British Columbia Hourly to Salary Calculator 2026
Turn an hourly wage into a yearly salary, or a salary into an hourly rate, and see what you take home after tax.
At $25.00 an hour, 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, your yearly salary is $52,000, and take-home pay in British Columbia in 2026 is $42,036.09 after income tax, CPP and EI. British Columbia’s general minimum wage is $18.25 an hour. Enter your own wage, hours and overtime to see yours.
2026 rates · verified Oct 21–23, 2026
Take-home pay
$42,036.09 a year
$20.21 an hour after tax
| Per | Before tax | After tax |
|---|---|---|
| Year | $52,000.00 | $42,036.09 |
| Month | $4,333.33 | $3,503.01 |
| Twice a month | $2,166.67 | $1,751.50 |
| Every two weeks | $2,000.00 | $1,616.77 |
| Week | $1,000.00 | $808.39 |
| Hour | $25.00 | $20.21 |
Yearly deductions: income tax $6,230.56, CPP and CPP2 $2,885.75, EI $847.60. Marginal tax rate 21.7%.
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Confirmed for 2027: the employee CPP rate drops from 5.95% to 5.75% on earnings up to $76,700, and the EI rate rises from 1.63% to 1.64% on earnings up to $70,800. The calculators move to 2027 rates from January 1, once the rest of the 2027 figures are published. Sources: Finance Canada (Bill C-30), CRA’s YMPE table, CRA’s EI rates.
Have kids? See your Canada Child Benefit in British Columbia, including any provincial or territorial child benefit. Also check your Groceries and Essentials Benefit (formerly the GST/HST credit), and, if you work for low pay, the Canada Workers Benefit.
How this is calculated
- Yearly salary = hourly wage × hours a week × paid weeks a year.
- Overtime = hourly wage × 1.5 × overtime hours a week × paid weeks, added to your salary. Time-and-a-half for hours over 8 in a day (up to 12) and over 40 in a week; double time for hours over 12 in a day.
- Take-home pay comes from our British Columbia income tax calculator: federal and British Columbia income tax, CPP, CPP2 and EI on your total yearly pay, using CRA’s T4127 payroll formulas.
- Per period: monthly, twice-monthly and every-two-weeks amounts split the year into 12, 24 and 26 equal pays. Weekly and hourly amounts divide by the weeks and hours you actually work, overtime included.
Switching from salary to hourly works the same way in reverse: salary ÷ (hours a week × paid weeks). Hourly amounts are rounded to the cent.
Common hourly wages in British Columbia as a yearly salary
Full time: 40 hours a week, 52 weeks (2,080 hours), no overtime.
| Hourly wage | Yearly salary | Take-home a year | Take-home an hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| $18.25 (minimum wage) | $37,960 | $31,888.57 | $15.33 |
| $20.00 | $41,600 | $34,465.00 | $16.57 |
| $25.00 | $52,000 | $42,036.09 | $20.21 |
| $30.00 | $62,400 | $49,333.95 | $23.72 |
| $35.00 | $72,800 | $56,227.39 | $27.03 |
| $40.00 | $83,200 | $63,363.04 | $30.46 |
| $50.00 | $104,000 | $78,185.30 | $37.59 |
Minimum wage in British Columbia
British Columbia’s general minimum wage is $18.25 an hour, in effect since June 1, 2026. Since 2024, every B.C. minimum wage goes up each June 1 by the same percentage as the B.C. Consumer Price Index, rounded to the nearest 5 cents for the general rate. If prices fall, the rates stay the same.
| From | Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 1, 2021 | $15.20 | – |
| June 1, 2022 | $15.65 | +$0.45 (3%) |
| June 1, 2023 | $16.75 | +$1.10 (7%) |
| June 1, 2024 | $17.40 | +$0.65 (3.9%) |
| June 1, 2025 | $17.85 | +$0.45 (2.6%) |
| June 1, 2026 | $18.25 | +$0.40 (2.2%) |
B.C.’s lower liquor server wage ended on June 1, 2021. Liquor servers now get the general minimum wage, plus their tips.
The minimum wage applies however you’re paid, by the hour, salary, commission or incentive: if your pay works out to less for the hours you worked, your employer must top it up.
Source: Government of B.C. – Minimum wage; checked October 23, 2026.
