⏰ Hourly-to-Salary Calculator
Convert an hourly wage to annual salary, or salary to hourly rate.
About this tool
Converts an hourly wage into an equivalent annual salary, and separately converts an annual salary back down into an hourly rate — both based on hours worked per week and weeks worked per year, since not everyone works a full 52-week, unpaid-leave-free year.
Useful for comparing a job offer quoted hourly against one quoted as an annual figure. If you'd rather see annual, monthly, weekly, and hourly figures all at once from a single number, the Salary Converter shows all four side by side.
Worked example
$25/hour at 40 hours/week for 50 weeks/year works out to a $50,000 annual salary. Conversely, a $52,000 salary at the same hours and weeks works out to about $26/hour.
How to use it
- Use the top calculator to go from an hourly wage to an annual figure, or the bottom one to go the other way.
- Enter hours per week and weeks per year to match your actual work schedule — 50 weeks accounts for 2 weeks of unpaid time off; use 52 if none.
- Press Calculate.
Tips
- Salaried positions are often compared using 2,080 hours/year (40 hours × 52 weeks) as a baseline, even though most people take some time off — adjust the weeks field to reflect your real situation.
- This calculates gross figures — use the Take-Home Pay Calculator afterward to estimate net income.
- Freelancers and contractors comparing an hourly rate to a salaried offer should also factor in the value of benefits, which this tool doesn't include.
FAQ
Why does the calculator ask for weeks per year instead of assuming 52?
Most salaried roles include unpaid or reduced-work time somewhere in the year (holidays, gaps, seasonal factors) — letting you set the exact weeks makes the conversion match your real schedule rather than an idealized one.
Is this gross or net?
Gross — before taxes and deductions. Use the Take-Home Pay Calculator to estimate the net figure afterward.
What if I work irregular hours?
Use your average hours per week for the most representative estimate; the math scales linearly, so any average will give a reasonable ballpark.
From the blog: getting the most out of this tool
Comparing a $28/hour contract offer against a $55,000 salaried one sounds like it should be simple arithmetic, and it is — but people get tripped up on which "weeks per year" assumption to use, and a wrong assumption there can shift the comparison by a couple thousand dollars.
Putting both directions on one page means you don't need to remember which formula to invert when the comparison runs the other way.