$24 an hour is how much a year?

At 40 hours per week for 52 weeks, $24 per hour equals $49,920 per year before taxes. After federal tax and FICA (before state tax) that's about $42,291 take-home for a single filer in 2026.

$24 an hour is how much biweekly?

Working full-time, $24/hour is about $1,920 gross per biweekly paycheck, or roughly $1,627 after federal tax and FICA.

What is time-and-a-half for $24 an hour?

Time-and-a-half (1.5×) for $24/hour is $36.00 per overtime hour. Double time (2×) is $48.00 per hour.

$24 an Hour Paycheck Calculator

$24/hour equals approximately $49,920/year before taxes (40 hrs/week). Enter your state and deductions below to estimate your biweekly take-home pay — roughly $1,627 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

$1,564.33

from $1,920.00 gross

Annual net

$40,673

Monthly net

$3,389

Effective tax rate

18.5%

Effective hourly

$19.55

Where your money goes

Take-home$40,673

Federal tax$3,810

State + local$1,618

Social Security + Medicare$3,819

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

Gross pay$1,920.00

Federal income tax-$146.55

Social Security (6.2%)-$119.04

Medicare (1.45%)-$27.84

State income tax-$62.24

Net take-home pay$1,564.33

$$24 an hour breakdown (2026)

Hourly wage	$24.00
Annual (40 hrs/week)	$49,920
Monthly gross	$4,160
Biweekly gross	$1,920
Weekly gross	$960
Overtime (time-and-a-half)	$36.00/hr
Double time	$48.00/hr
Est. annual take-home (fed + FICA)	$42,291

Overtime scenarios at $$24/hour

Overtime can meaningfully boost your pay. At $$24/hour, every overtime hour at time-and-a-half pays $36.00 — that's $12.00 more than your regular rate. Ten overtime hours in a week adds $360 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, $$24/hour comes to about $37,440 per year; at 25 hours, about $31,200. Adjust the hours in the calculator above to match your real schedule.