Salary to Hourly Calculator
Convert an annual salary to an hourly, weekly, and monthly figure — at any working week, gross of tax.
Salary → Hourly
A salary of $52,000.00 over 2,080 hours a year (40 h/wk × 52 wk) works out at $25.00 per hour — gross.
Results update as you type. Figures are gross — before tax and deductions.
Formula
Salary to hourly is one division:
hourly = annual / (hours_per_week × weeks_per_year).
The default working week (UK 37.5 h, US 40 h, EU 35 h) is just a sensible starting point —
override it if your contract differs. Switching to the Hourly → Salary tab works the other
way: annual = hourly × hours_per_week × weeks_per_year.
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Frequently asked questions
What's the standard US working week?▾
40 hours is the FLSA full-time benchmark — eight hours a day, five days a week. The Affordable Care Act treats 30+ hours/week as full-time for benefits eligibility. Some salaried roles work substantially more than 40 (especially overtime-exempt 'professional' roles), in which case the gross hourly is lower than 52,000 ÷ 2,080 implies.
Is the hourly rate before tax?▾
Yes — gross. US take-home is reduced by federal income tax (10%–37% bracketed), state income tax (0%–13%), FICA (7.65% — Social Security 6.2% to the wage base, Medicare 1.45%), local income taxes in some cities, plus health insurance premiums and pre-tax retirement contributions. Net hourly is typically 65–80% of the gross figure shown.
Does this account for PTO?▾
Implicitly yes for salaried roles — the headline annual figure pays you whether you're working or on PTO, so 52 weeks is the right divisor. The calculator effectively computes a 'paid hours' rate, not an 'hours actually worked' rate. If you're an hourly-paid employee with separate PTO accrual, set weeks/year to your actual paid working weeks.
Is there an FLSA salary threshold this affects?▾
Indirectly. The FLSA 'highly compensated' and 'executive/administrative/professional' exemptions have salary minimums (the standard threshold rose to $43,888/year on 1 July 2024, $58,656/year on 1 January 2025, then partially blocked by litigation). Hourly is the relevant comparison if a role is reclassified as non-exempt: at 40h × 52w, $58,656 ≈ $28.20/hr.
What if I'm a contractor on a 1099?▾
Then your 'salary' equivalent should add roughly 15.3% for self-employment tax (the employer half of FICA you now pay yourself), plus your own health insurance and retirement. A $52,000 W-2 salary is roughly equivalent to a $62,000+ 1099 gross — the gap depends on your benefits package and tax bracket. This calculator gives you the W-2 hourly; gross it up before quoting contractor rates.