Special minimum wages
- Live-in camp leaders (charity camps, campers under 19): $145.64 for each day or part day worked
- Live-in home support workers (government-funded care): $135.88 for each day or part day worked
- Resident caretakers, buildings with 9 to 60 suites: $1,092.10 a month plus $43.75 for each suite
- Resident caretakers, buildings with 61 or more suites: $3,719.96 a month
- App-based delivery and ride-hail workers: $21.89 an hour of engaged time (from accepting an order to finishing it), plus 35¢ a km for delivery other than on foot or 45¢ a km for ride-hail
Farm workers who hand-harvest certain crops can be paid piece rates instead; those piece rates include vacation pay.
Source: Government of B.C. – Minimum wage (minimum wage rates for specific employees); checked October 23, 2026.
Overtime rules in British Columbia
You get time-and-a-half for every hour over 8 in a day and over 40 in a week (Sunday to Saturday), and double time for every hour over 12 in a day. Only the first 8 hours of each day count toward the 40, so no hour is paid overtime twice. You also need 32 hours in a row off each week; work during that time is paid at time-and-a-half. The rate is time-and-a-half (1.5 times your regular wage), or double time for hours over 12 in a day.
Time off instead of pay. You can ask in writing to bank overtime instead of being paid for it, then take it as paid time off or ask for it to be paid out later. Your employer can close the bank with one month’s written notice and must then settle it within 6 months.
Who’s different. Managers, commission salespeople, high-technology professionals and some industries such as agriculture have special scheduling and overtime rules. An averaging agreement or a variance from the Employment Standards Branch also changes how overtime is worked out.
Worked example: five 10-hour days at $25.00 an hour
That’s 50 hours in the week. Daily overtime is 5 days × 2 hours = 10 hours; weekly overtime is 50 − 40 = 10 hours. British Columbia pays the larger, so 10 hours are overtime.
| 40 regular hours × $25.00 | $1,000.00 |
|---|---|
| 10 overtime hours × $37.50 | $375.00 |
| Pay for the week | $1,375.00 |
That’s $125.00 more than the same hours at straight time.
Source: Government of B.C. – Overtime pay; checked October 23, 2026.
If you’re sent home early in British Columbia
B.C. calls it minimum daily pay: if you report for work, you must be paid for at least 2 hours, even if you work less. If you were scheduled for more than 8 hours, the minimum is 4 hours.
Example: you earn $25.00 an hour and you’re sent home after 1 hour. You’re owed $50.00: 2 hours × your own $25.00 rate, not just the $25.00 for the hour you worked.
- If work stops for a reason beyond your employer’s control, you still get the minimum daily pay or your actual time, whichever is longer.
- You’re only paid for time worked if you’re unfit to work, don’t meet WorkSafeBC health and safety rules, or asked to leave early yourself (your employer needs proof the request was yours).
- A variance approved by the Employment Standards Branch can set different rules.
Source: Government of B.C. – Minimum daily pay; checked October 23, 2026.
Statutory holidays and holiday pay in British Columbia
British Columbia has 11 statutory holidays:
- New Year’s Day
- Family Day
- Good Friday
- Victoria Day
- Canada Day
- B.C. Day
- Labour Day
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Thanksgiving Day
- Remembrance Day
- Christmas Day
Who qualifies. You must have been employed for 30 calendar days and have worked or earned wages (paid vacation or another statutory holiday counts) on at least 15 of the 30 days before the holiday. Working the day before and the day after isn’t the test in B.C.
Holiday pay. An average day’s pay: your wages in the 30 calendar days before the holiday, divided by the days you worked or were paid for. Overtime isn’t included; vacation pay, earlier statutory holiday pay and paid sick days are.
If you work the holiday: Time-and-a-half for the hours you work (double time over 12 hours), plus an average day’s pay. If you don’t qualify, you get your regular pay for working it.
If it’s not one of your work days. You still get an average day’s pay when a statutory holiday falls on your regular or scheduled day off.
Easter Sunday, Easter Monday and Boxing Day aren’t statutory holidays in B.C.
You and your employer can agree in writing to move a statutory holiday to another day; that day is then treated exactly like the holiday.
Source: Government of B.C. – Statutory holidays; Qualify for statutory holiday pay; Calculate statutory holiday pay; checked October 23, 2026.
