Salary Converter
Turn an annual salary into hourly, weekly, biweekly, and monthly pay — adjusted for your actual hours.
Pay breakdown
How to use the salary converter
- Enter your gross annual salary.
- Set your usual hours per week (40 for full-time).
- Hourly, weekly, biweekly, monthly, and daily equivalents appear instantly.
Salary comparison tips
Converting to hourly pay is the fairest way to compare job offers, especially when hours differ — a $75,000 salary at 40 hours a week is $36.06 an hour, but the same salary at 50 hours is only $28.85. When comparing offers, use gross pay consistently and remember that benefits (health insurance, retirement match, PTO) can be worth 20–30% on top of salary. Freelancers flipping this around should divide their target annual income by billable hours, not 2,080 — nobody bills every hour they work. These are pre-tax figures; your take-home depends on federal, state, and local taxes.
Frequently asked questions
How is hourly pay calculated from salary?
Annual salary divided by 52 weeks, divided by your hours per week. At 40 hours, that is salary / 2,080.
Does this include overtime?
No — it assumes straight time. If you regularly earn overtime, add 1.5x pay for those hours separately.
Are these numbers pre-tax or take-home?
Pre-tax gross pay. Use a paycheck calculator to estimate take-home after taxes.
What about part-time salaries?
Enter your actual weekly hours — the math works for any schedule, including part-time.