Hourly Wage to Salary Converter

Hourly wage to salary conversion for realistic pay estimates

If you are paid hourly, it is not always obvious what your pay would look like as a yearly salary. Job ads often list annual salary ranges, while many part-time and shift-based roles quote a single hourly rate. This hourly wage to salary converter bridges that gap by turning your hourly pay into annual, monthly, weekly, and daily estimates based on your work schedule.

This calculator is designed for normal people who want a quick answer and also for people who want a more accurate estimate without turning it into a payroll project. If you only know your hourly wage, you can still calculate a useful baseline using common defaults. If you know your hours, time off, or overtime patterns, you can add them to improve accuracy.

What you get is not just a single number. You will see an estimated annual salary (gross pay), plus monthly and weekly equivalents for budgeting, comparing offers, or sanity-checking payslips. You will also see an effective hourly rate, which helps when your year includes unpaid time off, or when overtime changes your real earnings over a typical year.

Assumptions and how to use this calculator

• If you leave optional fields blank, the calculator assumes 40 hours per week and 52 weeks per year.
• Paid days off increase paid time without reducing earnings, using an assumed 5 workdays per week.
• Unpaid weeks off reduce the number of paid weeks in the year, which can lower annual earnings.
• Overtime is treated as a weekly pattern and paid at a multiplier (default 1.5) on top of the base hourly wage.
• This is a gross pay estimate and does not include taxes, benefits, retirement contributions, commissions, or irregular bonuses.

Common questions

Does hourly to salary include taxes?

No. This tool estimates gross earnings based on time worked and pay rates. Take-home pay depends on taxes and deductions that vary by country, employer, and benefits. Use this calculator to compare offers or plan budgets, then adjust for your personal deductions separately.

What if I work different hours every week?

Use your best average. If you sometimes work 35 hours and sometimes 45, estimate an average weekly total. You can also use the overtime fields to model a typical pattern, like 40 regular hours plus 5 overtime hours per week.

How do paid days off affect the salary estimate?

Paid days off are days you are paid even though you are not working. For hourly workers, this varies by employer. If you are paid for holidays or paid leave, adding paid days off increases paid time without reducing earnings. If you are not paid for time off, leave paid days off at zero and use unpaid weeks off instead.

How does overtime change the result?

Overtime can materially change annual earnings even if the hourly rate stays the same. This calculator treats overtime as additional weekly hours paid at a multiplier. If your overtime rate is different (for example, double time on weekends), you can change the multiplier to match your typical overtime pay rate.

Why does the monthly number not match my payslip exactly?

Monthly pay can be paid as 12 equal salary payments, or as hourly pay that varies with the calendar. This calculator divides annual earnings by 12 to provide a planning number. Real payslips can vary due to the number of working days in a month, pay period timing, and deductions.