Salary to Hourly
Convert annual salary to hourly, daily, weekly and monthly pay, or work backwards from an hourly rate. Adjust hours per week and weeks per year to match your actual schedule.
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Total: 2,080 hours/year · All figures are before tax.
Pay breakdown
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Common salary benchmarks (USD, 40h/week)
| Role / Level | Annual | Monthly | Hourly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum wage (US) | $15,080 | $1,256.67 | $7.25 |
| Median US salary | $59,540 | $4,961.67 | $28.63 |
| Entry-level tech | $85,000 | $7,083.33 | $40.87 |
| Mid-level engineer | $130,000 | $10,833.33 | $62.50 |
| Senior engineer | $180,000 | $15,000.00 | $86.54 |
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics / industry averages. Before tax.
How to convert a salary to an hourly rate
Enter your pay, adjust the hours and weeks you really work, and see every pay period at once.
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Choose the direction
Annual Salary to Hourly if you know your yearly pay, or Hourly Rate to Annual if you're weighing a contract or part-time rate.
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Enter the amount and pick a currency
Eight currencies are available, including USD, EUR, GBP and INR. The currency only changes the symbol; the maths is the same.
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Set your real hours and weeks
The defaults are 40 hours a week and 52 weeks a year, which is 2,080 paid hours. Change them if you're part-time, work long hours or take unpaid leave.
How each figure is worked out
Every row comes from the annual figure and your hours. Here's the full set for a $90,000 salary at the default 40 hours and 52 weeks:
| Pay period | Formula | For $90,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly | Annual ÷ (hours a week × weeks a year) | $90,000 ÷ 2,080 = $43.27 |
| Daily | Hourly × (hours a week ÷ 5) | $43.27 × 8 = $346.15 |
| Weekly | Hourly × hours a week | $43.27 × 40 = $1,730.77 |
| Bi-weekly | Weekly × 2 (26 paydays a year) | $3,461.54 |
| Semi-monthly | Annual ÷ 24 (two fixed paydays a month) | $3,750.00 |
| Monthly | Annual ÷ 12 | $7,500.00 |
| Quarterly | Annual ÷ 4 | $22,500.00 |
Notice that bi-weekly and semi-monthly aren't the same. Bi-weekly pay comes every two weeks, 26 times a year, so twice a year you get a third payday in a month. Semi-monthly is fixed at 24 payments, usually on the 1st and 15th. The daily rate assumes a five-day week.
Paid leave and the hours you actually work
52 weeks counts every week as worked, which is right for comparing salaries but flatters your real hourly earnings. If you take four weeks of leave, you're paid for 52 weeks but work 48. Set weeks to 48 and the same $90,000 becomes $46.88 an hour of actual work. Regular overtime goes the other way: a salaried 50-hour week brings $90,000 down to $34.62 an hour.
For Indian salaries, start from the in-hand or gross figure rather than CTC, which includes employer contributions such as PF and gratuity that you don't receive as pay. An ₹18 lakh gross salary is ₹1,50,000 a month and works out to about ₹865 an hour on a 40-hour, 52-week basis.
When people convert pay
Comparing a salary with a contract rate
A $50 hourly contract is $104,000 a year at 2,080 hours, but contractors usually cover their own leave, insurance and gaps between projects, so compare carefully.
Putting a raise in hourly terms
Going from $75,000 to $80,000 is about $2.40 more for every hour worked. Concrete numbers help in a salary conversation.
Pricing part-time work
Set 20 or 30 hours a week to see what a reduced schedule pays over a year, at the same hourly rate.
What the numbers don't include
- Tax and deductions. Everything is gross pay before income tax, social security or provident fund contributions.
- Benefits. Health insurance, pension contributions and bonuses aren't counted, though they can be a large part of total pay.
- Unpaid time. For freelancers, time spent finding clients and doing admin isn't billable, so the rate you charge needs to be higher than the employee equivalent.
- The benchmarks shown in the tool are rough reference points, not official statistics, so check current figures for your country and field.