Weekly Income Calculator

Weekly Income Calculator

Estimate your gross weekly earnings and annual projections

Income Summary

Weekly Gross Income: $0.00
Monthly Estimate (4.33 weeks): $0.00
Annual Gross Income: $0.00

Understanding Your Weekly Income Calculation

Calculating your weekly income is the first step toward effective personal budgeting. While many people focus solely on their hourly rate, your total "take-home" potential includes overtime premiums, consistent bonuses, and commissions that can significantly change your financial outlook.

The Weekly Income Formula

To find your gross weekly income, we use the following mathematical logic:

Weekly Income = (Hourly Wage × Regular Hours) + (Hourly Wage × Overtime Multiplier × Overtime Hours) + Weekly Bonus

Key Factors in Your Paycheck

  • Gross vs. Net: This calculator provides Gross Income, which is your pay before taxes, health insurance, or retirement contributions are deducted.
  • Overtime Multiplier: Most standard employment contracts in the US and Europe use a 1.5x multiplier ("time and a half") for hours worked over 40 per week.
  • Annualization: To find your yearly salary from your weekly pay, we multiply the weekly total by 52. For monthly estimates, we use 4.33 (the average number of weeks in a month).

Real-World Example

If you earn $25.00 per hour and work a standard 40-hour week, but also put in 5 hours of overtime at a 1.5x rate and receive a $50 weekly bonus, your calculation would look like this:

  • Base Pay: $25 × 40 = $1,000
  • Overtime Pay: ($25 × 1.5) × 5 = $187.50
  • Bonus: $50.00
  • Total Weekly Gross: $1,237.50
function calculateWeeklyIncome() { // Get values from input fields var hourlyWage = parseFloat(document.getElementById('hourlyWage').value); var regularHours = parseFloat(document.getElementById('regularHours').value); var overtimeHours = parseFloat(document.getElementById('overtimeHours').value) || 0; var overtimeMultiplier = parseFloat(document.getElementById('overtimeMultiplier').value) || 1.5; var weeklyBonus = parseFloat(document.getElementById('weeklyBonus').value) || 0; // Validation if (isNaN(hourlyWage) || isNaN(regularHours) || hourlyWage < 0 || regularHours < 0) { alert("Please enter valid positive numbers for Wage and Regular Hours."); return; } // Calculations var regularPay = hourlyWage * regularHours; var overtimePay = (hourlyWage * overtimeMultiplier) * overtimeHours; var totalWeekly = regularPay + overtimePay + weeklyBonus; var totalAnnual = totalWeekly * 52; var totalMonthly = totalAnnual / 12; // Display Results document.getElementById('resWeekly').innerHTML = '$' + totalWeekly.toLocaleString(undefined, {minimumFractionDigits: 2, maximumFractionDigits: 2}); document.getElementById('resMonthly').innerHTML = '$' + totalMonthly.toLocaleString(undefined, {minimumFractionDigits: 2, maximumFractionDigits: 2}); document.getElementById('resAnnual').innerHTML = '$' + totalAnnual.toLocaleString(undefined, {minimumFractionDigits: 2, maximumFractionDigits: 2}); document.getElementById('incomeResults').style.display = 'block'; // Smooth scroll to results document.getElementById('incomeResults').scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth', block: 'nearest' }); }

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