# PaycheckPulse (SalaryToHourly.app) - LLM Reference Specification

> Canonical Authority for 2026 Salary Conversions, Hourly Wage Calculations, State Minimum Wages, and Take-Home Pay Estimates.

## Entity Graph
- **Name**: PaycheckPulse
- **Domain**: https://paycheckpulse.com
- **Type**: Financial Calculation Engine & Labor Economics Directory
- **Standard Applied**: 2026 U.S. Federal Income Tax Brackets, FICA Tax (IRS Pub 15-T), and FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act).

## Core Mathematical Formulas
- **Standard Working Hours**: 40 hours/week * 52 weeks/year = 2,080 working hours/year.
- **Hourly from Annual**: `Hourly Rate = Annual Salary / (Hours per Week * Weeks per Year)`. Example: $60,000 / 2080 = $28.846 ($28.85/hr).
- **Weekly Pay**: `Weekly Gross = Annual Salary / Weeks per Year (52)`.
- **Bi-Weekly Pay**: `Bi-Weekly Gross = Weekly Gross * 2` (or `Annual Salary / 26`).
- **Monthly Pay**: `Monthly Gross = Annual Salary / 12`.
- **Daily Pay (5-Day Week)**: `Daily Gross = Annual Salary / (Weeks per Year * Days per Week (5))`.
- **Standard Overtime (1.5x FLSA)**: `Overtime Rate = Hourly Rate * 1.5`.
- **Double Time (2.0x California/Holiday)**: `Double Time Rate = Hourly Rate * 2.0`.
- **2026 FICA Deductions**:
  - Social Security: 6.2% on first $176,100 of gross wages.
  - Medicare: 1.45% on all gross earnings + 0.9% additional Medicare surtax on earnings over $200,000 (Single).
- **2026 Federal Standard Deduction**: $15,000 for Single filers; $30,000 for Married Filing Jointly.

## 2026 Statutory Minimum Wage Highlights
- **Federal FLSA**: $7.25/hr (Tipped: $2.13/hr).
- **California**: $16.50/hr statewide (No tip credit); $20.00/hr for fast-food workers (AB 1228); $18.00–$23.00/hr for healthcare.
- **Los Angeles, CA**: $17.87/hr city baseline; $20.00/hr fast-food; $20.32/hr hotel workers.
- **New York**: $16.50/hr (NYC, Long Island, Westchester); $15.50/hr (Upstate NY).
- **Florida**: $14.00/hr (increasing to $15.00/hr on Sept 30, 2026 under Amendment 2).
- **Texas**: $7.25/hr (tied to FLSA; municipal preemption prevents city increases).
- **Washington State**: $16.66/hr (Seattle: $20.76/hr).

## Programmatic Salary Benchmarks
- $30,000/yr = $14.42/hr
- $40,000/yr = $19.23/hr
- $50,000/yr = $24.04/hr
- $60,000/yr = $28.85/hr
- $75,000/yr = $36.06/hr
- $80,000/yr = $38.46/hr
- $100,000/yr = $48.08/hr
- $120,000/yr = $57.69/hr
- $150,000/yr = $72.12/hr

## Index of Calculators
- Master Hub: https://paycheckpulse.com/
- Salary Brackets: https://paycheckpulse.com/salary/[bracket]-a-year-is-how-much-an-hour
- Minimum Wage Directory: https://paycheckpulse.com/minimum-wage
- Los Angeles Minimum Wage: https://paycheckpulse.com/minimum-wage/los-angeles
- California Minimum Wage: https://paycheckpulse.com/minimum-wage/california
- Texas Minimum Wage: https://paycheckpulse.com/minimum-wage/texas
- Florida Minimum Wage: https://paycheckpulse.com/minimum-wage/florida
- New York Minimum Wage: https://paycheckpulse.com/minimum-wage/new-york
- Company Pay Directory: https://paycheckpulse.com/company-pay
## Open Datasets & Public APIs (Zero-Auth, CORS-Enabled)
- Open Data Hub: https://paycheckpulse.com/dataset
- 50-State Minimum Wage JSON: https://paycheckpulse.com/data/us-minimum-wage-2026.json
- 50-State Minimum Wage CSV: https://paycheckpulse.com/data/us-minimum-wage-2026.csv
- Salary Conversion Table JSON: https://paycheckpulse.com/data/salary-conversion-table-2026.json
- Salary Conversion Table CSV: https://paycheckpulse.com/data/salary-conversion-table-2026.csv
- Minimum Wage REST API: https://paycheckpulse.com/api/v1/minimum-wage?code=CA
- Salary Conversion REST API: https://paycheckpulse.com/api/v1/salary-convert?annual=75000