Hourly to salary · 2026

$11 an Hour Is How Much a Year?

$11.00 an hour works out to $22,880 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

$11.00 an hour, every way

Gross pay, full time (40 hours a week, 52 paid weeks)
PerGross pay
Year (2,080 hours)$22,880.00
Month$1,906.67
Two weeks (biweekly)$880.00
Semi-monthly$953.33
Week (40 hours)$440.00
Day (8 hours)$88.00
Hour$11.00

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After taxes

$1,704 a month after federal tax and FICA (single, no state income tax)

Federal income tax a year
$678
Social Security + Medicare a year
$1,750
Take-home a year (no state tax)
$20,452
Share you keep
89.4%
Rent at 30% of gross income
$572 a month

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Is $11.00 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 55% 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, $11.00 an hour goes furthest in Mississippi ($23,310 in national-average prices) and least far in California ($18,131).

$11.00 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 $11.00 an hour by state, 2026
StateTake-home a yearA monthIn national prices
Florida$20,452$1,704$19,777
Nevada$20,452$1,704$20,456
New Hampshire$20,452$1,704$19,634
North Dakota$20,452$1,704$22,990
Ohio$20,452$1,704$22,045
South Dakota$20,452$1,704$23,087
Tennessee$20,452$1,704$22,262
Texas$20,452$1,704$21,072
Wyoming$20,452$1,704$22,064
Idaho$20,347$1,696$21,307
Utah$20,339$1,695$20,573
Alaska$20,337$1,695$19,869
New Mexico$20,328$1,694$22,045
Missouri$20,302$1,692$22,355
South Carolina$20,295$1,691$21,648
Arizona$20,273$1,689$20,137
Mississippi$20,268$1,689$23,310
Iowa$20,234$1,686$23,056
Maine$20,228$1,686$20,843
District of Columbia$20,180$1,682$18,362
Connecticut$20,180$1,682$19,477
Nebraska$20,179$1,682$22,395
Wisconsin$20,152$1,679$21,417
Louisiana$20,152$1,679$22,846
Washington$20,134$1,678$18,815
Montana$20,133$1,678$21,272
Vermont$20,119$1,677$20,538
Arkansas$20,075$1,673$23,091
California$20,075$1,673$18,131
Hawaii$20,071$1,673$18,254
Georgia$20,058$1,672$20,831
Colorado$20,053$1,671$19,459
North Carolina$20,047$1,671$21,253
Oklahoma$19,968$1,664$22,731
Rhode Island$19,959$1,663$19,514
Minnesota$19,945$1,662$20,224
New Jersey$19,945$1,662$18,331
West Virginia$19,935$1,661$22,274
Kansas$19,926$1,660$22,123
Virginia$19,922$1,660$19,704
Indiana$19,806$1,651$21,222
Kentucky$19,768$1,647$21,926
Delaware$19,747$1,646$19,785
Pennsylvania$19,733$1,644$20,224
Maryland$19,731$1,644$18,799
Michigan$19,730$1,644$20,506
New York$19,683$1,640$18,238
Alabama$19,607$1,634$22,074
Illinois$19,464$1,622$19,472
Massachusetts$19,422$1,619$18,365
Oregon$19,208$1,601$18,584

$11.00 an hour with different hours

Gross pay a year and a month
ScheduleA yearA month
Full time, 40 hours × 52 weeks$22,880$1,907
Two unpaid weeks off (50 weeks)$22,000$1,833
37.5-hour week$21,450$1,788
Part time, 30 hours$17,160$1,430
Part time, 20 hours$11,440$953
40 hours + 5 overtime hours a week$27,170$2,264
40 hours + 10 overtime hours a week$31,460$2,622
Formula

$11.00 × 40 hours × 52 weeks = $22,880

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.