Salary Converter
Convert salary between hourly, monthly, and annual pay.
Enter salary details to see the breakdown.
What This Calculator Does
A salary quoted as a yearly figure doesn't tell you much about what a single hour, day, or week of your time is actually worth — which matters when you're comparing a salaried offer against hourly work, or figuring out what a day off actually costs you. This converter takes an annual salary and your work schedule and breaks it down into hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly equivalents, all derived from the same yearly figure.
How to Use It
Enter your Annual Salary and your typical Hours Per Week. Weeks Per Year is optional and defaults to 52 — lower it if you take significant unpaid leave and want the conversion to reflect actual working weeks rather than the calendar year. The Salary Breakdown panel then lists your Hourly, Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Rate together with the Annual Salary you entered, so you can see all four figures at a glance. This tool works from a gross figure throughout — it doesn't factor in taxes or deductions, so every rate shown is a pre-tax number.
The Formula
Hourly Rate is Annual Salary ÷ (Hours Per Week × Weeks Per Year) — total hours worked in the year, divided into the salary. Daily Rate is then Hourly Rate × (Hours Per Week ÷ 5), assuming a standard five-day work week, and Weekly Rate is Hourly Rate × Hours Per Week. Monthly Rate is calculated independently as Annual Salary ÷ 12, rather than from the hourly figure, which keeps it tied cleanly to the calendar month rather than to a hours-per-week assumption that doesn't map evenly onto months anyway.
A Worked Example
A $52,000 annual salary at 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, works out to 2,080 total hours in the year. Dividing gives an Hourly Rate of exactly $25.00. From there, Daily Rate is $25.00 × (40 ÷ 5) = $200.00, and Weekly Rate is $25.00 × 40 = $1,000.00. Monthly Rate, calculated separately from the annual figure, is $52,000 ÷ 12 = $4,333.33. It's a convenient scenario because every number comes out to a clean, round figure — try a salary that doesn't divide as evenly and you'll see the same formulas produce the same kind of breakdown, just with more decimal places.
FAQ
- How is the hourly rate calculated?
- Annual salary ÷ (hours per week × 52 weeks). You can adjust the hours per week to match your schedule.
- Does this account for overtime?
- This converter assumes standard hours. For overtime calculations, please use a dedicated overtime calculator.