Salary Calculator
Enter what you earn for any period and see the equivalent for every other period: hour, day, week, two weeks, half month, month and year. The calculation uses your actual hours and working days, accounts for unpaid time off, and shows the arithmetic behind each figure.
- Runs in your browser
- No sign-up
- Free to use
| Period | Gross pay |
|---|
These are gross amounts, before income tax and other deductions. Take-home pay depends on the tax rules where you live.
How to use Salary Calculator
- Choose your currency and enter the pay amount and its period.
- Set your hours and days per week.
- If some weeks or days are unpaid, enter them; add a yearly bonus if you have one.
- Read the table for every period, and the formula below it.
Salary Calculator features
Seven pay periods
Hourly, daily, weekly, every two weeks, twice a month, monthly and yearly, all at once.
Your working pattern
Any number of hours and days per week, including part-time.
Unpaid time off
Unpaid weeks and days reduce the paid weeks in the year, which matters for hourly and contract work.
Bonus
Adds a yearly bonus to the annual total, kept separate from regular pay.
Formula shown
The steps of the calculation are written out with your numbers.
Many currencies
Amounts are formatted for the selected currency. Nothing is sent to a server.
When to use Salary Calculator
- Comparing a job offer quoted per year with one quoted per hour.
- Working out the hourly value of a monthly salary.
- Estimating yearly income from freelance or shift work with unpaid weeks.
- Checking a payslip against the agreed rate.
Salary Calculator FAQ
How do you convert an hourly wage to a yearly salary?
Multiply the hourly rate by the hours worked per week and by the number of paid weeks in a year. With 40 hours and 52 paid weeks that is 2,080 hours, so 25 per hour is 52,000 per year. Fewer paid weeks give a lower total.
Why is a month not four weeks?
A year has 52 weeks and 12 months, so an average month has about 4.33 weeks. Multiplying weekly pay by four understates monthly pay by roughly eight per cent. The calculator divides the yearly amount by 12.
What is the difference between biweekly and twice a month?
Biweekly pay comes every two weeks, 26 times a year. Twice a month, or semi-monthly, comes 24 times a year. The yearly total is the same, but each biweekly payment is smaller.
Does the result include tax?
No. All figures are gross pay, before income tax, social security and other deductions. These depend on the country, your circumstances and the tax year. For an estimate, use the Income Tax Calculator with the rules for your jurisdiction.
How should I enter paid holidays?
Leave unpaid time off at zero. If holidays are paid, you are paid for all 52 weeks, which is the normal case for salaried employees. Enter unpaid weeks only for time you are not paid for, as is common for hourly, seasonal and freelance work.
How is the daily rate calculated?
The hourly rate multiplied by the hours in a working day, which is your hours per week divided by your days per week. With 40 hours over 5 days, a day is 8 hours.
Comparing pay across periods
Pay is quoted in whatever period suits the employer or the custom of a country: per hour for shift and contract work, per month in much of Europe and Asia, per year in the United States and the United Kingdom. Comparing two offers, or checking what a rate means for a budget, requires bringing them to the same period. The conversion is simple arithmetic, but it rests on assumptions that are worth making explicit.
The key figure is the number of paid hours in a year. A full-time job of 40 hours a week for 52 paid weeks comes to 2,080 hours. Every conversion follows from it: yearly pay divided by 2,080 is the hourly rate, and the hourly rate times 2,080 is yearly pay. Change the hours per week or the number of paid weeks, and the same hourly rate produces a different year. That is why the calculator asks for both.
Unpaid time is where hourly and salaried work differ most. A salaried employee with four weeks of paid leave is paid for 52 weeks and works 48. A contractor who takes the same four weeks unpaid is paid for 48. At the same nominal hourly rate, the contractor earns almost eight per cent less in a year, before considering the benefits an employee receives. When comparing a contract rate with a salary, enter the unpaid weeks to see the real difference.
Remember that gross pay is only the starting point. Tax, social contributions, pension payments and benefits change what reaches your account, and they vary widely between countries and between employment and self-employment. Use the gross figures here to compare like with like, then apply the rules of your tax system to estimate take-home pay.