Minutes to Decimal Chart

Payroll systems don't understand 7 hours 38 minutes — they need 7.63. This minutes-to-decimal chart converts every minute value from 1 to 60 into hundredths of an hour. The formula behind it is simply minutes ÷ 60, rounded to two places.

Minutes converted to decimal hours (hundredths)
Minutes	Decimal hours
1 min	0.02
2 min	0.03
3 min	0.05
4 min	0.07
5 min	0.08
6 min	0.10
7 min	0.12
8 min	0.13
9 min	0.15
10 min	0.17
11 min	0.18
12 min	0.20
13 min	0.22
14 min	0.23
15 min	0.25
16 min	0.27
17 min	0.28
18 min	0.30
19 min	0.32
20 min	0.33
21 min	0.35
22 min	0.37
23 min	0.38
24 min	0.40
25 min	0.42
26 min	0.43
27 min	0.45
28 min	0.47
29 min	0.48
30 min	0.50
31 min	0.52
32 min	0.53
33 min	0.55
34 min	0.57
35 min	0.58
36 min	0.60
37 min	0.62
38 min	0.63
39 min	0.65
40 min	0.67
41 min	0.68
42 min	0.70
43 min	0.72
44 min	0.73
45 min	0.75
46 min	0.77
47 min	0.78
48 min	0.80
49 min	0.82
50 min	0.83
51 min	0.85
52 min	0.87
53 min	0.88
54 min	0.90
55 min	0.92
56 min	0.93
57 min	0.95
58 min	0.97
59 min	0.98
60 min	1.00

How to use this minutes to decimal chart

Take the minutes portion of your time — for 7:38, that's 38 minutes.
Find 38 in the chart: 0.63.
Combine with the hours: 7:38 becomes 7.63 decimal hours.
Multiply by the pay rate for wages: 7.63 × $20 = $152.60.

Frequently asked questions

What is 45 minutes in decimal?

0.75 of an hour. The quarter-hour values are the easiest anchors: 15 = 0.25, 30 = 0.50, 45 = 0.75.

Why is 20 minutes 0.33 and not 0.20?

Decimals are fractions of 100 but minutes are fractions of 60. 20 ÷ 60 = 0.333… — a third of an hour, not a fifth.

Do payroll systems round to 2 decimal places?

Almost all use two places (hundredths of an hour, about 36 seconds of precision). This chart matches that standard rounding.