Salary Converter
Hourly to yearly to monthly — type any figure and the rest follow.
About this converter
Type a figure in any box — hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or yearly — and the others update instantly, using the hours per week and paid weeks per year you set. The mental-math anchor worth memorising: at 40 hours and 52 weeks, yearly ≈ hourly × 2,080, so $25/hour is $52,000 and each extra dollar of hourly rate is about $2,000 a year.
Comparing offers honestly
The converter's real job is making unlike offers comparable — but the honest comparison needs the assumptions checked. Salaried roles quietly divide by more hours: a $70,000 job at a true 50 hours/week pays $26.90/hour, less than a $28/hour contract at 40. Freelancers should use paid weeks realistically (46–48 after holidays and dry spells) and remember gross isn't take-home: contractors typically need 20–30% above an employee's hourly to match benefits, employer taxes and unpaid admin — tracked hours tell you what your real rate came out to. All figures here are before tax, deliberately: tax varies too much by place and person for a converter to guess honestly.
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert salary to hourly?
Divide yearly pay by your true annual hours — at the standard 40 h/week and 52 weeks that's 2,080, so $52,000/year is $25/hour. The converter lets you use your real hours instead of the standard ones.
What is $25 an hour annually?
$52,000 at 40 hours and 52 weeks. Quick rule: hourly × 2,000 ≈ yearly (within 4%), so every $1/hour is roughly $2,000/year.
Why don't the figures include tax?
Take-home depends on country, state, filing status and deductions — any single guess would be wrong for most people. These are gross figures; apply your own tax rate to compare take-home.
How should freelancers set the weeks per year?
46-48 paid weeks is realistic after holidays, sick days and gaps between clients — and rates should run 20-30% above an equivalent employee's hourly to cover benefits, employer taxes and unpaid admin.