$30 an Hour Is How Much a Year?
At 40 hours a week, $30 an hour is $62,400 a year before taxes — $5,200 a month, $2,400 every two weeks, $1,200 a week. After federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare, a single filer keeps about $52,318 in a state with no income tax and $50,309 in California. That is an after-tax rate of $25.15 per hour.
$30 an hour by hours worked
The $$62,400 figure assumes 2,080 paid hours — 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, the convention payroll systems and the Bureau of Labor Statistics use. Unpaid time off reduces it; paid holidays and vacation do not. Part-time schedules scale in a straight line:
| Hours / week | Weekly | Biweekly | Monthly | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | $600 | $1,200 | $2,600 | $31,200 |
| 25 | $750 | $1,500 | $3,250 | $39,000 |
| 30 | $900 | $1,800 | $3,900 | $46,800 |
| 35 | $1,050 | $2,100 | $4,550 | $54,600 |
| 40 (full-time) | $1,200 | $2,400 | $5,200 | $62,400 |
Federal taxes on $62,400
For 2026 the standard deduction is $16,100 for a single filer, so $62,400 of wages becomes $46,300 of taxable income, which reaches the 12% federal bracket. Federal income tax comes to $5,308. Social Security takes 6.2% ($3,869) and Medicare 1.45% ($905). Total federal withholding: $10,082, leaving $52,318 — or $4,360 a month — before any state tax.
A married couple filing jointly on the same $62,400 keeps $54,498, $2,180 more, because the joint standard deduction is $32,200 and the brackets are twice as wide.
$30 an hour after taxes in every state (2026)
State income tax is where $62,400 starts to diverge. Nine states take nothing; Oregon takes the most at this income. Every row applies that state's real 2026 brackets and standard deduction for a single filer.
| # | State | State + local tax | Take-home | Monthly | Effective rate | After-tax / hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | $0 | $52,318 | $4,360 | 16.2% | $25.15 |
| 2 | Florida | $0 | $52,318 | $4,360 | 16.2% | $25.15 |
| 3 | Nevada | $0 | $52,318 | $4,360 | 16.2% | $25.15 |
| 4 | New Hampshire | $0 | $52,318 | $4,360 | 16.2% | $25.15 |
| 5 | North Dakota | $0 | $52,318 | $4,360 | 16.2% | $25.15 |
| 6 | South Dakota | $0 | $52,318 | $4,360 | 16.2% | $25.15 |
| 7 | Tennessee | $0 | $52,318 | $4,360 | 16.2% | $25.15 |
| 8 | Texas | $0 | $52,318 | $4,360 | 16.2% | $25.15 |
| 9 | Washington | $0 | $52,318 | $4,360 | 16.2% | $25.15 |
| 10 | Wyoming | $0 | $52,318 | $4,360 | 16.2% | $25.15 |
| 11 | Ohio | $1,000 | $51,319 | $4,277 | 17.8% | $24.67 |
| 12 | Arizona | $1,158 | $51,161 | $4,263 | 18.0% | $24.60 |
| 13 | Louisiana | $1,497 | $50,821 | $4,235 | 18.6% | $24.43 |
| 14 | Vermont | $1,737 | $50,582 | $4,215 | 18.9% | $24.32 |
| 15 | Iowa | $1,759 | $50,559 | $4,213 | 19.0% | $24.31 |
| 16 | Mississippi | $1,764 | $50,554 | $4,213 | 19.0% | $24.30 |
| 17 | New Mexico | $1,767 | $50,551 | $4,213 | 19.0% | $24.30 |
| 18 | New Jersey | $1,900 | $50,419 | $4,202 | 19.2% | $24.24 |
| 19 | Pennsylvania | $1,916 | $50,403 | $4,200 | 19.2% | $24.23 |
| 20 | Rhode Island | $1,931 | $50,387 | $4,199 | 19.3% | $24.22 |
| 21 | Missouri | $1,963 | $50,356 | $4,196 | 19.3% | $24.21 |
| 22 | North Carolina | $1,981 | $50,337 | $4,195 | 19.3% | $24.20 |
| 23 | California | $2,009 | $50,309 | $4,192 | 19.4% | $24.19 |