Vacation and vacation pay in British Columbia
| Years of service | Vacation time | Vacation pay |
|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | None yet | 4% of wages if you leave (none if you worked 5 calendar days or less) |
| After 1 year | 2 weeks | 4% of the previous year’s wages |
| After 5 years | 3 weeks | 6% of the previous year’s wages |
- You must take vacation within 12 months of earning it; you can’t skip the time off and just take the pay.
- Vacation is scheduled in blocks of at least a week unless you ask for less. Your employer can cancel it for a staff shortage, or require you to take it when there isn’t enough work, as long as you get it within the 12 months.
- A statutory holiday during your vacation may be paid as a statutory holiday, but it doesn’t add a day off.
- Vacation pay is due at least 7 days before your vacation starts, or on every cheque if you both agree in writing. The wages it’s worked out on include statutory holiday pay, paid sick days and earlier vacation pay.
Source: Government of B.C. – Annual vacation; checked October 23, 2026.
Worked example: $25 an hour with overtime
You earn $25 an hour and work 45 hours a week (9 hours a day, 5 days), paid all year. Time-and-a-half for hours over 8 in a day (up to 12) and over 40 in a week; double time for hours over 12 in a day.
| Regular pay: $25 × 40 × 52 | $52,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Overtime: $37.50 × 5 × 52 | $9,750.00 |
| Total yearly pay | $61,750.00 |
| Income tax, CPP, CPP2 and EI | −$12,843.71 |
| Take-home pay | $48,906.29 |
The 5 extra hours add $9,750.00 before tax but $6,870.20 after tax, because those extra dollars are taxed at your marginal rate of 28.2% rather than your average rate. Spread over 45 hours a week, your take-home works out to $20.90 an hour.
What this calculator assumes
- All your pay is employment income from one employer in British Columbia, and you claim only the basic personal amounts.
- Overtime is paid at 1.5×, not banked as time off, and is the same every week.
- It doesn’t add shift premiums, tips, bonuses, general holiday pay or vacation pay on top. If you’re paid for vacation, use 52 weeks.
- It doesn’t include RRSP or pension contributions, union dues, benefits or other payroll deductions.
Frequently asked questions
How much is $25 an hour per year in British Columbia after tax?
At $25 an hour, 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, you earn $52,000 a year before tax. After federal and British Columbia income tax, CPP and EI, you take home about $42,036.09, which is $1,616.77 every two weeks or $20.21 for each hour worked.
How much is minimum wage per year in British Columbia?
British Columbia’s general minimum wage is $18.25 an hour (since June 1, 2026). Full time (40 hours a week, 52 weeks), that's $37,960 a year, or about $31,888.57 after tax and deductions.
How many working hours are in a year?
A full-time year of 40 hours a week for 52 weeks is 2,080 hours. At 37.5 hours a week it's 1,950 hours. If you take two weeks off unpaid, use 50 weeks in the calculator: that's 2,000 hours at 40 hours a week.
How is overtime paid in British Columbia?
Time-and-a-half for hours over 8 in a day (up to 12) and over 40 in a week; double time for hours over 12 in a day.
Should I use 52 weeks if I get vacation pay?
Yes, in most cases. British Columbia’s rule: at least 4% of wages, rising to 6% after five consecutive years with the same employer, which is paid for your weeks off. Whether it's paid during your time off or added to each cheque, you're paid for the full year, so 52 weeks gives the right yearly total.
What is $60,000 a year as an hourly wage?
$60,000 a year is $28.85 an hour if you work 40 hours a week for 52 weeks (2,080 hours). Type a salary into the calculator to convert it the other way, including after-tax hourly pay.
Why is my after-tax hourly wage so much lower than my pay rate?
Income tax, CPP and EI all come off before you're paid. At $25 an hour about 19.2% goes to deductions, so $25.00 becomes $20.21. Because tax rates rise with income, the gap grows as your wage goes up.
Rates for tax year 2026, verified to · Page updated
Sources
Provincial and territorial
- Government of B.C. – Minimum wage · checked to
- Government of B.C. – Overtime pay · checked to
- Government of B.C. – Annual vacation · checked to
- Government of B.C. – Minimum daily pay · checked
- Government of B.C. – Statutory holidays; Qualify for statutory holiday pay; Calculate statutory holiday pay · checked