$24 an hour is $49,920 a year working 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year, before taxes. That's $4,160 a month, $1,920 every two weeks or $960 a week.
Yearly pay $49,920
| Period | Pay before tax |
|---|---|
| Year (40 hrs × 52 weeks) | $49,920 |
| Month | $4,160 |
| Every two weeks | $1,920 |
| Week | $960 |
| Day (8 hours) | $192 |
| Year at 30 hrs/week | $37,440 |
| Year with 5 hrs/week overtime at 1.5× | $59,280 |
How $24 an hour compares in the trades Government data
In PayByTrade's data, $24 an hour is above the typical pay for 9 of 42 skilled trades and higher than the median in about 34% of the 10,213 trade-and-city combinations BLS publishes. The trades whose typical pay is closest to $24 are paving equipment operators ($24.00), roofers ($24.10) and tile setters ($24.27).
Jobs that pay about $24 an hour
- Maintenance technicians in Phoenix, AZ: median $23.52 ($48,930 a year)
- Auto mechanics in Dallas, TX: median $23.90 ($49,720 a year)
- Landscapers in Boston, MA: median $23.57 ($49,030 a year)
- Carpenters in Houston, TX: median $23.88 ($49,670 a year)
- Construction laborers in Pittsburgh, PA: median $24.33 ($50,600 a year)
- Heavy equipment operators in Atlanta, GA: median $23.77 ($49,430 a year)
Where $24 an hour beats the local median Our calculation
For each trade, the share of U.S. metros where $24 an hour is more than the local median:
2 trades pay less than $24 in at least 9 of 10 metros; 11 pay more almost everywhere.
$24 is entry-level pay (between the 10th and 25th percentile) for electricians in New York, construction supervisors in Houston, maintenance technicians in San Francisco and construction laborers in Minneapolis.
It's top pay (above the 90th percentile) for landscapers in Miami, construction laborers in Virginia Beach, concrete finishers in El Paso and painters in Lake Charles.
$24 an hour by state Our calculation
Statewide, $24 an hour beats the median for most trades in 11 of 51 states and D.C. It clears the most trades in Arkansas, Mississippi and Oklahoma and the fewest in New Jersey, Washington, DC and Washington.
Where $24 an hour goes furthest Our calculation
The same $49,920 stretches very differently depending on local prices. It goes furthest in Monroe, LA (worth $59,715), Eagle Pass, TX (worth $59,567) and Dothan, AL (worth $59,547), and least in San Francisco, CA ($43,179), Miami, FL ($43,730) and Los Angeles, CA ($43,957). A typical 1-bedroom would take 18% of this pay in the cheapest metro for rent and 81% in the most expensive.
Next steps
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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.