$20 an hour is how much a year?

At 40 hours per week for 52 weeks, $20 per hour equals $41,600 per year before taxes. After federal tax and FICA (before state tax) that's about $35,606 take-home for a single filer in 2026.

$20 an hour is how much biweekly?

Working full-time, $20/hour is about $1,600 gross per biweekly paycheck, or roughly $1,369 after federal tax and FICA.

What is time-and-a-half for $20 an hour?

Time-and-a-half (1.5×) for $20/hour is $30.00 per overtime hour. Double time (2×) is $40.00 per hour.

$20 an Hour Paycheck Calculator

$20/hour equals approximately $41,600/year before taxes (40 hrs/week). Enter your state and deductions below to estimate your biweekly take-home pay — roughly $1,369 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

$1,326.41

from $1,600.00 gross

Annual net

$34,487

Monthly net

$2,874

Effective tax rate

17.1%

Effective hourly

$16.58

Where your money goes

Take-home$34,487

Federal tax$2,812

State + local$1,119

Social Security + Medicare$3,182

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

Gross pay$1,600.00

Federal income tax-$108.15

Social Security (6.2%)-$99.20

Medicare (1.45%)-$23.20

State income tax-$43.04

Net take-home pay$1,326.41

$$20 an hour breakdown (2026)

Hourly wage	$20.00
Annual (40 hrs/week)	$41,600
Monthly gross	$3,467
Biweekly gross	$1,600
Weekly gross	$800
Overtime (time-and-a-half)	$30.00/hr
Double time	$40.00/hr
Est. annual take-home (fed + FICA)	$35,606

Overtime scenarios at $$20/hour

Overtime can meaningfully boost your pay. At $$20/hour, every overtime hour at time-and-a-half pays $30.00 — that's $10.00 more than your regular rate. Ten overtime hours in a week adds $300 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, $$20/hour comes to about $31,200 per year; at 25 hours, about $26,000. Adjust the hours in the calculator above to match your real schedule.