$15 an hour is how much a year?

At 40 hours per week for 52 weeks, $15 per hour equals $31,200 per year before taxes. After federal tax and FICA (before state tax) that's about $27,249 take-home for a single filer in 2026.

$15 an hour is how much biweekly?

Working full-time, $15/hour is about $1,200 gross per biweekly paycheck, or roughly $1,048 after federal tax and FICA.

What is time-and-a-half for $15 an hour?

Time-and-a-half (1.5×) for $15/hour is $22.50 per overtime hour. Double time (2×) is $30.00 per hour.

$15 an Hour Paycheck Calculator

$15/hour equals approximately $31,200/year before taxes (40 hrs/week). Enter your state and deductions below to estimate your biweekly take-home pay — roughly $1,048 after federal tax and FICA.

Paycheck Details

Tax Year 2026

Hourly wage

Hours per week

Overtime hours / week

Overtime multiplier

Pay frequency

Filing status

State

Your biweekly take-home pay

$1,023.04

from $1,200.00 gross

Annual net

$26,599

Monthly net

$2,217

Effective tax rate

14.7%

Effective hourly

$12.79

Where your money goes

Take-home$26,599

Federal tax$1,564

State + local$650

Social Security + Medicare$2,387

Per-paycheck breakdown (Biweekly (every 2 weeks))

Gross pay$1,200.00

Federal income tax-$60.15

Social Security (6.2%)-$74.40

Medicare (1.45%)-$17.40

State income tax-$25.01

Net take-home pay$1,023.04

$$15 an hour breakdown (2026)

Hourly wage	$15.00
Annual (40 hrs/week)	$31,200
Monthly gross	$2,600
Biweekly gross	$1,200
Weekly gross	$600
Overtime (time-and-a-half)	$22.50/hr
Double time	$30.00/hr
Est. annual take-home (fed + FICA)	$27,249

Overtime scenarios at $$15/hour

Overtime can meaningfully boost your pay. At $$15/hour, every overtime hour at time-and-a-half pays $22.50 — that's $7.50 more than your regular rate. Ten overtime hours in a week adds $225 to your gross pay. Use our overtime calculator to model your exact schedule.

Part-time and different schedules

Not everyone works 40 hours. At 30 hours per week, $$15/hour comes to about $23,400 per year; at 25 hours, about $19,500. Adjust the hours in the calculator above to match your real schedule.