Salary & hourly converter
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Two directions, one widget: hourly rate to salary, or salary back to the hourly rate it's worth. With your hours per week and weeks per year.
comparing jobs by annual salary is how people end up working two jobs.
work surface
Math, not advice — results are indicative. Read the disclaimer.
most-used utilities
Full-time rate
25/h × 40 × 52 is $52,000. The classic, forever.
Freelance rate
The freelancer's favourite: fewer hours, bigger rate, no meetings.
Minimum wage check
15/h. Enough for rent, if you're not picky about rooms.
Six-figure goal
100k a year is 48.08 an hour. Now the meetings feel cheap.
Part-time
Half the hours, all of the dignity.
Round the clock
80k with 50-hour weeks is 30.77/h. Overtime never looked so average.
pro tips
Hourly × 2,000 ≈ annual. It's the 40h × 50 weeks shortcut your brain will love.
Pick your weeks per year before negotiating. 48 vs 52 is almost a free week of salary.
Compare jobs by hourly, not annual — one of them comes with a free weekend.
what it does
Both directions in one place. Type an hourly rate and watch it become a weekly, monthly and annual salary; type a salary and watch it shrink back into the hourly rate behind it. Everything updates as you type.
The conversion depends on two numbers you control: hours per week and weeks per year. Set them once and the widget remembers the rhythm — 40 hours and 52 weeks is the classic, but the chips let you try 48, 50 or whatever your contract actually says.
We always show all four figures — hourly, weekly, monthly, annual — so you can see exactly where the money lands and how much of your week it took to get there. Perfect for job offers, freelance rates and the awkward moment you compute your own hourly rate for the first time.
Use it when comparing a salaried offer to freelance rates, when deciding whether that part-time role is worth the hours, or when a recruiter says "annual" and you want the hourly truth before you nod. Set your own hours and weeks — nobody else knows your schedule.
quick answers
How do you convert hourly to salary?
Multiply the hourly rate by hours per week and by weeks per year. The widget also breaks it into weekly and monthly, so nothing hides.
What weeks per year should I use?
52 if you're paid year-round, 48–50 if you take unpaid holidays or don't work every week. The chips make it easy to compare both sides.
Does this include taxes?
No — these are gross figures before tax and deductions. Think of it as the headline number; your take-home is the sequel.
Why compare by hourly rate?
Annual salaries hide the hours behind them. A 100k job at 40 hours and a 100k job at 60 hours are very different per hour — the hourly rate keeps the comparison honest.