Salary to Hourly Calculator

Enter your annual salary, then set how many hours you work per week and how many weeks you work per year. The calculator divides your yearly pay by your total working hours to show your true hourly rate. Most US salaried workers use 40 hours a week and 52 weeks a year (2,080 hours), but you can lower the weeks to account for unpaid time off. Need to convert a monthly or weekly figure instead? Open More options and switch the pay period so the tool knows what the amount represents.

A yearly salary hides your real hourly rate because it bundles every hour you work into one number. To find out how much you make per hour, you divide your annual pay by the total hours you actually work in a year. Someone on $52,000 who works a standard 40-hour week for 52 weeks earns exactly $25.00 an hour. But if that same person routinely works 50 hours a week, their real rate drops to $20.00 an hour — the salary didn't change, but the hours did. That's why comparing a salaried job offer to an hourly one only makes sense once both are on the same per-hour footing. This is also the fastest way to answer questions like *what is a $60,000 salary per hour* or *how much is $70k a year hourly* — set the hours and weeks, and read the rate.

Hourly rate = Annual salary ÷ (Hours per week × Weeks per year)

The denominator is your total working hours for the year. A full-time US schedule is 40 × 52 = 2,080 hours. If you take two unpaid weeks off, use 50 weeks (2,000 hours) instead, which nudges your effective hourly rate up. To go the other way — hourly to salary — multiply your hourly rate by your yearly hours.

$52,000 a year, 40 hrs/week, 52 weeks → 52,000 ÷ 2,080 = $25.00/hour.

$75,000 a year, 45 hrs/week, 52 weeks → 75,000 ÷ 2,340 = $32.05/hour — the extra 5 hours a week quietly cut the rate.

$60,000 a year, 40 hrs/week, 50 weeks (two unpaid weeks off) → 60,000 ÷ 2,000 = $30.00/hour.

- Count the hours you truly work, not the hours on paper. Unpaid overtime lowers your real rate more than most people expect.
- Drop the weeks, not the salary, for unpaid leave. If you take three unpaid weeks, use 49 weeks so the math reflects your actual working year.
- Salary is pre-tax. This tool shows gross hourly pay; your take-home per hour will be lower after taxes and deductions.
- Comparing two jobs? Put both on an hourly basis first — a higher salary with far longer hours can lose to a lower one.
- Freelancers: back out billable hours only, since unbillable admin time isn't paid.