Salary to Hourly Calculator
Convert an annual salary into an equivalent hourly wage.
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A salary hides what your time is actually worth per hour. Converting it lets you compare a salaried offer against contract or hourly work on equal footing.
How it works
Divide the annual salary by total hours worked per year (hours per week × weeks per year). Use 50 weeks if you take two unpaid weeks off.
The conversion divides your annual salary by the total hours you work in a year — hours per week multiplied by weeks worked. The weeks figure is the lever most people overlook: a salaried job with two weeks of unpaid time off is really a 50-week year, which raises your true hourly rate versus assuming all 52 weeks are paid.
This is a gross figure, before taxes and before any benefits. A salaried role often bundles health insurance, paid leave, and retirement matching that an equivalent hourly rate may not, so the headline hourly number understates a salary's full value.
Hourly = annual salary ÷ (hours per week × weeks per year)
Worked examples
$52,000 salary, 40 hours/week, 52 weeks/year → $25.00 per hour
$52,000 ÷ (40 × 52 = 2,080 hours) = exactly $25.00 per hour.
$75,000 salary, 40 hours/week, 50 weeks/year → $37.50 per hour
Using 50 weeks (two unpaid weeks off) gives 2,000 hours, so $75,000 ÷ 2,000 = $37.50 — the shorter year raises the effective rate.
Tips & gotchas
- Use 2,080 hours (40 × 52) as the standard full-time year — it's the figure most payroll and benchmarking tools assume.
- If you regularly work 45–50 hours but are paid a flat salary, recompute with your real hours; your true hourly rate may be lower than the headline suggests.
- When comparing a salaried offer to contract work, remember contractors must cover their own taxes, insurance, and unpaid time off — a contract hourly rate needs to be meaningfully higher to match a salary.
- Knowing your hourly worth makes it easy to value your free time and price side work.
FAQ
Should I use 52 weeks or fewer?
Use 52 if your paid time off is fully covered (most salaried roles). Use 50 if you take two weeks unpaid, or fewer if you work a reduced year — the smaller the weeks figure, the higher the implied hourly rate.
Does this account for overtime?
No. Salaried positions are often exempt from overtime, so extra hours dilute the effective hourly rate rather than adding pay. Track your real hours to see the impact.
Is the result before or after tax?
Before tax. This is your gross hourly equivalent. Your take-home rate will be lower after federal, state, and payroll withholding.
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