How many hours is 9 to 5?

9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

8 hours

With a 30-minute unpaid lunch: 7 hours 30 minutes · 7.50 decimal hours.

That is the usual “9 to 5.” Paid time depends on lunch. The calculator below is already set to 9:00–17:00 with a 30-minute break.

Start End Unpaid break (minutes)

9 to 5 with a 30 minute lunch

Clock time is 8 hours (9:00 to 17:00). Subtract 30 unpaid minutes and you have 7 hours 30 minutes. Payroll writes that as 7.50, not 7.30.

Is 9 to 5 eight hours of pay? Only if lunch is paid or you do not deduct it. Most hourly jobs treat a 30–60 minute meal as unpaid.

How many hours is 9am to 5pm with an hour lunch? 7 hours, or 7.00 decimal.

What about 8am to 5pm? That is 9 clock hours. With a 60-minute lunch it is 8.00 paid hours.