Salary formula
Convert an hourly rate into annual, monthly, and weekly gross pay using paid hours and paid weeks.
Open formula guideHourly pay library
Guides for reading hourly pay and salary offers correctly.
The calculator answers the arithmetic. These guides explain the assumptions, deductions, schedules, and comparisons that change how the result should be used.
Start with the question
What are you trying to understand?
Gross vs net
See why the salary result is not the amount that reaches a bank account and which deductions to check.
Compare gross and netPay frequency
Understand weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, and monthly pay without confusing cash flow with annual income.
Read the pay-frequency guidePart-time work
Compare reduced weekly hours, paid weeks, benefits, and why 2,080 hours is not the right default.
Compare schedulesHow to use these guides
Use the simplest estimate that answers your decision.
- Use gross annual pay to compare the size of two offers.
- Use realistic paid hours and paid weeks instead of assuming every job is full-time year-round.
- Use net-pay and benefits information only after you have compared the gross terms.
- Return to the hourly-to-salary calculator to test a specific rate.