Salary to Hourly

Divide your annual salary by your effective hours worked per year. The standard full-time assumption is 40 hours per week × 52 weeks = 2,080 hours. So a $52,000 salary divided by 2,080 hours equals $25 per hour. Adjust for unpaid time off by reducing the weeks per year: a $52,000 salary with 2 unpaid weeks works out to 50 weeks × 40 = 2,000 hours, or $26 per hour effective.

Multiply your hourly rate by hours worked per week, then by weeks worked per year. At $20/hour, 40 hours/week, 52 weeks/year, the annual gross is $20 × 40 × 52 = $41,600. If you take unpaid time off, subtract those weeks. This calculator does the math automatically and also shows monthly, bi-weekly, weekly, and daily breakdowns.

Not directly. The calculator assumes a flat hourly rate across all hours worked. If you regularly earn overtime at 1.5x base, the actual annual gross is higher than this conversion shows. To estimate: ($base × 40) + ($base × 1.5 × overtime hours) per week, then × 52. For salary roles that are FLSA-exempt, overtime pay typically does not apply.

It should match exactly. If it does not, the most common reasons are: (1) you have pre-tax deductions like 401(k) or health insurance reducing each paycheck, (2) you have a 27-paycheck year (this happens periodically due to calendar drift), or (3) you are not getting paid for unpaid leave. Check your last pay stub's year-to-date column for the cleaner annual number.

Salaried workers with paid vacation: enter 0 unpaid weeks. Your annual salary is the same whether you take 2 weeks off or 0; you get paid either way. Hourly workers without paid leave: enter the weeks you do NOT work as unpaid vacation. This reduces your effective hours per year and increases your effective hourly rate as a percentage of your annual income, which matters when comparing job offers.

All amounts shown are gross (before taxes and deductions). To see your take-home pay after federal tax, FICA, state tax, and 401(k), use the Paycheck Calculator. As a rough rule, take-home pay is 70-80% of gross depending on state and elections.