Salary to Hourly Calculator

Convert your annual salary to an hourly rate — or compare two job offers.

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Reduces working weeks, increases effective hourly rate

How to Use This Calculator

Convert tab

Enter your annual salary and hours per week. The calculator instantly shows your hourly rate, plus monthly, biweekly, and daily breakdowns. If you have paid vacation, expand "More options" and enter your vacation days — this reduces the working weeks and shows your true effective hourly rate (which is higher than the nominal one).

Compare Offers tab

Got two job offers? Enter Offer A and Offer B — each with salary and expected hours per week. The calculator shows which offer pays more per hour. A $85K job at 45 hours/week might pay less per hour than a $75K job at 40 hours — this tab reveals that.

Share your result

Every input is encoded in the URL. Click Share, send the link to your partner — they'll see your exact numbers. No re-entering, no screenshots.

The Formula

The hourly rate is calculated as:

Hourly Rate = Annual Salary ÷ (Hours per Week × Working Weeks per Year)

If you have paid vacation:

Working Weeks = Weeks per Year − (Vacation Days ÷ 5)

Paid vacation doesn't change your salary, but it changes your effective hourly rate. If you earn $75,000 with 4 weeks of paid vacation, your nominal rate is $36.06/hr (52 weeks), but your effective rate is $39.06/hr (48 working weeks) — because you're being paid the same amount for fewer hours of work.

The Compare Offers tab uses the same formula for each offer, so you compare the true hourly value of different salary + hours combinations.

Example

Maria — comparing two job offers

Maria has two offers. Offer A: $75,000/year, standard 40-hour week. Offer B: $85,000/year, but the team typically works 45 hours.

Convert tab

Annual salary$75,000
Hours per week40
Hourly rate$36.06/hr
Monthly$6,250
Biweekly$2,885

Compare Offers tab

Offer A ($75K, 40hr/wk)$36.06/hr
Offer B ($85K, 45hr/wk)$36.32/hr
Difference$0.26/hr — almost identical

The $10K higher salary almost disappears when you divide by the extra hours. Maria chose Offer A — same hourly rate with 5 hours more of free time each week. Over a year, that's 260 extra hours of life.

She sent the link to her partner. The numbers made the decision obvious.

FAQ

Use 52 for the standard calculation. If you want to see your effective rate excluding vacation time, either reduce weeks to 50 or 48, or enter your paid vacation days under "More options." Both approaches work — the vacation days method is more precise since it handles odd numbers of days.
No — this calculates your gross (pre-tax) hourly rate. Tax rates vary by country, state, and filing status. To estimate your after-tax rate, multiply the result by (1 - your effective tax rate). For example, if your effective rate is 25%, multiply by 0.75.
Multiply your hourly rate by the hours you work per week, then multiply by 52 (or your working weeks per year). For example, $25/hr × 40 hours × 52 weeks = $52,000/year. Enter this salary into the calculator to see the monthly and biweekly breakdown.
This calculator uses base salary only. Overtime, bonuses, stock options, and benefits (health insurance, 401k match) aren't included in the hourly rate. For a true comparison between offers, you'd need to estimate the dollar value of benefits. A $75K job with $15K in benefits has a total compensation of $90K — divide that by your working hours for the full picture.
Because paid vacation means you receive the same annual salary for fewer working hours. If you earn $75,000 and work 52 weeks, your rate is $36.06/hr. With 4 weeks of paid vacation (20 days), you only work 48 weeks but still earn $75,000 — so your effective rate is $39.06/hr. The vacation is essentially extra pay.

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