Hourly to Salary Calculator: Weekly, Monthly & Yearly Pay
Job offers come in different currencies — hourly, weekly, yearly — and comparing them by feel leads to expensive mistakes. Enter your hourly rate and your usual weekly hours, and this free calculator converts them into weekly, monthly and yearly gross pay, so you can compare any two offers on the same terms.
Hourly to Salary Calculator
How to Use This Calculator
Enter your hourly rate — the base rate, not including overtime premiums. Then enter your typical hours per week. The standard full-time figure is 40, but enter your real schedule: 37.5 and 35 are common in some industries, and part-timers should use their actual hours.
Set the weeks per year to 52 if you're paid for every week, or lower it for unpaid vacations or gaps between contracts. Click Calculate to see your weekly, monthly and yearly gross pay — the yearly number is the one to compare against salaried offers.
Want to go the other way, from salary to hourly? Divide the yearly salary by 2,080 (for a standard 40-hour week) — or just try hourly rates here until the yearly number matches the offer. Click Reset to start over.
The Formula
The conversions are simple multiplications: Weekly pay = hourly rate × hours per week, Yearly pay = weekly pay × weeks per year, and Monthly pay = yearly pay ÷ 12.
Worked example: $25 per hour at 40 hours a week. Weekly pay is $25 × 40 = $1,000. Over 52 weeks that's $52,000 per year, which averages $52,000 ÷ 12 = $4,333.33 per month. All three numbers describe the same job — a $52,000 salary offer is identical to this hourly rate.
Tips
These figures are gross pay — before taxes and deductions. Take-home is typically 70% to 80% of gross, and benefits change the math further: paid time off, health insurance and a retirement match can be worth thousands of dollars a year beyond the headline number.
If your hours vary, run the calculator twice — once with your quiet-month hours and once with your busy-month hours — and use the average. For overtime, remember most U.S. hourly employees earn 1.5× beyond 40 hours a week, which this calculator doesn't include.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I convert an hourly rate to a yearly salary?
Multiply the hourly rate by hours worked per week, then by the number of weeks worked per year: yearly pay = rate × hours per week × weeks per year. A $25/hour job at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks is $25 × 40 × 52 = $52,000 per year.
Why does 40 hours a week equal 2,080 hours a year?
Because 40 hours × 52 weeks = 2,080 hours. That's the standard figure for full-time work in the U.S., which is why human resources departments often use it to convert between hourly and salaried pay. If you take unpaid time off, subtract those hours for a more accurate number.
Is the calculator result my take-home pay?
No. The result is gross pay — before federal and state income tax, Social Security and Medicare, health insurance and retirement contributions. Depending on where you live and your deductions, take-home pay is typically 70% to 80% of gross. Your paystub is the definitive source.
How do I compare an hourly job offer with a salary offer?
Convert both to yearly gross pay. For the hourly offer, use the actual hours you'd work including typical overtime. Then compare benefits too: a salary job with paid vacation, health insurance and a 401(k) match can be worth thousands more than a higher hourly rate without them.
How is overtime pay calculated?
In the U.S., most hourly employees earn 1.5× their regular rate for hours beyond 40 in a workweek, and some states add rules like daily overtime. A $20/hour employee earns $30/hour for overtime hours. This calculator assumes straight time — add overtime separately.