SalariesPay converter: hourly, weekly, monthly and yearly
Type a pay amount and see what it comes to per hour, day, week, fortnight, month and year. You choose the hours and weeks; nothing is assumed about tax.
How it is worked out
- A year of pay is the hourly rate times the hours a week times the paid weeks a year. With 40 hours and 52 weeks that is 2,080 hours, the figure the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics also uses.
- A month is one twelfth of the year. A day is one fifth of a week.
- If you have unpaid weeks off, lower the "paid weeks a year". If you work part time, lower the hours.
- The currency sign only changes the label. The converter does not change one currency into another.
Before tax, always
The results are gross pay. Take-home pay depends on income tax, social contributions and deductions, which differ by country, state and person, so they are not estimated here.
Three worked cases
- A yearly salary to an hourly rate. $52,000 a year at 40 hours and 52 weeks is $52,000 divided by 2,080 hours: $25 an hour, $1,000 a week.
- A part-time hourly job to a year. $18 an hour for 24 hours a week and 50 paid weeks is 18 times 24 times 50: $21,600 a year, $1,800 a month.
- A monthly wage to a day. 30,000 a month is 360,000 a year; at 52 weeks that is about 6,923 a week and 1,385 a day of a five-day week, whatever the currency.
Comparing your pay with the official figures
The pay figures on this site are yearly and hourly medians for full-time-equivalent work of 2,080 hours. To compare like with like, convert your own pay with the hours you really work, then look up your occupation: its page shows the median and the lines for the lowest-paid and highest-paid tenth, nationally and in each state. Remember that the official figures leave out overtime pay and bonuses that are not tied to production, so include or leave out the same things in your own figure.
Common questions
How many hours are in a working year?
2,080 for a full-time job of 40 hours a week over 52 weeks. Change the hours or the weeks in the converter if your job is different.
Why is a month not four weeks?
A year has 52 weeks and 12 months, so a month is 52 divided by 12, about 4.33 weeks. The converter uses one twelfth of the year.
Does the converter change dollars into rupees?
No. It only changes the period: hour, day, week, month, year. The currency sign is a label.
This is plain arithmetic for convenience, not financial advice. For official pay figures by occupation, see the occupations on this site.