How many hours does 3.0 FTE represent annually?

• A. 4,160 hours
• B. 6,240 hours
• C. 5,120 hours
• D. 7,200 hours

Answer: (B)

FTE stands for full-time equivalent, which represents the hours a full-time employee works in a year. In most settings, a full-time schedule is 40 hours per week for 52 weeks, giving 2,080 hours per year for one FTE. So for 3.0 FTE, you multiply: 3 × 2,080 = 6,240 hours annually. That’s why 3.0 FTE equates to 6,240 hours.

The other numbers would only match if you used different assumptions about the annual full-time hours (for example, if one full-time year wasn’t 2,080 hours or if time off changed the total), but with the standard 2,080 hours per full-time year, 3.0 FTE equals 6,240 hours.