Convert gross pay to 24 checks per year
Use this conversion when payroll is scheduled twice each month. Select whether the known gross amount is hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly, then enter that amount. Hours per week apply only to hourly pay; days per week apply only to daily pay.
Annualization method
A semi-monthly year has 24 pay periods. Hourly pay is annualized as wage × hours per week × 52; daily pay as daily amount × days per week × 52; weekly pay as amount × 52; monthly pay as amount × 12; yearly pay is used directly. The semi-monthly result is annual gross pay divided by 24. Monthly and weekly equivalents divide the same annual amount by 12 and 52.
For $25 per hour and 40 hours per week, annual gross pay is $52,000, the semi-monthly check is $2,166.67, monthly equivalent is $4,333.33, and weekly equivalent is $1,000. A $60,000 yearly salary produces $2,500 per semi-monthly check. Use this second case to reconcile 24 × $2,500 = $60,000.
Payroll boundaries
This is a gross-pay conversion, not a paycheck estimate. It assumes 52 paid weeks and level hours or days, with no overtime, unpaid leave, holidays, bonuses, commissions, taxes, benefits, deductions, rounding by payroll systems, or partial periods. Semi-monthly is not biweekly: 24 and 26 annual checks produce different amounts.
Pay cannot be negative. Weekly hours must be greater than zero and no more than 168 for every pay type. When hourly pay is selected, zero hours is invalid; when daily pay is selected, zero days is invalid. Days above 7, unknown pay types, blanks, and invalid numeric inputs are also invalid.
Confirm schedule and gross amount with the applicable pay statement or employer; this is not payroll, tax, legal, or employment advice. For broader frequency and time-off comparisons, use the salary calculator.