2 weeks (80 hours) | $1,200 | $15 x 80 hours |
| Semi-monthly (24 checks a year) | $1,300.00 | annual / 24 |
| Per month | $2,600.00 | annual / 12 |
| Per year (2,080 hours) | $31,200 | $15 x 2,080 hours |
Want the method itself? Ourhourly to salary guidewalks through the 2,080-hour rule, overtime math and part-time proration.
Part-time hours at $15 an hour
Fewer weekly hours scale the numbers straight down - each row is $15 x hours x 52 weeks, before tax.
| Hours a week | Per week | Per year (gross) |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | $300 | $15,600 |
| 25 | $375 | $19,500 |
| 30 | $450 | $23,400 |
| 35 | $525 | $27,300 |
| 40full time | $600 | $31,200 |
If you take unpaid time off: with 2 unpaid weeks (50 paid weeks instead of 52), $15 an hour comes to $30,000 a year instead of $31,200.
Overtime at $15 an hour
For overtime-eligible jobs, hours past 40 in a week pay time and a half - 1.5x your rate, or $22.50 an hour at $15. A worked example: 5 overtime hours every week for a year is 260 OT hours, which pays $5,850 on top of your regular $31,200 - a gross total of $37,050.
Overtime is taxed like the rest of your pay - it can nudge your effective rate up slightly, but extra hours always leave you with more after tax.
$15 an hour after taxes in every state (2026)
Estimated single-filer take-home at $31,200 a year ($15 an hour, full time) for all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., sorted from highest take-home to lowest. The nine no-income-tax states share the top spot ($27,249); Oregon is lowest at $25,093. Tap a state for its full paycheck calculator.
| State | Take-home / yr | Take-home / mo | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaskano state tax | $27,249 | $2,271 | 12.7% |
| Floridano state tax | $27,249 | $2,271 | 12.7% |
| Nevadano state tax | $27,249 | $2,271 | 12.7% |
| New Hampshireno state tax | $27,249 | $2,271 | 12.7% |
| North Dakota | $27,249 | $2,271 | 12.7% |
| South Dakotano state tax | $27,249 | $2,271 | 12.7% |
| Tennesseeno state tax | $27,249 | $2,271 | 12.7% |
| Texasno state tax | $27,249 | $2,271 | 12.7% |
| Washingtonno state tax | $27,249 | $2,271 | 12.7% |
| Wyomingno state tax | $27,249 | $2,271 | 12.7% |
| Ohio | $27,108 | $2,259 | 13.1% |
| South Carolina | $26,927 | $2,244 | 13.7% |
| Arizona | $26,872 | $2,239 | 13.9% |
| New Mexico | $26,860 | $2,238 | 13.9% |
| California | $26,850 | $2,238 | 13.9% |
| New Jersey | $26,791 | $2,233 | 14.1% |
| Mississippi | $26,733 | $2,228 | 14.3% |
| Missouri | $26,720 | $2,227 | 14.4% |
| Idaho | $26,704 | $2,225 | 14.4% |
| Louisiana | $26,699 | $2,225 | 14.4% |
| Rhode Island | $26,696 | $2,225 | 14.4% |
| Iowa | $26,675 | $2,223 | 14.5% |
| Vermont | $26,638 | $2,220 | 14.6% |
| Wisconsin | $26,599 | $2,217 | 14.7% |
| Colorado | $26,585 | $2,215 | 14.8% |
| Washington, D.C. | $26,543 | $2,212 | 14.9% |
| Montana | $26,540 | $2,212 | 14.9% |
| Hawaii | $26,514 | $2,210 | 15.0% |
| North Carolina | $26,513 | $2,209 | 15.0% |
| Nebraska | $26,508 | $2,209 | 15.0% |
| West Virginia | $26,484 | $2,207 | 15.1% |
| Minnesota | $26,399 | $2,200 | 15.4% |
| Oklahoma | $26,391 | $2,199 | 15.4% |
| Indiana | $26,358 | $2,197 | 15.5% |
| Pennsylvania | $26,291 | $2,191 | 15.7% |
| Georgia | $26,291 | $2,191 | 15.7% |
| Kansas | $26,291 | $2,191 | 15.7% |
| Kentucky | $26,275 | $2,190 | 15.8% |
| Virginia | $26,269 | $2,189 | 15.8% |
| Arkansas | $26,264 | $2,189 | 15.8% |
| Maine | $26,231 | $2,186 | 15.9% |
| Michigan | $26,174 | $2,181 | 16.1% |
| New York | $26,161 | $2,180 | 16.1% |
| Maryland | $26,131 | $2,178 | 16.2% |
| Connecticut | $26,095 | $2,175 | 16.4% |
| Delaware | $26,084 | $2,174 | 16.4% |
| Alabama | $25,954 | $2,163 | 16.8% |
| Massachusetts | $25,909 | $2,159 | 17.0% |
| Illinois | $25,850 | $2,154 | 17.1% |
| Utah | $25,845 | $2,154 | 17.2% |
| Oregon | $25,093 | $2,091 | 19.6% |
State figure is state income tax only; some cities and counties add a local income tax. See each state page for the details.
