Hourly to Salary

The Hourly to Salary calculator converts an hourly wage into the equivalent annual, monthly, and weekly salary so you can compare job offers, freelance rates, and full-time positions on equal footing. At its core it multiplies your hourly rate by the number of hours you work per week and then by the number of paid weeks per year, giving a gross figure before taxes and deductions. Because the conversion depends entirely on the hours you actually bill, the tool lets you set both the hours-per-week and weeks-per-year inputs rather than assuming a fixed schedule.

The standard full-time assumption is 40 hours a week across 52 weeks, which produces the familiar shortcut of multiplying your hourly rate by 2,080 to get an annual salary. If you take unpaid vacation, work part-time, or want to model overtime, simply lower the weeks-per-year value or adjust the weekly hours and the annual total recalculates instantly. Remember that the result is gross pay; to estimate what actually lands in your bank account, pair it with a Paycheck Calculator that accounts for federal, state, and payroll taxes.

Common use cases include contractors deciding whether a salaried offer beats their freelance rate, hourly employees negotiating a raise, and gig workers projecting yearly earnings. A useful tip is to back out non-billable time: a consultant charging 75 dollars an hour rarely bills a full 40-hour week, so reducing the hours input to your realistic billable count gives a far more honest annual figure. When comparing a contract rate to a salary, also factor in benefits, paid time off, and self-employment taxes that a W-2 salary typically covers.

To reverse the calculation, use the Salary to Hourly tool, and to understand how raises hold up against rising prices over the years, run the result through an Inflation Calculator. For long-term planning, feed your gross salary into a Retirement Calculator to see how a given wage translates into savings capacity over a career.