💰 Hourly to Salary Calculator
By ToolNimba Finance Team · Reviewed by ToolNimba Editorial Review, personal finance content · Updated 2026-06-19
This calculator shows gross pay only, the amount before income tax, national insurance or social security, retirement contributions, health premiums and any other deductions. Your take-home (net) pay will be lower. Results assume your hours and weeks stay constant and do not account for overtime, unpaid leave or bonuses. This is an estimate, not financial or tax advice.
All figures are gross (before tax and deductions). Monthly is the annual total divided by 12.
This hourly to salary calculator converts an hourly wage into weekly, monthly and annual pay, and works in reverse to turn a yearly salary back into an hourly rate. Enter your wage along with the hours you work per week and the weeks you work per year (the defaults are 40 hours and 52 weeks), and you will see every figure at once. It is the quick way to compare a job offer quoted by the hour against one quoted as a salary.
What is the Hourly to Salary Calculator?
Converting between an hourly wage and a salary is just a chain of multiplications. Your weekly pay is the hourly rate multiplied by the hours you work each week. Your annual pay is that weekly figure multiplied by the number of weeks you work in a year. Monthly pay is then the annual total divided by 12. The reason it feels confusing is that the two assumptions, hours per week and weeks per year, are easy to get wrong, and small changes in either one move the annual number a lot.
The common shortcut you will see online is to multiply an hourly rate by 2,080 to get the annual salary. That number is simply 40 hours times 52 weeks, the standard full-time year with no unpaid time off. If you work part time, take unpaid leave, or your contract counts a different number of weeks, change the inputs rather than relying on 2,080. For example, someone who takes two unpaid weeks off works 50 paid weeks, not 52, which lowers the annual figure.
A key point for anyone comparing offers: these are gross figures, the headline pay before anything is taken out. Tax, social security or national insurance, pension or retirement contributions, and health premiums all reduce what actually lands in your account. Two roles with the same gross salary can leave you with very different take-home pay depending on benefits, location and deductions, so treat the salary here as the starting point of the comparison, not the end of it.
When to use it
- Comparing a job offer quoted as an hourly rate against another quoted as an annual salary.
- Working out the yearly equivalent of a raise expressed in dollars per hour.
- Estimating annual income for a part-time or seasonal role with non-standard hours or weeks.
- Setting a freelance or contract hourly rate that matches a target annual income.
How to use the Hourly to Salary Calculator
- Choose a direction: hourly to salary, or salary to hourly.
- Enter your hourly wage (or, in reverse mode, your annual salary).
- Set the hours you work per week (default 40).
- Set the weeks you work per year (default 52, lower it if you take unpaid time off).
- Read off the hourly, weekly, monthly and annual gross figures.
Formula & method
Worked examples
You earn $25 per hour, working 40 hours a week for 52 weeks a year.
- weekly = 25 × 40 = $1,000
- annual = 1,000 × 52 = $52,000
- monthly = 52,000 ÷ 12 = $4,333.33
Result: Hourly $25.00 · Weekly $1,000 · Monthly $4,333.33 · Annual $52,000
A part-time role at $18 per hour, 25 hours a week, with 2 unpaid weeks off (50 paid weeks).
- weekly = 18 × 25 = $450
- annual = 450 × 50 = $22,500
- monthly = 22,500 ÷ 12 = $1,875
Result: Hourly $18.00 · Weekly $450 · Monthly $1,875 · Annual $22,500
Converting a $60,000 salary back to an hourly rate at 40 hours over 52 weeks.
- total hours = 40 × 52 = 2,080
- hourly = 60,000 ÷ 2,080 = $28.85
- weekly = 28.85 × 40 = $1,153.85
Result: Hourly ≈ $28.85 · Weekly ≈ $1,153.85 · Monthly $5,000 · Annual $60,000
Hourly wage to gross salary at 40 hours per week and 52 weeks per year
| Hourly | Weekly | Monthly | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| $15.00 | $600 | $2,600.00 | $31,200 |
| $20.00 | $800 | $3,466.67 | $41,600 |
| $25.00 | $1,000 | $4,333.33 | $52,000 |
| $30.00 | $1,200 | $5,200.00 | $62,400 |
| $50.00 | $2,000 | $8,666.67 | $104,000 |
Common mistakes to avoid
- Always using 2,080 hours. Multiplying by 2,080 assumes 40 hours over 52 paid weeks with no unpaid time off. If you work part time, take unpaid leave, or your contract differs, change the hours and weeks inputs instead.
- Confusing gross pay with take-home pay. Every figure here is gross, before tax and deductions. Your net pay is lower, and how much lower depends on your tax bracket, location, retirement contributions and benefits.
- Forgetting unpaid weeks off. Two unpaid weeks of leave mean you work 50 paid weeks, not 52. Leaving the weeks at 52 overstates the annual salary for anyone who takes unpaid time off.
- Ignoring overtime and bonuses. This is a straight-line estimate. Overtime, shift premiums, commission and bonuses are not included, so a real paycheck can run higher (or, with unpaid gaps, lower) than the figure shown.
Glossary
- Hourly wage
- The amount you are paid for each hour worked, before any deductions.
- Gross pay
- Total earnings before tax, social security, retirement contributions and other deductions are taken out.
- Net pay
- Take-home pay, what remains after all deductions are subtracted from gross pay.
- Annual salary
- Total gross pay over a year, here calculated as weekly pay multiplied by the weeks worked.
- 2,080 hours
- The standard full-time work year used in many conversions: 40 hours per week times 52 weeks.
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert an hourly wage to an annual salary?
Multiply your hourly rate by the hours you work each week to get weekly pay, then multiply that by the weeks you work per year. For a standard full-time job that is hourly rate times 2,080 (40 hours times 52 weeks). For example, $25 per hour works out to $52,000 a year.
How do I convert a salary to an hourly rate?
Divide the annual salary by the total hours you work in a year. At 40 hours a week over 52 weeks that is 2,080 hours, so a $60,000 salary is about $28.85 per hour. Use the salary to hourly mode and the calculator does this for you.
Why is 2,080 used for a full-time year?
2,080 is 40 hours per week multiplied by 52 weeks. It represents a standard full-time year with no unpaid time off, which is why it is the default basis for converting between hourly and annual pay.
Are these figures before or after tax?
They are gross, meaning before tax and any other deductions. Income tax, social security or national insurance, retirement contributions and health premiums all reduce your actual take-home pay, so your net amount will be lower.
How should I handle unpaid time off?
Lower the weeks per year to match the weeks you are actually paid. If you take two unpaid weeks of leave, set weeks per year to 50 rather than 52, and the annual and monthly figures will adjust automatically.
How is the monthly figure calculated?
Monthly pay is the annual total divided by 12, so it spreads your full-year earnings evenly across the months. It is not simply four weeks of pay, because most months are slightly longer than four weeks.
Sources
- Computing Hourly Rates of Pay Using the 2,087-Hour Divisor , U.S. Office of Personnel Management
- Gross Pay vs. Net Pay , U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau