Salary to Hourly Calculator
Find the hourly rate behind a yearly salary. You choose the hours per week and the weeks worked per year, so the conversion matches your real schedule.
Result
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Hourly rate (gross)
$25.00
- Weekly pay (gross)
- $1,000.00
- Every two weeks (gross)
- $2,000.00
- Monthly pay (gross)
- $4,333.33
- Hours worked per year
- 2,080
How a salary becomes an hourly rate
An annual salary pays you for a certain number of hours in the year. Multiply the hours you work each week by the weeks you work and you get the yearly hours; dividing the salary by them gives the hourly rate.
The common shortcut of 40 hours × 52 weeks = 2,080 hours is only a default here. If you work 37.5 hours or take unpaid weeks off, change the inputs and the rate updates, because fewer hours for the same salary means a higher rate per hour.
Formulas used
Yearly hours = Hours per week × Weeks per year
Hourly rate = Annual salary ÷ Yearly hours
Weekly pay = Annual salary ÷ Weeks per year
Monthly pay = Annual salary ÷ 12Worked example
An annual salary of 52,000 with 40 hours per week for 52 weeks:
- Yearly hours: 40 × 52 = 2,080
- Hourly rate: 52,000 ÷ 2,080 = 25.00
- Weekly pay: 52,000 ÷ 52 = 1,000.00
Hourly rate (gross): $25.00.
Assumptions and limits
- The salary is spread evenly over the hours you enter. Overtime is not included.
- If your paid holidays are part of the salary, count those weeks as worked weeks.
- Hours per week can be up to 168 and weeks per year up to 52.
- The currency choice only changes how amounts are displayed. No exchange rates are applied.