Hourly to salary · 2026

$13 an Hour Is How Much a Year?

$13.00 an hour works out to $27,040 a year for full-time work. Below: what that is per paycheck, what's left after 2026 taxes in every state, what it buys where you live, and which jobs typically pay it.

Last reviewed October 9, 2026

$13.00 an hour, every way

Gross pay, full time (40 hours a week, 52 paid weeks)
PerGross pay
Year (2,080 hours)$27,040.00
Month$2,253.33
Two weeks (biweekly)$1,040.00
Semi-monthly$1,126.67
Week (40 hours)$520.00
Day (8 hours)$104.00
Hour$13.00

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After taxes

$1,990 a month after federal tax and FICA (single, no state income tax)

Federal income tax a year
$1,094
Social Security + Medicare a year
$2,069
Take-home a year (no state tax)
$23,877
Share you keep
88.3%
Rent at 30% of gross income
$676 a month

Add your state, 401(k) and health deductions in the paycheck calculator.

Is $13.00 an hour good pay?

Below the 10th percentile among all U.S. workers (BLS May 2025) — fewer than about 1 in 10 workers earn less. It's 47% below the median for all occupations ($50,980 a year, or $24.51 an hour).

Whether it's enough depends heavily on where you live. After 2026 taxes and local prices, $13.00 an hour goes furthest in Mississippi ($27,058 in national-average prices) and least far in California ($21,101).

$13.00 an hour after taxes in every state

Estimated 2026 take-home for a single filer paid biweekly, with no pre-tax deductions or local tax. The last column restates take-home in national-average prices using BEA Regional Price Parities (2024).

Take-home pay on $13.00 an hour by state, 2026
StateTake-home a yearA monthIn national prices
Florida$23,877$1,990$23,089
Nevada$23,877$1,990$23,882
New Hampshire$23,877$1,990$22,923
North Dakota$23,877$1,990$26,841
Ohio$23,877$1,990$25,737
South Dakota$23,877$1,990$26,954
Tennessee$23,877$1,990$25,990
Texas$23,877$1,990$24,601
Wyoming$23,877$1,990$25,760
Alaska$23,742$1,979$23,195
South Carolina$23,638$1,970$25,214
New Mexico$23,621$1,968$25,616
Arizona$23,595$1,966$23,437
Idaho$23,553$1,963$24,664
Missouri$23,544$1,962$25,925
Mississippi$23,528$1,961$27,058
Utah$23,525$1,960$23,796
Washington$23,502$1,959$21,962
Iowa$23,502$1,958$26,779
Nebraska$23,458$1,955$26,035
Louisiana$23,452$1,954$26,588
Connecticut$23,450$1,954$22,633
District of Columbia$23,421$1,952$21,311
Wisconsin$23,415$1,951$24,885
Vermont$23,405$1,950$23,893
Maine$23,392$1,949$24,103
Montana$23,363$1,947$24,685
California$23,363$1,947$21,101
Arkansas$23,359$1,947$26,869
North Carolina$23,307$1,942$24,709
Colorado$23,277$1,940$22,588
Georgia$23,277$1,940$24,173
New Jersey$23,263$1,939$21,381
Hawaii$23,262$1,938$21,157
West Virginia$23,244$1,937$25,971
Oklahoma$23,206$1,934$26,418
Rhode Island$23,183$1,932$22,666
Virginia$23,137$1,928$22,884
Kansas$23,135$1,928$25,686
Minnesota$23,130$1,928$23,454
Indiana$23,109$1,926$24,761
Kentucky$23,049$1,921$25,564
Pennsylvania$23,028$1,919$23,601
Michigan$22,979$1,915$23,882
Maryland$22,959$1,913$21,874
Delaware$22,941$1,912$22,985
New York$22,866$1,906$21,188
Alabama$22,841$1,903$25,716
Illinois$22,684$1,890$22,693
Massachusetts$22,621$1,885$21,390
Oregon$22,282$1,857$21,557

$13.00 an hour with different hours

Gross pay a year and a month
ScheduleA yearA month
Full time, 40 hours × 52 weeks$27,040$2,253
Two unpaid weeks off (50 weeks)$26,000$2,167
37.5-hour week$25,350$2,113
Part time, 30 hours$20,280$1,690
Part time, 20 hours$13,520$1,127
40 hours + 5 overtime hours a week$32,110$2,676
40 hours + 10 overtime hours a week$37,180$3,098
Formula

$13.00 × 40 hours × 52 weeks = $27,040

Change the hours or weeks in the hourly to salary calculator.

Sources and method

Conversions assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Taxes use our 2026 federal and state engine (methodology); local income taxes aren't included. Wage rankings and occupations use BLS OEWS May 2025; price levels use BEA Regional Price Parities.

  1. Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Accessed October 9, 2026.
  2. Regional Price Parities by State — U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Accessed October 9, 2026.