💼 Salary Calculator

Convert between hourly, weekly, monthly and annual salary figures.

💼 Salary Calculator

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What is the Salary Calculator?

The Salary Calculator converts a pay figure entered in any period — year, month, week, day, or hour — into an equivalent hourly, daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and annual breakdown. It uses the hours-per-week and days-per-week you enter, so a part-time schedule or compressed workweek is reflected accurately instead of assuming a flat 40-hour, 5-day default.

How to Use It

Enter your salary amount, choose the period it's quoted in, then enter your normal hours per week and days per week. Click Calculate and the tool instantly shows the same gross pay expressed across every common pay frequency, so you can line figures up side by side.

When to Use It

Use it when comparing job offers quoted in different formats — one role posted as an annual salary, another as an hourly rate. It's also useful when negotiating a raise, switching from salaried to contract work, budgeting around a new pay schedule, or checking what a quoted day rate really works out to over a year.

Who Benefits

Job seekers evaluating competing offers, employees moving between full-time and part-time schedules, freelancers and contractors pricing their time, HR teams standardizing pay bands, and employers converting between salaried and hourly structures all benefit from a quick, consistent conversion. Note that figures shown are gross pay; take-home pay after taxes and deductions will be lower.

Frequently Asked Questions

Divide your annual salary by 52 (weeks) then by your weekly hours. For a standard 40-hour week: $52,000 ÷ 52 ÷ 40 = $25/hour. This calculator does that automatically using the hours per week you enter, so part-time and non-standard schedules are handled correctly.
This tool shows gross pay — your salary before taxes and deductions. Net take-home pay will be lower after federal and state income tax, Social Security (6.2%), Medicare (1.45%), and any retirement or insurance withholdings. Use a dedicated payroll or paycheck calculator for net estimates.
Biweekly pay (26 pay periods a year) is annual salary ÷ 26, while semi-monthly pay (24 pay periods) is annual salary ÷ 24. They look similar but aren't identical — biweekly schedules also produce two "three-paycheck months" per year, which this calculator's bi-weekly figure accounts for.