This converter works in every direction — enter what you know (an hourly wage from a job posting, a monthly figure from a contract, an annual salary from an offer letter) and read off the rest. It's built for comparing offers with different pay structures, checking what a freelance day rate really amounts to, and sanity-checking whether an "annualized" figure in a job ad matches the hourly rate underneath it. All amounts are gross pay before taxes — for take-home pay after federal and state withholding, use our paycheck calculator.
Salary to hourly Calculator
Type any pay amount — yearly, monthly, or hourly — and see it converted to every other pay period instantly.
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Set weeks to 50 if you take 2 weeks unpaid vacation. Day rate assumes 8-hour days.
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How the conversion works
The math is simple division: your annual pay divided by the hours you actually work in a year. At the standard 40 hours a week and 52 weeks a year, that's 2,080 working hours — so a $60,000 salary works out to $28.85 an hour, and a $20/hour job works out to $41,600 a year.
Two settings change the answer meaningfully. If you take unpaid time off, drop the weeks-per-year — 50 weeks instead of 52 raises the effective hourly value of a salary by 4%. And if you're salaried but routinely work 50-hour weeks, your true hourly rate is 20% lower than the 40-hour figure suggests, which is worth knowing before comparing a salaried offer against contract work.
Quick reference at 40 hrs/week
$15/hr ≈ $31,200/yr · $20/hr ≈ $41,600 · $25/hr ≈ $52,000 · $30/hr ≈ $62,400 · $35/hr ≈ $72,800 · $50/hr ≈ $104,000. Going the other way: $50k ≈ $24.04/hr, $75k ≈ $36.06/hr, $100k ≈ $48.08/hr.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I convert salary to hourly pay?
Divide annual salary by your yearly working hours. At the standard 2,080 hours (40 hrs × 52 weeks), divide the salary by 2,080 — so $60,000 becomes $28.85 an hour.
What is $50,000 a year per hour?
$24.04 an hour at 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year. At 37.5 hours a week it's $25.64.
Should I use 50 or 52 weeks per year?
Use 52 if you're paid year-round (salaried with paid vacation). Use 50 or fewer if your time off is unpaid — common for contractors and hourly roles.
Is this before or after taxes?
Before. Everything shown is gross pay. Take-home depends on your filing status, state, and deductions — our paycheck calculator handles that.
How is the biweekly amount calculated?
Annual pay divided by 26 pay periods. Note that biweekly (every two weeks) differs from semi-monthly (twice a month, 24 periods) — semi-monthly checks are slightly larger.