If you ignore taxes and say a raise of +7.50 an hour for a working week comes to around $14500 extra a year For budgeting, you take the hourly x 2080, so $15,6

If you ignore taxes and say a raise of +7.50 an hour for a working week comes to around $14500 extra a year For budgeting, you take the hourly x 2080, so $15,600 before taxes. I've filled out one too many government SF-424 forms back in the day. I was told, when I was a contractor, to use 1920 x bill rate, so I had a realistic idea of the yearly with 4 weeks off.