Salary to Hourly Calculator

Find the hourly rate behind an annual salary, plus weekly, biweekly, semimonthly and monthly pay. Add your paid time off to see what you earn for each hour you actually work.

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Enter your figures and select Calculate. Your result appears here.

How to use this calculator

Enter your annual salary before taxes.
Enter your normal hours per week.
Enter how many weeks a year you're paid. For most salaried jobs this is 52.
Optionally, enter your paid weeks off to see your rate per hour actually worked.
Select Calculate.

How it works

Hourly rate = annual salary ÷ (hours per week × paid weeks per year)

Rate per hour worked = annual salary ÷ (hours per week × (paid weeks − paid weeks off))

The first figure is your pay for every paid hour, the way an employer or a job ad would usually state it. The second answers a different question: since paid vacation and holidays are paid but not worked, how much do you earn for each hour you're actually on the job?

The calculator shows the rounded rate and the unrounded value, so you can see exactly where any cents come from.

Worked example

James is offered $65,000 a year for 37.5 hours a week. He gets three weeks of vacation and five paid holidays, which is four weeks in total.

Step	Result
Paid hours a year: 37.5 × 52	1,950
Hourly rate: $65,000 ÷ 1,950	$33.33
Hours actually worked: 37.5 × (52 − 4)	1,800
Rate per hour worked: $65,000 ÷ 1,800	$36.11

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert my salary to an hourly rate?

Divide your annual salary by the number of hours you're paid in a year. For 40 hours a week over 52 weeks, divide by 2,080. A $50,000 salary works out to about $24.04 an hour.

Why is my rate per hour worked higher?

Paid vacation and holidays are paid but not worked. Spreading the same salary over fewer working hours gives a higher figure per hour actually worked. It's a useful way to compare job offers with different amounts of paid time off.

If I'm paid a salary, am I exempt from overtime?

Not automatically. Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, exemption generally depends on your job duties and on being paid on a salary basis at or above a minimum level. See the Department of Labor's Fact Sheet #17A for the details. This calculator doesn't decide exemption status.

Is this before or after tax?

Before tax. All figures are gross pay, before federal, state and local taxes and any deductions.

Should I use 52 weeks?

Usually, yes. Most salaried employees are paid every week of the year, including weeks of paid time off. Use fewer only if you have unpaid weeks, such as an unpaid summer break.

Why is my biweekly figure not exactly two weeks of pay?

If you entered fewer than 52 paid weeks, biweekly, semimonthly and monthly amounts spread your annual salary evenly across the year, so they're averages. With 52 paid weeks, biweekly pay is exactly two weeks of pay.

Sources

This calculator is arithmetic only. It doesn't use tax tables or government wage data. The official pages below explain the conventions mentioned on this page.

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). BLS calculates its published annual wages by multiplying hourly wages by a year-round, full-time figure of 2,080 hours (52 weeks × 40 hours).
U.S. Department of Labor: Fact Sheet #17A, exemptions. Explains that exemption from overtime generally depends on job duties and being paid on a salary basis at or above a minimum level.
U.S. Department of Labor: Full-time employment. The FLSA does not define full-time or part-time employment; this is generally up to the employer.

Last reviewed: October 2, 2026. This tool is not an official government calculator, and it is not tax, legal or financial advice. See the resources disclaimer.

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