How to Convert Salary to Hourly Pay (and Back)

Converting between an annual salary and an hourly rate is useful for comparing a salaried job to contract work, checking whether a raise keeps pace with longer hours, or just understanding what your time is worth. The math is simple once you fix how many hours you work in a year.

The formula

To convert salary to hourly, divide your annual salary by the number of hours you work per year:

• Hourly rate = annual salary ÷ (hours per week × 52)

A standard full-time schedule is 40 hours a week × 52 weeks = 2,080 hours a year. So the quick version for full-time work is simply salary ÷ 2,080.

Examples

• $40,000 ÷ 2,080 = $19.23/hour
• $50,000 ÷ 2,080 = $24.04/hour
• $60,000 ÷ 2,080 = $28.85/hour
• $75,000 ÷ 2,080 = $36.06/hour
• $100,000 ÷ 2,080 = $48.08/hour

Going the other way: hourly to salary

To convert hourly to salary, reverse it: multiply your hourly rate by the hours you work per year. For full-time, that’s hourly rate × 2,080. So $25 an hour is $52,000 a year, and $30 an hour is $62,400. If you work part-time, swap 2,080 for your actual yearly hours.

Don’t forget tax — and unpaid time

These conversions use gross pay. Your actual take-home per hour is lower once income tax and FICA come out — see gross vs net pay. Two other things to watch: salaried roles often include paid time off (so you’re paid for more than the hours you work), while many hourly and contract roles aren’t — which is part of why contractors charge more. A 1099 contractor also pays both halves of FICA, so the equivalent hourly rate needs to be higher to match a salaried job.

Convert it instantly

Our hourly wage calculator converts any rate into annual, monthly, weekly and daily take-home pay after tax — and you can browse ready-made breakdowns for common rates like $25, $30 and $50 an hour.