Hourly rate to annual, monthly, and weekly pay — with your actual hours and weeks, not just the textbook 40×52.
The conversion everyone half-remembers
Hourly and salaried pay describe the same thing at different zoom levels, and comparing them badly costs people real money in negotiations. The conversion is simple multiplication — the mistakes hide in the assumptions about hours and weeks.
The formula
- Annual salary = hourly rate × hours per week × paid weeks per year
- A useful full-time shortcut: at 40 hours and 52 weeks, annual pay ≈ hourly rate × 2,080 — so every $1/hour is about $2,080 a year.
How to use the result
Use the same hours-and-weeks assumptions for every offer you compare — that's the whole game. An hourly job quoted high but with unstable hours or unpaid gaps can trail a lower salaried offer, and the reverse happens when a "40-hour" salaried role routinely runs 50. When precision matters, follow up with the real hourly wage calculator, which counts what the job takes, not just what it schedules.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I convert a salary back to an hourly rate?
- Divide the annual salary by your hours per week times paid weeks per year. For a standard full-time year that denominator is 40 × 52 = 2,080 hours, so a $60,000 salary is about $28.85 per hour.
- Should I use 52 weeks or fewer?
- Use 52 if you're paid year-round, including paid vacation. Use fewer weeks if your work is seasonal, contract-based, or unpaid when you're off — that's the difference between the salary you're quoted and the one you collect.
- Is a salaried job at the 'same' rate really the same pay?
- Rarely. Salaried roles often include benefits — paid leave, insurance, retirement matching — worth a meaningful percentage on top, but may also expect unpaid extra hours that dilute the rate. Convert both offers to dollars per actual hour worked before comparing.
- Does this show take-home pay?
- No — all figures are gross, before taxes and deductions, because those depend on your location and situation. For what an hour of work is worth after everything the job takes, use our real hourly wage calculator.