$60,000 a year is $28.85 an hour working full-time (40 hours a week, 52 weeks). That's $5,000 a month or $2,308 every two weeks — all before taxes.

Key Numbers

• •Hourly rate (40 hrs/week): $28.85
• •Monthly: $5,000
• •Biweekly paycheck: $2,308
• •Weekly: $1,154
• •These are gross (pre-tax) figures — use the paycheck calculator for take-home pay