$50 an hour is $104,000 a year working full-time (40 hours a week, 52 weeks). That breaks down to $8,667 a month, $4,000 every two weeks, or $2,000 a week — all before taxes.

Key Numbers

• •Yearly salary (40 hrs/week): $104,000
• •Monthly: $8,667
• •Biweekly paycheck: $4,000
• •Weekly: $2,000
• •These are gross (pre-tax) figures — use the paycheck calculator for take-home pay