$17 an Hour Is How Much a Year? (2026)
$17/hour converted to every pay period
Yearly
$35,360
Monthly
$2,947
Biweekly
$1,360
Weekly
$680
Daily (8h)
$136
The math: $17 × 40 hours × 52 weeks = 35,360. Working 2,080 hours a year, every $1/hour of wage adds $2,080 to annual pay.
Who earns $17 an hour, and what it buys in 2026
Seventeen dollars an hour is the closest whole-dollar wage to the federal overtime exemption line, and it falls just short. The Fair Labor Standards Act lets employers skip overtime for salaried executive, administrative and professional staff only if they earn at least $684 a week, or $35,568 a year. The 2024 rule that would have pushed that to $58,656 was struck down by two federal courts, and the Department of Labor formally restored the 2019 figure in May 2026. At $17 an hour a full-time year comes to $35,360, which is $208 under the line, so nobody at this wage can be denied overtime on salary grounds.
This is the wage of the country's largest low-paid occupations. Home health and personal care aides, 4.3 million workers, have a median of $17.21. Retail salespersons (3.9 million) are at $17.03, waiters and waitresses at $16.94 before tips, maids and housekeeping cleaners at $17.07, hairdressers at $17.21 and food preparation workers at $16.98. Together those six occupations employ more than 12 million people, which makes $17 one of the most common wages in the country.
Washington's $17.13 minimum and the $17.00 rate in New York City, Long Island and Westchester bracket this wage almost exactly, and DC is above it at $17.95. Seattle's city minimum is $21.30, so a $17 job there would be illegal. Against the $24.51 national median hourly wage, $17 is about 69 cents on the dollar.
$17 an hour after taxes, in all 50 states
Single filer earning $35,360 (2026 rates, standard deduction). Sorted by take-home pay.
| State | Take-home / year | Take-home / month | State income tax | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | $30,592 | $2,549 | None | 13.5% |
| Florida | $30,592 | $2,549 | None | 13.5% |
| Nevada | $30,592 | $2,549 | None | 13.5% |
| New Hampshire | $30,592 | $2,549 | None | 13.5% |
| North Dakota | $30,592 | $2,549 | None | 13.5% |
| South Dakota | $30,592 | $2,549 | None | 13.5% |
| Tennessee | $30,592 | $2,549 | None | 13.5% |
| Texas | $30,592 | $2,549 | None | 13.5% |
| Wyoming | $30,592 | $2,549 | None | 13.5% |
| Ohio | $30,402 | $2,533 | $190 | 14.0% |
| Washington | $30,387 | $2,532 | $205 | 14.1% |
| New Jersey | $30,060 | $2,505 | $531 | 15.0% |
| New Mexico | $30,039 | $2,503 | $553 | 15.0% |
| Louisiana | $29,917 | $2,493 | $675 | 15.4% |
| Arizona | $29,917 | $2,493 | $675 | 15.4% |
| Mississippi | $29,909 | $2,492 | $682 | 15.4% |
| Iowa | $29,900 | $2,492 | $692 | 15.4% |
| Rhode Island | $29,883 | $2,490 | $709 | 15.5% |
| Missouri | $29,867 | $2,489 | $725 | 15.5% |
| Nebraska | $29,862 | $2,489 | $729 | 15.5% |
| Vermont | $29,841 | $2,487 | $751 | 15.6% |
| Idaho | $29,826 | $2,485 | $766 | 15.7% |
| Colorado | $29,744 | $2,479 | $847 | 15.9% |
| Utah | $29,744 | $2,479 | $848 | 15.9% |
| Wisconsin | $29,736 | $2,478 | $855 | 15.9% |
| California | $29,728 | $2,477 | $863 | 15.9% |
| North Carolina | $29,690 | $2,474 | $902 | 16.0% |
| Montana | $29,687 | $2,474 | $905 | 16.0% |
| Connecticut | $29,684 | $2,474 | $907 | 16.1% |
| West Virginia | $29,647 | $2,471 | $944 | 16.2% |
| Washington, D.C. | $29,636 | $2,470 | $956 | 16.2% |
| South Carolina | $29,627 | $2,469 | $965 | 16.2% |
| Indiana | $29,578 | $2,465 | $1,014 | 16.4% |
| Oklahoma | $29,546 | $2,462 | $1,046 | 16.4% |
| Minnesota | $29,519 | $2,460 | $1,073 | 16.5% |
| Pennsylvania | $29,506 | $2,459 | $1,086 | 16.6% |
| Kentucky | $29,472 | $2,456 | $1,120 | 16.7% |
| Arkansas | $29,425 | $2,452 | $1,166 | 16.8% |
| Kansas | $29,417 | $2,451 | $1,175 | 16.8% |
| Georgia | $29,379 | $2,448 | $1,212 | 16.9% |
| Virginia | $29,373 | $2,448 | $1,219 | 16.9% |
| Michigan | $29,340 | $2,445 | $1,252 | 17.0% |
| Hawaii | $29,337 | $2,445 | $1,255 | 17.0% |
| Maine | $29,333 | $2,444 | $1,259 | 17.0% |
| Delaware | $29,306 | $2,442 | $1,286 | 17.1% |
| New York | $29,279 | $2,440 | $1,312 | 17.2% |
| Maryland | $29,276 | $2,440 | $1,316 | 17.2% |
| Alabama | $29,064 | $2,422 | $1,528 | 17.8% |
| Illinois | $28,986 | $2,416 | $1,606 | 18.0% |
| Massachusetts | $28,881 | $2,407 | $1,711 | 18.3% |
| Oregon | $28,327 | $2,361 | $2,264 | 19.9% |
Part-time at $17/hour
| Hours / week | Weekly pay | Yearly pay (gross) |
|---|---|---|
| 20 hours | $340 | $17,680 |
| 25 hours | $425 | $22,100 |
| 30 hours | $510 | $26,520 |
| 35 hours | $595 | $30,940 |
Check your exact take-home pay
Estimated take-home pay · Texas
$30,592 / year
Monthly
$2,549
Biweekly
$1,177
Hourly
$14.71
- Gross pay
- $35,360
- Federal income tax
- −$2,063
- TX state income tax
- −$0
- Social Security (6.2%)
- −$2,192
- Medicare (1.45%)
- −$513
- Take-home pay
- $30,592
- Effective tax rate
- 13.5%
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$17/hour FAQ
$17 an hour is how much a year?+
$17 per hour is $35,360 per year for full-time work (40 hours/week × 52 weeks). That's $2,947 per month, $1,360 biweekly, or $680 per week before taxes.
$17 an hour is how much a year after taxes?+
After federal tax and FICA, a single filer earning $17/hour ($35,360/year) takes home about $30,592 in a no-income-tax state like Texas, and about $29,728 in California. That works out to roughly $14.29 to $14.71 per hour worked, depending on your state.
Is $17 an hour a good wage in 2026?+
$17/hour ($35,360/year full-time) is below the US median full-time wage of roughly $60,000 to $63,000 in 2026. Whether it's comfortable depends heavily on your state's taxes and cost of living; the same wage stretches much further in Texas than in California or New York.
How much is $17 an hour working part-time?+
At $17/hour: 20 hours/week is $17,680/year, 25 hours is $22,100/year, 30 hours is $26,520/year, and 35 hours is $30,940/year, all before taxes.
What's the biweekly paycheck for $17 an hour?+
Full-time at $17/hour, the gross biweekly paycheck is $1,360 (80 hours). After taxes a single filer typically keeps about $1,177 per biweekly check in a no-tax state.