Salary Calculator
Convert salary between hourly, weekly, monthly, annual
Salary Calculator tool
Salary Conversions
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Monthly Salary:
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Weekly Salary:
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Bi-Weekly Pay:
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Hourly Wage:
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Salary Calculator: key facts
- What it does
- Convert salary between hourly, weekly, monthly, annual
- Category
- Financial Calculators
- Cost
- Free, with no account, sign-up, or install.
- Your data
- Runs entirely in your browser — the files and text you enter are never uploaded to a server.
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Understanding the Salary Calculator
Job offers and pay rates come in incompatible units — an hourly wage here, an annual figure there, a monthly number on a payslip — and comparing them means converting. The Salary Calculator translates any one of these into all the others: annual, monthly, bi-weekly, weekly, and hourly, at once.
Job seekers use it to compare a salaried offer against contract hourly work; freelancers use it to set an hourly rate that matches a target annual income; anyone budgeting uses it to break a yearly salary into the per-paycheck reality. You can also tune the work schedule — hours per week and weeks per year — so the conversion fits part-time or non-standard arrangements.
Getting a result
- Choose what you are entering: annual salary, hourly wage, monthly, or weekly.
- Enter the amount.
- Adjust hours per week and weeks per year if your schedule differs from the standard 40 and 52.
- Read the equivalent annual, monthly, bi-weekly, weekly, and hourly figures, then Copy them.
How one figure is converted into all the others
Everything is routed through an annual figure. Whichever basis you enter, the tool first works out the yearly equivalent, then divides that down into the other periods. An hourly rate is multiplied by hours per week and weeks per year; a monthly figure is multiplied by twelve; a weekly figure by your weeks-per-year value.
The two assumption fields are what make the output yours rather than generic. Hours per week and weeks per year both feed the annual figure, so a contractor who works 48 paid weeks gets a different — and more useful — answer than one who leaves the default at 52. Someone salaried with paid leave should generally keep 52, since they are paid across the whole year.
Note that the monthly figure divides the year by twelve while the bi-weekly figure doubles the weekly one. Those two do not reconcile exactly, because a year holds 26 fortnights rather than 24 — which is why two months a year appear to carry a third paycheque.
- The default 50,000 a year works out at 4,166.67 monthly, 961.54 weekly, 1,923.08 fortnightly, and 24.04 an hour at 40 hours across 52 weeks.
- Drop weeks per year to 48 — a contractor taking four unpaid weeks — and the same 24.04 hourly rate yields 46,153 a year instead.
- A 35-hour week at the same annual salary raises the implied hourly rate to 27.47, which is the comparison to make when weighing two offers with different hours.
Reasons to use it here
- It converts from any of four input types into five pay periods at once, so you can compare offers stated in different units instantly.
- Adjustable hours-per-week and weeks-per-year fields make it accurate for part-time, contract, and non-standard schedules, not just full-time work.
- It derives bi-weekly pay alongside the usual periods, matching how many employers actually run payroll.
- It works entirely in your browser with no sign-up, keeping your salary figures private.
These are gross figures
Every number here is before deductions. Income tax, national or social insurance, pension contributions, and health premiums all come out afterwards, and what remains depends on your country, region, filing position, and allowances. The gap between gross and net is frequently a quarter to a third of the total, so do not budget against these figures directly.
Comparing jobs on salary alone also misses most of what a package is worth. Employer pension contributions, health cover, bonuses, equity, paid leave, and the cost of commuting can easily outweigh a modest difference in headline pay. Convert an hourly contract rate carefully too: it typically has to cover unpaid leave, sick days, and benefits that a salaried role provides, so matching the salaried annual figure usually leaves the contractor worse off.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I convert an annual salary to an hourly wage?
Divide the annual salary by the number of hours worked per year. At 40 hours a week for 52 weeks (2,080 hours), a $50,000 salary is about $24.04 an hour. The calculator does this and adjusts automatically if you change the hours or weeks.
Does this show take-home pay after taxes?
No. It converts gross pay between periods before any deductions. Actual take-home depends on taxes, benefits, and withholdings specific to your location and situation, which this tool does not estimate.
Why change the weeks-per-year value?
The default of 52 assumes you are paid for every week. If you take unpaid weeks off, or work a contract with fewer paid weeks, lowering this number gives a more accurate hourly-to-annual conversion.
How many working hours are in a year?
A standard full-time schedule of 40 hours a week across 52 weeks is 2,080 hours a year. That figure is the basis for converting between hourly and annual pay; if your real hours differ, adjust the hours-per-week and weeks-per-year fields and the calculator recalculates.
