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Salary to Hourly Calculator

Enter your annual salary and hours per week to see the equivalent hourly rate and other pay periods.

The conversion

Hourly rate = annual salary ÷ (hours per week × weeks per year). Enter your realistic average hours, not just 40 — a salaried role that regularly runs 50 hours is worth 20% less per hour than the headline number suggests.

Common salary → hourly (2,080 hours)

Annual salaryPer hourPer week
$40,000$19.23$769
$60,000$28.85$1,154
$80,000$38.46$1,538
$100,000$48.08$1,923
$150,000$72.12$2,885

Comparing an offer to contract work

If you're weighing a salaried offer against 1099 / freelance work, the raw hourly figure understates what a contractor needs to charge. Contractors pay the full ~15.3% self-employment tax, buy their own health insurance and retirement, get no paid leave, and lose billable time to admin and gaps between gigs — so a contract rate 25–50% above the salaried-equivalent hourly rate is a common starting point.

This is a gross figure. For take-home after tax, use the paycheck calculator.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you convert a salary to an hourly rate?
Divide the annual salary by the total hours worked in a year (hours per week × weeks per year). A $52,000 salary at 40 hours over 52 weeks is $25/hour.
Why does my calculated rate seem low?
Salaried roles often involve more than 40 hours a week. Enter your real average hours to see the true effective hourly rate.
Is this before or after tax?
Before tax. It is a gross conversion. Use the paycheck calculator for take-home.
How many working hours are in a year?
At 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, 2,080 hours. Subtracting two weeks of unpaid leave gives 2,000. A quick trick: a salary in thousands, halved, is roughly the hourly rate — $60,000 ÷ 2 ≈ $30/hour (the exact figure is $28.85 at 2,080 hours).
What hourly rate should a contractor charge to match a salary?
More than the simple division suggests. A contractor covers their own payroll taxes (an extra ~7.65%), health insurance, retirement, paid time off, unbillable admin time, and gaps between contracts. A common rule of thumb is to take the equivalent salaried hourly rate and add 25–50%.
Does this include overtime?
No. It divides your salary by your regular hours. Salaried roles are often exempt from overtime pay in the US; if yours pays overtime at 1.5×, calculate those hours separately.
Why compare salary to hourly at all?
To evaluate a job offer against contract or gig work, to see the true value of your time when a salaried role creeps past 40 hours a week, or to price freelance work using a salary you'd want as a baseline.

Last reviewed: September 2026. Figures and formulas are checked against their published sources; see the site's data notes.