Hourly to Salary Calculator
Convert an hourly wage to an equivalent annual salary, or vice versa.
How to use the Hourly to Salary Calculator
The Hourly to Salary Calculator is free and runs entirely in your browser — no sign-up, and nothing you enter leaves your device. It opens pre-filled with a realistic example, so you can see how it works before replacing any figure with your own; the results update as you type. Press Calculate to refresh the result panel, or Reset to return to the example.
The inputs it asks for:
- Convert — choose one — Hourly → Annual Salary, Annual Salary → Hourly.
- Hourly Rate — a dollar amount.
- Annual Salary — a dollar amount.
- Hours per Week — a number.
- Weeks Worked per Year — a number.
The formula
An annual salary is just an hourly wage multiplied out over a working year (and the reverse divides it back down):
Annual salary = Hourly × Hours per week × Weeks per year
- Hourly
- your hourly wage
- Hours per week
- typically 40 for full-time
- Weeks per year
- 52 if paid time off is included; fewer to model unpaid weeks
This is gross pay, before taxes and deductions. To estimate take-home from a salary, see the paycheck tax calculator.
Worked example
Using the example values — Convert Hourly → Annual Salary, Hourly Rate $25.00, Annual Salary $0.00, Hours per Week 40, Weeks Worked per Year 50 — the Hourly to Salary Calculator returns a Equivalent Annual Salary of $50,000.00. It also reports Monthly ($4,166.67), Weekly ($1,000.00).
Prefer your own numbers? Change any field above and this recomputes instantly.
Key terms
- Gross pay
- Earnings before any taxes or deductions.
- Hourly rate
- Pay per hour worked.
- Annualization
- Scaling a shorter-period figure up to a full-year equivalent.
Frequently asked questions
How many weeks should I use?
Use 52 to assume paid vacation (salary keeps coming while you're off). Use ~50 if you take two unpaid weeks, or fewer for seasonal work.
Is this before or after tax?
Before. It converts gross figures; your actual take-home is lower after income tax, FICA and any benefit deductions.
How do I convert a salary back to hourly?
Switch the mode to "Annual Salary → Hourly": the calculator divides the salary by your yearly hours (hours per week × weeks per year).