Salary Calculator — Hourly to Yearly Converter

Enter any pay figure — an hourly rate, a monthly salary, an annual package — and see it converted to every other period at once. Comparing a $25/hour contract against a $52,000 salary stops being mental arithmetic.

The conversion uses your working pattern, not a hard-coded 40-hour week: set your hours, days and paid weeks and the numbers reflect the job you actually have, including unpaid time off.

How to use Salary Calculator

Enter the pay amount and choose which period it covers.
Set your working pattern — hours per week, days per week, and how many weeks a year you're actually paid.
Read the full breakdown. The row you entered is marked; everything else is derived from it.
Copy the breakdown to paste into a comparison or a negotiation note.

The quick conversions worth memorising

At the standard 40-hour, 52-week year, hourly-to-annual is almost exactly ×2,080 — or the folk shortcut: double the hourly rate and read it as thousands. $25/hour ≈ $52k/year, $40/hour ≈ $83k. Going the other way, divide the salary in thousands by 2 for the rough hourly rate.

Monthly pay is not four weeks

The most common conversion mistake: weekly × 4 as "monthly". A year has 52 weeks but 12 months, so a month averages 4⅓ weeks — the ×4 shortcut quietly discards a full month of pay per year. This calculator derives monthly as annual ÷ 12, which is how salaries are actually paid.

Comparing salaried vs hourly offers

Put both on the same period and then adjust for what the headline hides:

Unpaid time off — an hourly job with two unpaid vacation weeks is a 50-week year. Set "paid weeks" to 50 and watch the annual figure drop.
Overtime — hourly roles often pay 1.5× past 40 hours; salaried roles usually pay nothing extra. If real weeks run long, the hourly job may out-earn a higher salary.
Benefits — employer pension contributions, insurance, paid holidays: commonly worth 20–30% on top of salary and invisible in the hourly comparison.

Why this shows gross, not take-home

Tax depends on your country, region, filing status, other income and a dozen personal factors. A converter that guessed your take-home would be confidently wrong for most people — so this one converts gross pay honestly and leaves tax to a calculator built for your jurisdiction. For quick what-if maths on deductions, the percentage calculator helps.

Frequently asked questions

How do I quickly convert hourly pay to an annual salary?

Multiply by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks) — or use the shortcut: double the hourly rate and call it thousands. $30/hour ≈ $62,400/year, or "about $60k" by the shortcut. This calculator does it exactly, with your real hours and weeks.

Why is the monthly figure not weekly times four?

Because months average 4⅓ weeks, not 4. Weekly × 4 across a year accounts for only 48 weeks — a full month of pay missing. Monthly pay is the annual figure divided by 12, which is how employers actually pay it.

Is this before or after tax?

Before — all figures are gross. Take-home depends on your country, region, filing status and deductions, so a universal calculator would just guess wrong. Convert gross-to-gross here, then apply your local tax calculator to the annual figure.

How do unpaid vacation weeks change the numbers?

Lower "paid weeks per year". An hourly worker with two unpaid weeks has a 50-week year: at $25/hour and 40 hours that's $50,000, not $52,000 — the honest number to compare against a salaried offer with paid vacation.

How do I compare a salary offer against an hourly contract?

Convert both to annual using each one's real pattern, then adjust for what the headline hides: paid vs unpaid time off, expected overtime (often paid hourly, unpaid salaried), and benefits like employer pension contributions and insurance — typically worth another 20–30% on a salaried package.