The assumptions behind these numbers
- Full-time hours: 40 a week for all 52 weeks = 2,080 paid hours a year, the standard payroll assumption.
- Taxes: single filer taking the standard deduction, 2026 federal income tax + Social Security + Medicare + state income tax. No 401(k)/HSA, credits, or local city taxes.
- Gross vs take-home: "gross" is pay before anything is withheld; "take-home" (net) is what actually lands in your account after those taxes.
- These are estimates, not tax advice. For your exact situation, use thetake-home pay calculator.
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$15 an hour - FAQ
$15 an hour is how much a year?
At 40 hours a week for 52 weeks (2,080 hours), $15 an hour is $31,200 a year before tax. After federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare and state income tax, a single filer keeps about $25,093 to $27,249 in 2026, depending on the state.
$15 an hour is how much a month?
About $2,600.00 a month before tax ($31,200 a year spread over 12 months). After taxes, that is roughly $2,271 a month in a no-income-tax state like Texas, and about $2,238 in California.
$15 an hour is how much biweekly?
A full-time paycheck covers 80 hours, so $15 an hour is $1,200 every 2 weeks before tax. In a no-income-tax state a single filer takes home about $1,048.05 of it.
How much is $15 an hour after taxes?
Working full time in 2026, a single filer takes home between $25,093 (Oregon) and $27,249 (the no-income-tax states) a year. Per hour, that is roughly $13.10 after tax in a no-income-tax state.
Is $15 an hour good pay?
$15 an hour is about 2.1 times the $7.25 federal minimum wage (unchanged since 2009) and adds up to $31,200 a year full time. How far it goes depends on taxes and local prices: a single filer keeps about $27,249 of it in a no-income-tax state such as Texas, and about $25,093 in Oregon, the lowest take-home in our 2026 table.
What is time and a half for $15 an hour?
Time and a half is $22.50 an hour ($15 x 1.5). Work 5 overtime hours every week for a year (260 hours) and you would earn $5,850 extra, lifting gross pay from $31,200 to $37,050.
Sources & last reviewed
- Federal brackets + standard deduction: IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32 (tax year 2026).
- FICA: IRS Topic No. 751 & 560 (Social Security 6.2% up to $184,500; Medicare 1.45%; +0.9% over $200k single / $250k joint).
- State rates + brackets: Tax Foundation, "2026 State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets" (Feb 2026), cross-checked per state.
- Mid-2026 law changes verified against primary sources: Arkansas HB 1001 (May 2026), West Virginia Tax Division (June 2026 rate cut), South Carolina DOR H.4216, Georgia HB 463, Hawaii DoTax (Act 46).
- Last full review: 2026-07-02. Rates change - we update when they do.
- Gross conversions are hours math on the 2,080-hour work year; take-home figures computed with GrowMoneyy's 2026 tax engine (federal + FICA + state). Reviewed 2026-07-02. Estimate only - not tax advice.