2026 Hourly to Salary
$17 an Hour Is How Much a Year?
Full-time here means 40 hours a week for 52 weeks — 2,080 paid hours a year, with no unpaid time off deducted.
Gross pay by period
If you work fewer than 40 hours
| Hours per week | Annual gross | Take-home (year) | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 h | $17,680 | $16,170 | $1,348 |
| 25 h | $22,100 | $19,810 | $1,651 |
| 30 h | $26,520 | $23,449 | $1,954 |
| 35 h | $30,940 | $27,040 | $2,253 |
| 40 h | $35,360 | $30,592 | $2,549 |
Unpaid weeks work the same way: two weeks off without pay makes the year 50 weeks, or $34,000 at 40 hours.
Overtime at this rate
Time-and-a-half on $17 is $25.50 an hour. Working 5 overtime hours in a typical week adds $6,630 a year on top of $35,360 — but only $8.50 of each overtime hour is the premium, the half above your regular rate. That premium comes to $2,210 a year, and it is the only part the 2026 overtime deduction touches.
Total wages of $41,990 stay under the $150,000 phase-out threshold, so the whole $2,210 premium is deductible — worth about $265 off your tax bill at your 12% marginal rate. The deduction runs for tax years 2025 through 2028, is claimed on Schedule 1-A alongside the standard deduction, and your employer reports the qualifying premium in W-2 Box 12 under code TT. Run your own overtime numbers →
Where this wage sits in the tax code
At $35,360 your top federal bracket is 12%, while your effective rate — federal income tax plus FICA, divided by gross pay — is 13.5%. The gap is the point people miss: only the dollars above the bracket threshold are taxed at the marginal rate. The 22% bracket starts at $66,500 of wages, which is $31.97 an hour at 2,080 hours — a raise past that point is taxed at the higher rate only on the part above it.
Notice that FICA ($2,705) costs more here than federal income tax ($2,063). The standard deduction of $16,100 shelters a large share of this wage from income tax, but Social Security and Medicare apply from the first dollar, so payroll tax is the bigger line.
Working overtime at this rate? Up to $12,500 of the overtime premium is deductible for 2025 through 2028, and the no tax on overtime calculator shows what survives the cap and the phase-out.
Age 65 or older and still working? The $6,000 standard deduction over 65 starts phasing out at $75,000 of income, which is $36.06 an hour at 40 hours a week.
Nearby hourly rates
| Hourly | Annual | Take-home (year) | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|
| $14 | $29,120 | $25,579 | $2,132 |
| $15 | $31,200 | $27,250 | $2,271 |
| $16 | $33,280 | $28,920 | $2,410 |
| $18 | $37,440 | $32,263 | $2,689 |
| $19 | $39,520 | $33,935 | $2,828 |
| $20 | $41,600 | $35,606 | $2,967 |
Every rate from $12 to $100: Hourly to Salary Table. Working from a salary instead? 2026 Take-Home Pay Table.
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FAQ
How much is $17 an hour a year?
$35,360 a year before tax — $17 × 40 hours a week × 52 weeks, the standard 2,080-hour full-time year. After 2026 federal income tax ($2,063) and FICA ($2,705), take-home is $30,592 — $2,549 a month, or $1,177 per biweekly paycheck.
Is $17 an hour good?
That depends on your hours, location, and benefits rather than the rate alone. The arithmetic is fixed: at 40 hours a week, $17 an hour is $35,360 a year and $30,592 after federal tax and FICA. At 20 hours a week the same rate is $17,680, and in a state with income tax you would keep less than the figures here.
Does this include state income tax?
No — these figures are federal only. State and local income tax ranges from 0% (Texas, Florida, Washington and six others) to over 13% at the California top rate, so subtract your state's rate on top. Pre-tax 401(k) or HSA contributions would move the numbers the other way, since they come out before federal tax and, for HSA payroll contributions, before FICA as well.
Sources
- IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32 — 2026 inflation adjustments (brackets, standard deduction) ↗
- SSA — 2026 COLA fact sheet (taxable maximum $184,500) ↗
Last verified: 2026-08-27 · We monitor official sources daily and update rates after human review of the originals.