| 24 | Colorado | $2,037 | $50,281 | $4,190 | 19.4% | $24.17 |
| 25 | Kentucky | $2,066 | $50,252 | $4,188 | 19.5% | $24.16 |
| 26 | West Virginia | $2,073 | $50,246 | $4,187 | 19.5% | $24.16 |
| 27 | South Carolina | $2,136 | $50,182 | $4,182 | 19.6% | $24.13 |
| 28 | Montana | $2,176 | $50,142 | $4,179 | 19.6% | $24.11 |
| 29 | Nebraska | $2,178 | $50,141 | $4,178 | 19.6% | $24.11 |
| 30 | Wisconsin | $2,252 | $50,066 | $4,172 | 19.8% | $24.07 |
| 31 | Arkansas | $2,259 | $50,060 | $4,172 | 19.8% | $24.07 |
| 32 | Oklahoma | $2,352 | $49,967 | $4,164 | 19.9% | $24.02 |
| 33 | Michigan | $2,406 | $49,913 | $4,159 | 20.0% | $24.00 |
| 34 | Idaho | $2,454 | $49,865 | $4,155 | 20.1% | $23.97 |
| 35 | Alabama | $2,615 | $49,704 | $4,142 | 20.3% | $23.90 |
| 36 | Georgia | $2,616 | $49,703 | $4,142 | 20.3% | $23.90 |
| 37 | Connecticut | $2,682 | $49,636 | $4,136 | 20.5% | $23.86 |
| 38 | Kansas | $2,682 | $49,636 | $4,136 | 20.5% | $23.86 |
| 39 | Minnesota | $2,754 | $49,564 | $4,130 | 20.6% | $23.83 |
| 40 | Delaware | $2,760 | $49,558 | $4,130 | 20.6% | $23.83 |
| 41 | New York | $2,773 | $49,546 | $4,129 | 20.6% | $23.82 |
| 42 | Utah | $2,777 | $49,542 | $4,128 | 20.6% | $23.82 |
| 43 | Virginia | $2,842 | $49,477 | $4,123 | 20.7% | $23.79 |
| 44 | Maine | $2,871 | $49,448 | $4,121 | 20.8% | $23.77 |
| 45 | Indiana | $2,886 | $49,433 | $4,119 | 20.8% | $23.77 |
| 46 | Massachusetts | $2,900 | $49,418 | $4,118 | 20.8% | $23.76 |
| 47 | Illinois | $2,948 | $49,371 | $4,114 | 20.9% | $23.74 |
| 48 | Hawaii | $3,026 | $49,293 | $4,108 | 21.0% | $23.70 |
| 49 | Maryland | $4,524 | $47,795 | $3,983 | 23.4% | $22.98 |
| 50 | Oregon | $4,903 | $47,415 | $3,951 | 24.0% | $22.80 |
The gap between Alaska ($52,318) and Oregon ($47,415) is $4,903 a year at $30 an hour — $409 a month. Use the state comparison tool to put two specific states side by side.
Overtime at $30 an hour
Time-and-a-half on $30 is $45.00 an hour. Overtime is taxed as ordinary income — the 22% figure people quote is a withholding rate on supplemental pay, not a separate tax — so what you keep depends on your bracket. For tax years 2025 through 2028 the One Big Beautiful Bill Act also allows a federal deduction for the premium portion of qualified overtime pay (up to $12,500 for a single filer), which this table does not include; see the overtime tax calculator for the deduction-aware figure.
| Overtime / week | Extra gross / year | New annual gross | Extra take-home (fed + FICA) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 hours | $11,700 | $74,100 | +$8,586 |
| 10 hours | $23,400 | $85,800 | +$16,817 |
Is $30 an hour a good wage?
$30 an hour is a solidly middle-income wage. The $62,400 annual figure is at or above the roughly $62,000 a median full-time worker earns, and a single earner at this rate lands at about 75% of the $83,700 median household income. The 30%-of-gross guideline supports rent of about $1,560 a month. Federally, taxable income after the $16,100 standard deduction stays inside the 12% bracket — and state tax starts to matter: the spread between the best and worst state at this income is several thousand dollars a year.
Every $1-an-hour raise adds $2,080 a year before tax — about $1,671 after federal tax and FICA at this income. Negotiating from $30 to $32 is therefore worth roughly $3,282 a year in your pocket, before state tax.