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Salary to Hourly Calculator: see what your pay is worth per hour, day, week, month and year

Salaried staff are usually paid for all 52 weeks. Lower this if you take unpaid leave or only get paid for the weeks you work.

Overtime and unpaid time off (optional)

Overtime is paid at the base hourly rate times the multiplier and is added to the weekly and annual totals. Unpaid days off only reduce the annual figure when your pay is entered per hour or per day; a salary is a fixed amount, so use "paid weeks" for salaried unpaid leave instead.

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All figures are gross pay before tax and deductions.

How to use this salary to hourly calculator

Type the pay figure you know and choose the period it covers. If a job advert says $60,000 a year, enter 60000 and leave "per" on Year; if a temp agency quotes $25 an hour, enter 25 and switch to Hour. The table below immediately shows the same pay expressed per hour, day, week, fortnight, month and year. With the default 40 hours a week and 52 paid weeks, $60,000 a year comes out at $28.85 an hour, $230.77 a day, $1,153.85 a week and $5,000 a month. Going the other way, $25 an hour is $52,000 a year or $4,333.33 a month.

The hours, days and weeks fields matter more than people expect. Many offices in the UK, Australia and much of Europe run a 37.5-hour week, and on that basis the same $60,000 salary is worth $30.77 an hour, almost two dollars more. Contractors who are not paid for holidays should reduce the paid weeks: at 48 weeks, $25 an hour brings in $48,000 rather than $52,000. Open the optional section to add regular overtime at time-and-a-half, or to knock unpaid days off an hourly worker's annual total.

Why convert salary to an hourly rate

Job offers rarely arrive in the same units. One employer quotes a yearly salary, a recruiter quotes a day rate, and a part-time role is advertised per hour. Converting everything to one figure is the only fair way to compare them, and the hourly rate is the most honest one because it accounts for how many hours the money actually buys. A $70,000 job that expects 50-hour weeks pays $26.92 an hour, less than a $60,000 job on 40 hours. Seen that way, the "better" offer is not always the larger number.

The same arithmetic helps when deciding whether overtime is worth it, working out what a freelance day rate needs to be to match a staff salary, or checking that a payslip matches what was agreed. Remember that every figure here is gross: income tax, social security or national insurance, and pension contributions all come off before the money reaches you, so treat the results as a comparison tool rather than a prediction of your bank balance.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I convert an annual salary to an hourly rate?+

Divide the salary by the number of paid hours in a year. With a 40-hour week and 52 paid weeks that is 2,080 hours, so $60,000 a year works out to $28.85 an hour. On a 37.5-hour week the same salary is worth $30.77 an hour, because you are paid the same money for 130 fewer hours.

Why does the calculator ask for paid weeks per year?+

A salaried employee is normally paid for all 52 weeks, including holiday, so 52 is the right default. If you are hourly, a contractor, or you take unpaid leave, you only earn money in the weeks you actually work. Someone who takes four unpaid weeks a year should enter 48 so the annual figure reflects what they really receive.

Is the result gross pay or take-home pay?+

Everything on this page is gross pay before income tax, social security or national insurance, pension contributions and other deductions. Your take-home amount will be lower, and how much lower depends on your country, your tax code and what you have opted into. Use the gross figures for comparing job offers on a like-for-like basis.

How is the monthly figure calculated?+

The monthly figure is the annual total divided by 12, which is how most payroll systems pay salaried staff. It is not four times the weekly figure. A year contains roughly 4.33 weeks per month on average, so a monthly amount will always look a little larger than four weekly pay slips added together.

What does the overtime section do?+

Enter how many overtime hours you typically work each week and the rate they are paid at, usually 1.5 times the base rate. The tool adds that extra money to the weekly, fortnightly, monthly and annual rows while leaving the base hourly and daily rates untouched, so you can see what a regular overtime habit is worth over a year.

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