Salary to Hourly Calculator
Convert between an annual salary and an hourly wage, and see every common pay period at once — hourly, daily, weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, monthly, and annual. Add your holidays and vacation days for an adjusted rate, and an optional effective tax rate for a take-home column. All in your browser.
Gross pay, before taxes and deductions. Daily assumes a 5-day work week; semi-monthly is paid twice a month (24 checks/year), biweekly every two weeks (26 checks/year).
The 2,080-hour year
Most full-time salary-to-hourly math assumes a 2,080-hour year: 40 hours a week across all 52 weeks. That's the convenient default, and it's what gives the familiar shortcut that a $52,000 salary is "$25 an hour." If your real schedule differs — part-time hours, unpaid leave, a 37.5-hour week — change the inputs and the conversion follows.
Gross vs take-home: mind the gap
The main numbers here are gross — before tax. That's the right basis for comparing a salaried offer against a contract hourly rate, or for converting your pay into a period your budget uses. But don't plan spending around it: after income tax, payroll tax, insurance, and retirement contributions, take-home pay is often 20–35% lower. Enter an effective tax rate in the calculator to add a rough take-home column — the conversion is exact; the deductions are personal.
Comparing an offer? Convert both to the same period
A $40/hour contract and an $80,000 salary sound different but can be close — or not, depending on paid time off, benefits, and how many hours you actually work. Put each into the calculator, read the annual figure, and compare like for like. Then weigh the parts a pay number doesn't show: health insurance, paid leave, retirement match, and job stability.
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FAQ
Is anything I enter sent to a server?
No. The calculator runs entirely in your browser — open DevTools → Network and confirm. Your pay figures never leave the tab.
Is this gross pay or take-home pay?
Gross — the amount before taxes, insurance, and retirement deductions. Take-home (net) pay depends on your country, state, filing status, and benefits, which this tool deliberately doesn't guess at. Use the gross numbers to compare offers and convert between pay periods; expect your actual deposit to be meaningfully lower after withholding.
How many work hours are in a year?
The common assumption is 2,080 hours — 40 hours/week × 52 weeks. That's the default here. If you take unpaid time off, work part-time, or your year isn't a clean 52 paid weeks, adjust the hours-per-week and weeks-per-year fields and every figure updates.
What's the difference between biweekly and semi-monthly?
Biweekly means every two weeks — 26 paychecks a year, so two months each year have three checks. Semi-monthly means twice a month (say the 15th and last day) — exactly 24 checks a year. The per-check amounts differ because 26 ≠ 24, even though the annual total is identical. This calculator shows both.
How does the adjusted column work?
Enter your holidays and vacation days per year and the matrix gains an Adjusted column, based on a 260-weekday year. The direction matters. If you start from a salary, days off are paid — your pay doesn't change, but it's earned over fewer worked days, so the adjusted hourly rate is higher: a $104,000 salary at 40 h/week is $50.00/hour unadjusted, but $55.32/hour adjusted for 25 days off (104,000 ÷ (235 × 8)). If you start from an hourly wage, days off are unpaid, so the adjusted annual is lower: hourly × hours-per-day × (260 − days off).
Can it estimate take-home pay?
Roughly. Enter an effective tax rate (many US earners land somewhere around 20–30% all-in) and a Take-home column shows gross × (1 − rate) for every pay period. It's deliberately a single effective rate, not a withholding engine — real 2026 take-home depends on federal brackets, FICA, state and local taxes, filing status, and pre-tax benefits. Leave the field at 0 to keep everything gross.
Why is my real paycheck smaller than the 'weekly' number here?
Because these are gross figures. Your employer withholds income tax, payroll taxes (Social Security/Medicare in the US), health insurance, and any retirement contributions before the money hits your account. The gap between gross and net is normal — often 20–35%.