$17 an hour is how much a year?

At 40 hours per week for 52 weeks, $17 per hour equals $35,360 per year before taxes. After federal tax and FICA (before state tax) that's about $30,592 take-home for a single filer in 2026.

$17 an hour is how much biweekly?

Working full-time, $17/hour is about $1,360 gross per biweekly paycheck, or roughly $1,177 after federal tax and FICA.

What is time-and-a-half for $17 an hour?

Time-and-a-half (1.5×) for $17/hour is $25.50 per overtime hour. Double time (2×) is $34.00 per hour.

$17 an Hour Paycheck Calculator

$17/hour equals approximately $35,360/year before taxes (40 hrs/week). Enter your state and deductions below to estimate your biweekly take-home pay — roughly $1,177 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

$1,145.20

from $1,360.00 gross

Annual net

$29,775

Monthly net

$2,481

Effective tax rate

15.8%

Effective hourly

$14.31

Where your money goes

Take-home$29,775

Federal tax$2,063

State + local$817

Social Security + Medicare$2,705

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

Gross pay$1,360.00

Federal income tax-$79.35

Social Security (6.2%)-$84.32

Medicare (1.45%)-$19.72

State income tax-$31.41

Net take-home pay$1,145.20

$$17 an hour breakdown (2026)

Hourly wage	$17.00
Annual (40 hrs/week)	$35,360
Monthly gross	$2,947
Biweekly gross	$1,360
Weekly gross	$680
Overtime (time-and-a-half)	$25.50/hr
Double time	$34.00/hr
Est. annual take-home (fed + FICA)	$30,592

Overtime scenarios at $$17/hour

Overtime can meaningfully boost your pay. At $$17/hour, every overtime hour at time-and-a-half pays $25.50 — that's $8.50 more than your regular rate. Ten overtime hours in a week adds $255 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, $$17/hour comes to about $26,520 per year; at 25 hours, about $22,100. Adjust the hours in the calculator above to match your real schedule.