Salary to Hourly Calculator
This converts annual pay to an hourly rate before tax. It also shows weekly and monthly pay. It is not a paycheck calculator and does not withhold income tax.
Hourly, before tax
$28.85
Weekly
$1,153.85
Monthly
$5,000.00
Formula
Hourly pay is the annual salary divided by the weeks you work times the hours in each of those weeks. The defaults are 52 weeks and 40 hours, which is 2,080 hours. Change either number if you work fewer weeks or a different schedule. A 4-day week belongs in the hours field, not in a tax field, because this page has no tax fields.
Weekly pay is the annual salary divided by the weeks. Monthly pay is the annual salary divided by 12, not by 4 weeks. Those two figures will not match a “weekly times four” estimate, and the monthly figure is the one that lines up with a yearly salary.
Nothing is withheld. Federal tax, state tax, Social Security, Medicare, pension contributions, and benefits are all left out. Take-home pay is lower than the numbers here. The gap depends on where you work and how you file, which this tool does not estimate.
Unpaid leave changes the hourly rate if you reduce the weeks but keep the same salary. Overtime is not priced separately. The result is the straight average of the salary across the hours you enter. Paid leave that is already inside the salary is not added again, and there is no benefits loading or tax gross-up.
Hourly = annual / (weeks × hours per week)
- annual Salary for the year, before tax.
- weeks Paid weeks in the year. 52 is a full year.
- hours per week Hours in one of those weeks. 40 is a standard full-time week.
Worked example
A $60,000 salary, 52 weeks, and 40 hours a week is 2,080 hours.
The hourly rate is $28.85 before tax. Weekly pay is $1,153.85 and monthly pay is $5,000.00.
Monthly pay is the salary divided by 12. It is not four times the weekly amount.
FAQ
Is this hourly rate before or after tax?
Before tax. The calculator does not withhold income tax or payroll tax. Take-home pay is lower.
Why is monthly pay not four times the weekly pay?
Monthly pay is the annual salary divided by 12. A month is longer than four weeks, so the two figures are not meant to match.
What if I do not work every week?
Lower the weeks field. The same salary spread over fewer weeks produces a higher hourly rate.
Does this include overtime?
No. It averages the annual salary across the hours you enter. It does not apply an overtime multiplier.