Hourly to Salary Calculator

Hourly to Salary Calculator — Complete Guide

Hourly pay and annual salary describe the same income from different angles, and switching between them is essential when you compare job offers, freelance rates or part-time schedules. This calculator converts an hourly rate into weekly, monthly and annual gross income.

What this calculator does

Enter your hourly rate, the hours you work each week and the number of vacation weeks you take. Choose whether that leave is paid or unpaid, and optionally add an estimated tax rate. The tool then shows the gross annual salary, the monthly and weekly equivalents, your effective hourly rate and the number of working weeks used in the calculation.

The formula

Whether vacation is paid makes a real difference: paid leave keeps all 52 weeks in the annual total, while unpaid leave removes the weeks you are not paid for.

A worked example

Take $25 per hour at 40 hours a week. With paid leave, the annual gross is 25 × 40 × 52 = $52,000, or $4,333 per month and $1,000 per week. If the two weeks are unpaid, only 50 working weeks count: 25 × 40 × 50 = $50,000, which is $4,167 per month; the effective hourly rate stays $25 because every paid hour is still worked at $25. Add a 20% tax estimate and the net annual figure becomes 52,000 × 0.80 = $41,600, or $3,467 per month.

Paid vs unpaid leave and edge cases

• All results are gross unless you enter a tax rate; take-home pay will be lower after deductions.
• Overtime is not modelled — add extra hours to the weekly figure, or estimate overtime pay separately.
• Part-time and seasonal workers should adjust the hours and weeks to match the real schedule.
• A salaried role may include bonuses, paid holidays and benefits that an hourly figure does not capture.
• If unpaid leave reaches 52 weeks, the working weeks fall to zero and no meaningful salary can be produced.

Converting hourly pay to a salary makes offers directly comparable and shows how much a raise per hour is really worth over a full year.