Salary ↔ hourly wage converter

Job offers, side gigs, and budgets all quote pay in different units - a salary here, an hourly rate there, a day rate somewhere else. Tell this converter the one figure you know and it translates it into all the others at once: annual, monthly, weekly, daily, hourly, and per paycheck. The advanced options handle overtime, paid time off, unpaid weeks, and a rough after-deductions view.

What kind of pay do you know?

That amount ($)

Hours per week

Weeks worked per year

Lower this for unpaid time off (e.g. 50 for two unpaid weeks).

Advanced options - overtime, PTO, deductions, paycheck frequency

Days per week

Paid time off (days/year)

Shows what each hour you actually work earns.

Overtime hours per week

Applies when converting from an hourly rate.

Overtime multiplier

Flat deduction estimate (%)

Optional rough taxes/benefits percentage - adds an after-deduction column.

Paycheck frequency

This converter needs JavaScript. The math by hand: annual = hourly × hours per week × weeks per year (so $20/hr at 40 hrs and 52 weeks is $41,600), and hourly = annual ÷ (hours per week × weeks per year) - so a $60,000 salary at 40 hrs/52 weeks is about $28.85/hour. Monthly is annual ÷ 12; weekly is annual ÷ weeks per year.

How the math works

Everything routes through one number: annual gross pay. Whatever figure you enter is first converted to annual (hourly × hours/week × weeks/year; daily × days/week × weeks/year; weekly × weeks/year; monthly × 12), then divided back out into every other frequency - which is why the conversion works in any direction. Overtime is added at your multiplier when the known figure is hourly, since salaried pay typically already bakes it in. The PTO view answers a subtler question: dividing the same annual pay by fewer worked days shows what each working hour genuinely earns - often the fairest way to compare an offer with generous PTO against one without.

What is take-home pay and how it’s calculated covers the gap between gross and net, gross pay vs net pay defines the terms, and reading your first paycheck stub decodes the deductions line by line. For the full estimate with tax brackets, use the paycheck calculator.

The formula this calculator uses

annual   = whichever figure you entered, scaled to a year
hourly   = annual / (hours per week * weeks per year)
daily    = hourly * (hours per week / days per week)
overtime = overtime hours * hourly * multiplier * weeks per year
effective hourly including paid leave
         = annual / ((weeks * days - paid days) * hours per day)

What it assumes without asking

A standard year of the length you enter, default 52 weeks
Deductions are applied as one flat percentage you supply
Overtime is paid at the multiplier you enter on every overtime hour

One example, computed in full: $78,000 a year, 40 hours a week

Measure	Amount
Annual	$78,000
Monthly	$6,500.00
Weekly	$1,500.00
Daily, 5 day week	$300.00
Hourly, 2,080 hours	$37.50
Effective hourly with 15 paid days off	$39.80
What the paid leave is worth per hour worked	$2.30

What this calculator does not model

Unpaid overtime, which makes a salaried effective rate lower than it looks
Employer benefits other than paid leave, which are also part of what you earn
Whether the role is eligible for overtime at all, which is a legal question about your classification and not an arithmetic one

The guide behind this tool

A number on its own does not tell you what to do with it. The last two rows are the comparison people leave out: paid leave raises what you earn per hour actually worked. Gross pay against net pay covers what reaches your account.

Sources & further reading

This tool is a general educational estimate, not financial advice. The flat deduction option is deliberately rough - real withholding is progressive and varies by state and situation. See our disclaimer.