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Washington, DC Salary Calculator 2026

Convert hourly ↔ annual salary and benchmark your pay against Washington, DC-adjusted BLS medians for 20+ trade roles. Washington, DC is pre-selected; includes overtime.

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Hourly ↔ Annual Reference Table

Hourly RateAnnual (2,080 hrs)MonthlyWeekly
$15.00/hr$31,200$2,600$600
$20.00/hr$41,600$3,467$800
$25.00/hr$52,000$4,333$1,000
$30.00/hr$62,400$5,200$1,200
$35.00/hr$72,800$6,067$1,400
$40.00/hr$83,200$6,933$1,600
$45.00/hr$93,600$7,800$1,800
$50.00/hr$104,000$8,667$2,000
$60.00/hr$124,800$10,400$2,400
$75.00/hr$156,000$13,000$3,000
$100.00/hr$208,000$17,333$4,000
$125.00/hr$260,000$21,667$5,000

Salary Calculator FAQ

How do you convert hourly rate to annual salary?

Multiply your hourly rate by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks) for a standard full-time annual salary. Example: $30/hr × 2,080 = $62,400/yr. For overtime weeks, use: (40 hrs × rate) + (OT hrs × rate × 1.5) × number of weeks.

How many working hours are in a year?

Standard full-time: 2,080 hours (40 × 52). Minus 10 federal holidays (80 hrs): 2,000 paid hours. Minus 2 weeks vacation (80 hrs): 1,920 hours actually worked. BLS uses 2,080 for hourly-to-annual conversions. Turnaround and shutdown workers can exceed 3,000 hours/yr with heavy overtime.

What is time-and-a-half overtime?

Under the FLSA, non-exempt employees must receive 1.5× their regular rate for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. Example: $30/hr base · regular week = $1,200 (40 hrs) · one 10-hr OT week = $1,200 + ($30 × 1.5 × 10) = $1,200 + $450 = $1,650. Double time (2×) is not federally required but common in petrochemical and union contracts.

Washington, DC Salaries

How Washington, DC salaries compare to the national market

Washington, DC wages run roughly 20% above the national median (BLS OEWS May 2025), the highest of any state-level jurisdiction, and this calculator applies a 1.2 DC wage index to national medians. The District is effectively one dense, high-cost urban market: federal renovation work, mixed-use towers at Navy Yard and NoMa, and prevailing-wage public projects keep union trades at premium scale. DC's income tax is progressive from 4% to 10.75%, but under the Home Rule Act it applies to residents only, Maryland and Virginia commuters pay their home state instead.

Washington, DC: washington, dc salary calculator — Washington, DC wage index 1.2× national BLS median, Gross vs national ~20% above, District income tax Progressive 4%-10.75%. Simplified outline of Washington, DC, stylised and not to scale.
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Washington, DC trade salaries at a glance (2026 BLS)

Washington, DC-adjusted BLS OEWS medians for common skilled trades (national median localised with the 1.2 Washington, DC wage index). Enter your own pay in the calculator above to benchmark against any role.

TradeWashington, DC median / yrNational medianWashington, DC / hr
Electrician$75,830$63,190$36.46
Plumber$76,560$63,800$36.81
HVAC Technician$73,210$61,010$35.20
Pipefitter$76,560$63,800$36.81
Ironworker$75,340$62,780$36.22
Carpenter$72,700$60,580$34.95

Trade pay by Washington, DC metro

Local BLS medians vs the Washington, DC state average.

MetroMedianvs state
District core (downtown/NoMa)$77,3501.02× state
Capitol Hill-Navy Yard$75,8301.0× state
Arlington-Alexandria, VA$72,0400.95× state
Suburban Maryland corridor$70,5200.93× state
Why is the DC wage index so much higher than every state?

Because DC is all city. State factors average expensive metros against cheaper rural markets; the District has no rural counterweight, just a dense federal and commercial core priced at capital-region costs. Its 1.2x factor therefore reads more like a downtown premium than a state average, comparable to core-city rates in San Francisco or Manhattan.

Do I pay DC income tax if I work in the District but live in Maryland or Virginia?

No. The Home Rule Act forbids the District from taxing non-resident income, so commuters, the majority of DC construction crews, pay only their home state: Maryland's state-plus-county rates or Virginia's effectively flat 5.75%. Only DC residents face the District's 4%-10.75% schedule, which shapes where many trades choose to live.

How accurate is the Washington, DC benchmark in this calculator?

The calculator applies a Washington, DC wage index (1.2×) to national BLS OEWS medians, a reference estimate, not a quote. The single-market District has no cheap hinterland in its average, so published DC medians sit close to actual downtown commercial scale. For exact BLS state and metro medians with percentiles, use the Washington, DC salary guide.

What is the median trade salary in Washington, DC?

It varies by role: the Washington, DC electrician median is about $75,830, plumbers $76,560, HVAC technicians $73,210, and pipefitters $76,560 (BLS OEWS May 2025, Washington, DC-adjusted). Enter your own pay in the calculator to see your percentile against any role.

How is the Washington, DC wage index applied?

National BLS OEWS medians are multiplied by a 1.2 Washington, DC factor to localise them, reflecting that Washington, DC gross pay runs about 20% above the national average. Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. It is a reference estimate, not an employer offer.

Which Washington, DC metros pay trades the most?

Work concentrates in the downtown, NoMa and Navy Yard development corridors and on federal renovation projects, all at or near the District figure. Just across the river, Arlington-Alexandria (including the Amazon HQ2 area) prices about 5% below the DC level, and the suburban Maryland corridor slightly below that.

Do DC trade wages include overtime?

The benchmark medians are base pay. The District follows the federal FLSA standard of 1.5x after 40 hours a week, and Davis-Bacon prevailing-wage terms govern the federal work that anchors the market. This calculator lets you add overtime hours at 1.5x (or 2x) to model total annual pay.

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Sources & methodology

Salary figures are U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (May 2025) national medians localised with a 1.2 Washington, DC wage index; hourly rates assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Primary sources: BLS OEWS · DC Office of Tax and Revenue · DC Department of Employment Services. Reviewed 2026-07-21 by the GlobalCybers Data Desk · reference estimates, not an offer of pay. Full methodology →

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