$16 an hour is how much a year?

At 40 hours per week for 52 weeks, $16 per hour equals $33,280 per year before taxes. After federal tax and FICA (before state tax) that's about $28,920 take-home for a single filer in 2026.

$16 an hour is how much biweekly?

Working full-time, $16/hour is about $1,280 gross per biweekly paycheck, or roughly $1,112 after federal tax and FICA.

What is time-and-a-half for $16 an hour?

Time-and-a-half (1.5×) for $16/hour is $24.00 per overtime hour. Double time (2×) is $32.00 per hour.

$16 an Hour Paycheck Calculator

$16/hour equals approximately $33,280/year before taxes (40 hrs/week). Enter your state and deductions below to estimate your biweekly take-home pay — roughly $1,112 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

$1,084.12

from $1,280.00 gross

Annual net

$28,187

Monthly net

$2,349

Effective tax rate

15.3%

Effective hourly

$13.55

Where your money goes

Take-home$28,187

Federal tax$1,814

State + local$733

Social Security + Medicare$2,546

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

Gross pay$1,280.00

Federal income tax-$69.75

Social Security (6.2%)-$79.36

Medicare (1.45%)-$18.56

State income tax-$28.21

Net take-home pay$1,084.12

$$16 an hour breakdown (2026)

Hourly wage	$16.00
Annual (40 hrs/week)	$33,280
Monthly gross	$2,773
Biweekly gross	$1,280
Weekly gross	$640
Overtime (time-and-a-half)	$24.00/hr
Double time	$32.00/hr
Est. annual take-home (fed + FICA)	$28,920

Overtime scenarios at $$16/hour

Overtime can meaningfully boost your pay. At $$16/hour, every overtime hour at time-and-a-half pays $24.00 — that's $8.00 more than your regular rate. Ten overtime hours in a week adds $240 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, $$16/hour comes to about $24,960 per year; at 25 hours, about $20,800. Adjust the hours in the calculator above to match your real schedule.