How long would it take to earn that?
Price tags are easier to judge in hours than in currency. Enter an amount and see how much of a working life it costs.
Almost exactly one working year
2,000 h is longer than 3 of the 6 references on this page.
Reference figures are measurements and are rounded; the unit conversion behind them is exact.
| Reference | Size | Yours ÷ theirs | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| one working day | 8 h | 250× | |
| one working week | 40 h | 50× | |
| one working month | 173 h | 11.5× | |
| one working year | 2,080 h | 0.962× | 2 080 hours |
| ten working years | 20,800 h | 1/10.4 | |
| a full working life | 83,200 h | 1/41.6 | About 40 years |
Worth knowing
- A full-time working year is 2 080 hours before holidays. A 40-year career is about 83 000 hours.
- At the US federal minimum wage, a $420 000 median house costs 57 900 hours — twenty-eight working years of gross pay.
Frequently asked
How do I price something in working hours?
Divide the price by your after-tax hourly rate, not your gross one. For most people that lifts the true cost by a third or more.
How many hours are in a working year?
2 080 for a 40-hour week over 52 weeks. Subtracting typical holiday and public holidays brings it nearer 1 800 in Europe and 1 950 in the US.