Convert an hourly wage into a yearly salary — or a salary back into an hourly rate. Edit either field.
Job offers and payslips mix formats: some quote an hourly rate, others an annual salary, and comparing them means putting both on the same footing. The conversion rests on two assumptions — how many hours you work in a week, and how many weeks you work in a year. Change those and the yearly figure changes, which is exactly why this calculator makes both editable.
The standard full-time assumption in the United States is 40 hours a week across all 52 weeks, giving 2,080 paid hours a year. So a $25 hourly rate works out to $52,000 a year. Reverse the maths and a $52,000 salary is $25 an hour. Because the calculator is two-way, you can type into either the hourly or the annual field and the other updates instantly.
Part-time roles, overtime, and unpaid leave all shift the numbers. If you only work 30 hours a week, lower the hours-per-week value. If you take several weeks of unpaid time off, drop the weeks-per-year figure so the same pay is spread over the weeks you actually work — that reveals your true effective hourly rate. Salaried workers comparing to a contract role often do this to check whether a higher headline hourly rate really pays more once holidays are unpaid.
Every figure here is gross pay, before tax and deductions. Take-home pay depends on your tax bracket, retirement contributions and benefits, which vary by country and situation. Use these numbers to compare offers on a like-for-like basis, then apply your local tax rules to estimate what actually lands in your account.
Multiply your hourly rate by the hours you work per week, then by the number of weeks you work per year. At $25/hour, 40 hours a week, 52 weeks: 25 × 40 × 52 = $52,000 a year.
A common full-time assumption is 40 hours × 52 weeks = 2,080 hours per year. If you take paid time off, the hours you are actually paid for stay the same; if you take unpaid leave, reduce the weeks-per-year figure.
Divide the annual salary by the number of hours worked in a year. A $60,000 salary over 2,080 hours is about $28.85 per hour. Enter a salary in the calculator and it works this out instantly.
Use 52 to see gross pay before time off. If you want your effective hourly rate accounting for unpaid holidays, lower the weeks-per-year value — for example 48 weeks — to spread the same pay over fewer worked weeks.
These figures are gross pay, before income tax, insurance and other deductions. Your take-home pay will be lower and depends on your location and personal circumstances.