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Salary Calculator.
Hourly to salary, salary to hourly, and every pay period in between — before tax, with an honest column for the days you don't get paid.
Estimates for planning only. Your lender, dealer or tax authority sets the real numbers, and rates, fees and rules change. This is not financial, tax or legal advice. Nothing you type here leaves your browser. Terms.
Every pay period
“If every day is paid” assumes 52 working weeks. “Adjusted” removes the unpaid holidays and vacation days.
Guide
How to use the Salary Calculator
This tool turns one pay figure into every other pay figure. Give it the one figure you know (an hourly rate, a biweekly check, a yearly salary) and it fills in the rest. Everything it shows is gross pay, before taxes and deductions.
- Type the pay you know into the Amount field: 25 for $25 an hour, 52000 for a $52,000 salary.
- In the Per field, pick the period that matches that number: Hour, Day, Week, Two weeks, Half month (twice a month), Month, Quarter or Year. Getting this right matters more than anything else on the page.
- Enter your Hours per week. Use your real number, not the official one.
- Enter your Days per week. Five is typical; a compressed schedule might be four.
- Enter your Unpaid holidays per year. Count only days you are not paid for. If your employer pays you for holidays, leave this at zero.
- Enter your Unpaid vacation days per year. Same rule: paid time off does not reduce your income, so it does not go here.
- Read the Every pay period table under the results. The "If every day is paid" column assumes you are paid for every scheduled day of the year. The "Adjusted for unpaid days" column subtracts the days you entered, and it is the one hourly workers without paid time off should read.
How the math works
Every conversion runs through one number: your weekly pay. Hourly pay times hours per week gives the week. The week times 52 gives the year. The year divided by 12 gives the month, by 24 a twice-monthly check, by 26 a biweekly check, and by 4 a quarter.
If you start with a yearly or monthly number, the calculator works backward through the same chain to find the week, then forward again.
The daily rate trips people up. It is not weekly pay divided by seven. It is hourly pay times hours per week, divided by days per week, so a 40-hour, 5-day week means an 8-hour paid day.
The adjusted column starts from a working year of 52 weeks times your days per week, subtracts your unpaid holidays and vacation days, and multiplies what is left by your daily rate. The hourly and daily rates do not change between columns, because an unpaid day off does not change what you earn per hour, only how many paid hours happen in a year.
The formula
Weekly = Hourly × H
Yearly = Weekly × 52
Monthly = Yearly ÷ 12 Twice a month = Yearly ÷ 24 Biweekly = Yearly ÷ 26 Quarterly = Yearly ÷ 4
Daily = Hourly × H ÷ D
Adjusted yearly = Daily × (52 × D − U − V)
Where H is hours worked per week, D is days worked per week, U is unpaid holidays per year, and V is unpaid vacation days per year. If you enter a non-hourly amount, the calculator first solves for Hourly by reversing these steps.
Worked example
Say you make $25 an hour, work 40 hours across 5 days a week, and your employer does not pay you for 10 holidays or 10 vacation days each year.
Start with the week: $25 × 40 hours = $1,000. The year is $1,000 × 52 = $52,000. The daily rate is $25 × 40 ÷ 5 = $200. From the $52,000 year: ÷ 12 = $4,333.33 a month, ÷ 24 = $2,166.67 twice a month, ÷ 26 = $2,000 every two weeks, ÷ 4 = $13,000 a quarter.
Now adjust. A 5-day week gives 52 × 5 = 260 working days. Take away 10 holidays and 10 vacation days and you have 240 paid days. $200 × 240 = $48,000, which is $4,000 less than the unadjusted year: 20 unpaid days times a $200 daily rate.
| Pay period | If every day is paid | Adjusted for unpaid days |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly | $25.00 | $25.00 |
| Daily | $200.00 | $200.00 |
| Weekly | $1,000.00 | $923.08 |
| Every two weeks | $2,000.00 | $1,846.15 |
| Twice a month | $2,166.67 | $2,000.00 |
| Monthly | $4,333.33 | $4,000.00 |
| Quarterly | $13,000.00 | $12,000.00 |
| Yearly | $52,000.00 | $48,000.00 |
You never actually receive a check for $923.08. It is the $48,000 year spread evenly across 52 weeks, the honest way to compare it with a salaried job that pays the same every week.
