Hourly to Salary Calculator

Convert an hourly wage into annual and monthly salary from your hours per week and weeks worked per year.

Hourly Rate ($)

Hours per Week

Weeks Worked per Year

Use 52 for paid time off, or fewer weeks if your time off is unpaid.

Results update as you type.

Annual Salary

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Monthly Salary—

How it works

An hourly to salary calculator converts a per-hour wage into the annual and monthly figures that job listings, budgets, and loan applications usually expect. Hourly and salaried pay describe the same earnings in different languages, and translating between them is essential when you compare an hourly offer to a salaried one, estimate yearly income, or plan a monthly budget around variable hours. This tool bridges the two in a single step. The calculation multiplies the hourly rate by the hours worked each week and then by the number of weeks worked in the year to reach gross annual pay, then divides by twelve for the monthly equivalent. The weeks figure is the key adjustment: enter 52 if you receive paid time off, or fewer weeks if vacation and holidays are unpaid, since unpaid time off lowers the true annual total. Job seekers weighing offers, hourly workers estimating yearly income, and anyone building a budget from a wage use this to see the full picture. Keep in mind the result is gross pay before taxes, insurance, and retirement deductions, so take-home pay will be meaningfully lower. Overtime, bonuses, and irregular schedules also shift the real total, so treat the figure as a clean baseline conversion that you refine with your own deductions and extra hours.

Formula

Annual Salary = Hourly Rate × Hours per Week × Weeks per Year; Monthly Salary = Annual Salary ÷ 12

Pay accumulates hour by hour, so multiplying the hourly rate by the hours worked each week gives weekly earnings, and multiplying that by the number of paid weeks in the year extends it to an annual figure. Dividing the annual salary by twelve spreads it into equal monthly amounts, matching how salaried pay and household budgets are usually organized. The chain converts a per-hour rate into the yearly and monthly numbers used in job offers and budgeting.

Source:Standard payroll calculation

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Worked example

Hourly Rate ($):25Hours per Week:40Weeks Worked per Year:52

At $25 an hour, 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year, annual salary is $25 × 40 × 52 = $52,000. Divided by 12, that is about $4,333.33 per month in gross pay before taxes and deductions.

How to use this calculator

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Enter your values
Enter hourly rate ($), hours per week and weeks worked per year.
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Adjust the options
Fine-tune any options to match your situation.
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Read your result
Annual Salary updates instantly as you type — no button to press.

Frequently asked questions

Why does the weeks-per-year figure matter?

It determines whether your time off is paid. Using 52 weeks assumes you are paid for the entire year, including vacation and holidays, which is typical of salaried roles and hourly jobs with paid leave. If your time off is unpaid, you actually work fewer weeks — say 48 or 50 — so entering that lower number gives a truer annual figure. Getting this input right is the main difference between a rough and an accurate conversion.

Is the result before or after taxes?

The result is gross pay — your earnings before any deductions. Actual take-home pay is lower after federal, state, and local income taxes, Social Security and Medicare, health insurance premiums, and retirement contributions are withheld. Depending on your bracket and benefits, net pay commonly runs 20 to 35 percent below gross. Use this figure to compare offers and estimate income, then apply your own tax and deduction estimates to project the amount that actually reaches your bank account.

How do I account for overtime?

This calculator assumes a consistent hourly rate for all hours entered. If you regularly work overtime paid at a premium, such as time-and-a-half beyond 40 hours, the simple multiplication understates your income. To approximate it, you can raise the hours or blend an average effective rate that reflects the overtime premium. For precise figures, calculate regular and overtime hours separately at their respective rates and add the two annual totals together.

How do I convert a salary back to an hourly rate?

Reverse the math: divide the annual salary by the number of weeks worked, then by the hours per week. For example, $52,000 across 52 weeks is $1,000 a week, and divided by 40 hours gives $25 an hour. This reverse conversion is useful for judging whether a salaried role's real hourly value holds up once you account for long weeks, since a high salary spread over many hours can pay less per hour than it appears.

Should I compare offers on salary or total compensation?

Salary is only part of the picture. When comparing a job offer, weigh total compensation: base pay plus health insurance, retirement matching, bonuses, paid time off, and other benefits, minus costs like commuting. An hourly role with no benefits may need a higher rate to match a salaried job that includes paid leave and insurance. Use this calculator to line up the base figures, then adjust for benefits to compare offers fairly.