Hourly to Salary Calculator
Turn an hourly rate into what it actually pays over a year, a month and a week. Set your hours per week and the number of paid weeks, which is the input most calculators quietly assume, and the figures change more than you would expect. Amounts are currency-neutral and gross, before tax.
Last updated: June 2026
Enter an hourly rate and your hours per week above.
Yearly = rate × hours per week × paid weeks · monthly = yearly ÷ 12 · weekly = rate × hours per week
What an hourly rate is really worth
Converting an hourly rate into a salary is three multiplications, but the answer depends on an assumption most calculators make silently: how many weeks of the year you actually get paid for. An employee with paid holiday is paid for all 52. A freelancer or contractor is paid only for weeks worked, so four weeks of holiday plus public holidays and the odd sick day quietly removes about five weeks of income. That single input moves the annual figure by roughly ten percent, which is far more than most people adjust for when comparing an hourly offer to a salaried one.
The sum, and the one judgement in it
Yearly pay is the hourly rate times the hours you work each week times the paid weeks in the year. Monthly is that yearly figure divided by twelve, not the weekly figure times four. A month averages 4.33 weeks rather than 4, so multiplying the weekly figure by four understates monthly pay by about 7.7 percent: at 25 an hour for 40 hours that gives 4,000 instead of the correct 4,333.33. Set the paid weeks to 52 when holiday is paid and to somewhere near 47 when it is not; the calculator defaults to 52 if you leave the field alone.
Worked example
Take 25 an hour at 40 hours a week. As a salaried employee with paid holiday, that is 25 times 40 times 52, which is 52,000 a year, about 4,333.33 a month and 1,000 a week. The same 25 an hour as a freelancer paid only for 47 worked weeks comes to 47,000 a year instead, 5,000 less for identical work at an identical rate. Drop the week to 32 hours and the employee figure falls to 41,600, exactly four fifths of the full-time total.
Hourly rate to yearly and monthly pay
| Hourly rate | Weekly (40 h) | Yearly (52 weeks) | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 600.00 | 31,200.00 | 2,600.00 |
| 20 | 800.00 | 41,600.00 | 3,466.67 |
| 25 | 1,000.00 | 52,000.00 | 4,333.33 |
| 30 | 1,200.00 | 62,400.00 | 5,200.00 |
| 40 | 1,600.00 | 83,200.00 | 6,933.33 |
| 50 | 2,000.00 | 104,000.00 | 8,666.67 |
Based on 40 hours a week and 52 paid weeks. All figures are gross and currency-neutral.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I convert an hourly rate to an annual salary?
Multiply the hourly rate by the hours you work each week, then by the number of paid weeks in the year. At 25 an hour for 40 hours a week across 52 weeks that is 25 times 40 times 52, or 52,000 a year, which works out to about 4,333 a month. The only judgement in the sum is the number of weeks: use 52 when holiday is paid, and fewer when it is not.
Should I use 52 weeks or fewer?
Use 52 if you are an employee whose holiday is paid, because you are paid for every week of the year whether you are at your desk or on a beach. Use fewer, commonly 46 to 48, if you are a freelancer or on a contract where unworked weeks are unpaid: four weeks of holiday and a week of public holidays or sickness removes roughly five weeks of income. The difference is large, about ten percent of the annual figure, so it is worth setting deliberately rather than leaving it at 52.
Is the result gross or net pay?
Gross, meaning before income tax, social contributions and any pension deductions. What actually reaches your account is lower, and by how much depends entirely on your country, tax bracket and personal allowances. Use this figure to compare offers, set a rate or sanity-check a contract, then apply your local tax rules separately to estimate take-home pay. Comparing two roles is safest done gross to gross.
What hourly rate does a freelancer need to match a salary?
Considerably more than the employee equivalent. An employee's package quietly includes paid holiday, sick pay, employer pension contributions, equipment and downtime between tasks, and a freelance rate has to cover all of it out of the hours actually billed. A common rule of thumb is to take the employee hourly equivalent and add 50 to 100 percent, which is a bigger uplift than a pure employer-cost overhead figure because it also has to absorb unbillable hours, not just benefits and taxes. Check the result against the annual figure you actually need using fewer paid weeks. Billable hours are also rarely a full 40 a week once admin and finding the next client are counted.
How does part-time work change the figure?
It scales in a straight line with the hours, so the same rate at 32 hours a week yields exactly four fifths of the 40-hour figure: 25 an hour gives 52,000 at 40 hours and 41,600 at 32. Nothing else in the sum changes. Watch for the parts that do not scale, though, because some benefits, allowances and pension thresholds are set per contract rather than per hour, so a part-time package is not always a simple fraction of the full-time one.
Methodology and sources
This tool projects an hourly rate out to weekly, monthly and yearly gross pay, with the paid-weeks assumption exposed as an input rather than hidden in the formula.
- Method: Weekly = hourly rate × hours per week. Yearly = weekly × paid weeks per year. Monthly = yearly ÷ 12. Paid weeks defaults to 52 when the field is left empty.
- Standards and sources: Elementary arithmetic; there is no standards body for this conversion. The 52-week year is the convention for salaried employees with paid leave, while 46 to 48 paid weeks reflects typical freelance and contract terms once holiday, public holidays and sickness are unpaid.
- Assumptions and limits: All figures are gross, before income tax, social contributions and pension. It assumes a constant rate and constant hours, with no overtime premium, bonus, holiday allowance or thirteenth month, several of which are standard in some countries. Monthly is the yearly figure divided by twelve rather than four weekly payments. Amounts are currency-neutral.
Reviewed and maintained by Rick Oosterling, a developer who has priced work both as an employee and on a freelance day rate. Last reviewed: June 2026. This is a planning aid, not tax or employment advice; check your local rules for tax, holiday allowance and statutory entitlements.