Biweekly is not the same as twice a month
Biweekly means every other week, which is 26 checks a year. Twice a month, also called semimonthly, means two fixed dates each month, so 24 checks a year.
On a $52,000 salary that is $2,000 per biweekly check versus $2,166.67 per semimonthly check. The semimonthly check is $166.67 bigger, but you get two fewer of them, and the yearly total is identical. If a job posting quotes a per-check amount, know which schedule it is on before you multiply. Biweekly pay also means that in most years two months contain three paydays.
What moves the result most
- Hours per week. Every conversion is built on it. A salaried $52,000 looks like $25 an hour at 40 hours, but it is only $20 an hour if you are really working 50.
- The Per field. Entering a twice-a-month check as Two weeks inflates your yearly figure by 8.33 percent, and the reverse mistake understates it by 7.69 percent.
- Unpaid days. Each one costs a full daily rate. In the example, 20 unpaid days took 7.69 percent off the year.
- Days per week. Working 40 hours in 4 days raises the daily rate to $250 and shrinks the working year to 208 days, so each unpaid day off costs more.
Common mistakes
Treating gross as take-home. Nothing here accounts for income tax, Social Security and Medicare withholding, insurance premiums or retirement contributions. Your deposited paycheck will be noticeably smaller than any figure in the table.
Forgetting overtime. If you regularly work past 40 hours at a higher rate, enter your average weekly earnings in the Amount field with Per set to Week, instead of your base rate.
Ignoring benefits. Two offers at the same hourly rate are not equal if one includes paid time off and employer-paid insurance. Use the adjusted column to compare the cash, then weigh the rest separately.
What this calculator doesn't do
It does not calculate taxes, withholding or net pay, and it knows nothing about overtime premiums, shift differentials, commissions, bonuses or tips. It assumes a steady schedule and a 52-week year, a close but not exact match for a real calendar year.
The results are estimates for comparing offers and planning a budget. Your employer's payroll figures, and the deductions on your actual pay stub, govern what lands in your account.
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert an hourly wage to a yearly salary?
Multiply the hourly rate by the hours you work each week, then multiply by 52. At $25 an hour and 40 hours a week that is $25 × 40 × 52 = $52,000 a year before taxes. If you do not get paid for holidays or vacation, multiply your daily rate by the days you are actually paid instead; 240 paid days at $200 a day is $48,000.
How do I convert a salary to an hourly rate?
Divide the yearly salary by the hours you work in a year. A 40-hour week is 2,080 hours, so $52,000 ÷ 2,080 = $25 an hour. If you really work 50 hours a week, that same salary is $52,000 ÷ 2,600 = $20 an hour.
What is the difference between biweekly and semimonthly pay?
Biweekly means every two weeks, so 26 paychecks a year. Semimonthly means twice a month on fixed dates, so 24 paychecks a year. On a $52,000 salary the biweekly check is $2,000 and the semimonthly check is $2,166.67, but the yearly total is the same.
Are the salary calculator results before or after taxes?
Before. Every figure is gross pay. Federal and state income tax, Social Security and Medicare withholding, insurance premiums and retirement contributions all come out after this, so your take-home pay will be lower.
How many working days are in a year?
On a five-day schedule, 52 weeks × 5 days = 260 working days. Subtract any unpaid holidays and unpaid vacation days to get your paid days. With 10 of each you are left with 240 paid days.
Should I count paid holidays and paid vacation as unpaid days off?
No. Only enter days your employer does not pay you for. Paid time off does not reduce your yearly income, so it belongs at zero in both fields.
Why is the adjusted weekly pay lower when my hourly rate did not change?
The adjusted column spreads your real yearly income across all 52 weeks, including the weeks you took unpaid days. Your hourly and daily rates stay the same; you simply work fewer paid hours in the year, so the average week is worth less. In the example, $48,000 ÷ 52 = $923.08.
Estimates for planning only. Your lender, dealer or tax authority sets the real numbers, and rates, fees and rules change. This is not financial, tax or legal advice. Nothing you type here leaves your browser. See the terms of use.
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