Salary Converter

About Salary Converter

Job offers can be listed per hour, week, month or year, which makes comparison hard. The Salary Converter turns any amount into hourly, weekly, monthly and yearly figures using your hours per week and weeks per year. It helps job seekers compare an hourly role with a salaried one, freelancers set rates and employees plan their budget. The numbers are before tax and do not include benefits.

Example

Input: $25 per hour, 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year. Output: $52,000 per year, about $4,333 per month and $1,000 per week.

Tips for better results

• Adjust weeks per year if you expect unpaid time off or seasonal work.
• Remember that taxes, insurance and retirement contributions will lower your take-home pay.
• When comparing offers, include benefits such as health coverage and paid leave.

When to use Salary Converter

Use this when you are looking at pay figures in different formats and need to compare them fairly. It helps someone weighing an hourly warehouse job against a salaried office role, a freelancer converting a yearly income goal into a rate, or a worker checking what a raise means per paycheck. Run it in your browser with your real schedule, since a 32 hour week gives very different yearly totals than a 40 hour week. Remember that the results are gross figures before deductions.

Real-world uses

• A job seeker with an offer of $24 per hour wants to see the approximate yearly equivalent before comparing it with a posted salary range.
• A freelance designer wants to know what hourly rate matches a yearly income target if she expects to bill only part of each week.
• A part-time employee negotiating a raise converts the new hourly rate into monthly pay to see how it changes his household budget.
• A parent considering a four-day schedule converts the yearly salary into hourly pay to understand the cost of working fewer hours.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Assuming 40 hours and 52 weeks without checking your own schedule. Unpaid holidays, leave and shorter weeks can change the real yearly total noticeably.
• Comparing a gross salary with someone else's take-home figure. Make sure both numbers are before tax or both are after tax before you decide.
• Ignoring unpaid time that comes with salaried roles, such as work done outside normal hours. Hourly equivalents can look better or worse than they really are.

Convert hourly pay to annual salary and back. It works instantly in your browser, so there is nothing to install and nothing to upload. Salary Converter is part of our collection of 100 free tools in the Job & Resume category.

How to use it

1. Enter your information or choose a file in the tool above.
2. Your result appears right below the tool.
3. Copy the result, or adjust your input and try again.

Frequently asked questions

Why does my yearly number differ from my employer's figure?

Employers may use a different number of work hours, paid holidays or pay periods. Change the hours per week and weeks per year in the tool to match their assumptions, then compare.

Can I use it to set freelance rates?

It gives a starting point by turning a yearly target into an hourly figure. Freelancers should also account for unbilled time, taxes, software and other costs before settling on a final rate.

Is Salary Converter free to use?

Yes. Salary Converter is completely free and you do not need to create an account.

Is my data uploaded anywhere?

No. This tool runs in your browser, so what you type or choose stays on your device.

How accurate are the results?

Calculations use standard formulas, but always double-check important figures, especially for money, health or legal decisions.