$23 an hour is $47,840 a year working 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year, before taxes. That's $3,987 a month, $1,840 every two weeks or $920 a week.
Yearly pay $47,840
| Period | Pay before tax |
|---|---|
| Year (40 hrs × 52 weeks) | $47,840 |
| Month | $3,987 |
| Every two weeks | $1,840 |
| Week | $920 |
| Day (8 hours) | $184 |
| Year at 30 hrs/week | $35,880 |
| Year with 5 hrs/week overtime at 1.5× | $56,810 |
How $23 an hour compares in the trades Government data
In PayByTrade's data, $23 an hour is above the typical pay for 4 of 42 skilled trades and higher than the median in about 23% of the 10,213 trade-and-city combinations BLS publishes. The trades whose typical pay is closest to $23 are painters ($22.91), hazmat removal workers ($23.18) and insulation installers ($23.22).
Jobs that pay about $23 an hour
- Maintenance technicians in Dallas, TX: median $23.49 ($48,860 a year)
- Construction laborers in Phoenix, AZ: median $22.56 ($46,910 a year)
- Landscapers in San Francisco, CA: median $23.10 ($48,040 a year)
- Carpenters in Dallas, TX: median $23.44 ($48,740 a year)
- Concrete finishers in Dallas, TX: median $23.45 ($48,770 a year)
- Auto mechanics in Tampa, FL: median $23.02 ($47,880 a year)
Where $23 an hour beats the local median Our calculation
For each trade, the share of U.S. metros where $23 an hour is more than the local median:
1 trade pay less than $23 in at least 9 of 10 metros; 15 pay more almost everywhere.
$23 is entry-level pay (between the 10th and 25th percentile) for electricians in New York, maintenance technicians in Boston, industrial machinery mechanics in Houston and construction laborers in Minneapolis.
It's top pay (above the 90th percentile) for landscapers in Dallas, construction laborers in El Paso, painters in Lake Charles and pest control technicians in Provo.
$23 an hour by state Our calculation
Statewide, $23 an hour beats the median for most trades in 1 of 51 states and D.C. It clears the most trades in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Alabama and the fewest in New Jersey, Washington and Washington, DC.
Where $23 an hour goes furthest Our calculation
The same $47,840 stretches very differently depending on local prices. It goes furthest in Monroe, LA (worth $57,227), Eagle Pass, TX (worth $57,085) and Dothan, AL (worth $57,066), and least in San Francisco, CA ($41,379), Miami, FL ($41,908) and Los Angeles, CA ($42,125). A typical 1-bedroom would take 19% of this pay in the cheapest metro for rent and 85% in the most expensive.
Next steps
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$22 an hour · all hourly rates · $24 an hour
Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025. Prices: BEA 2024. Rent: HUD FY2027. Conversions assume pay for every hour listed and no unpaid time off; figures are before tax.