Salary Calculator
Convert pay between hourly, daily, weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, monthly and annual figures using your real hours per week and weeks worked per year.
Salary Calculator: with the default inputs, annual salary is $52,000.00.
Use 52 if you're paid for vacation; 50 or 48 if you're hourly and unpaid when off.
- Monthly
- $4,333.33
- Semimonthly (24 / yr)
- $2,166.67
- Biweekly (26 / yr)
- $2,000.00
- Weekly
- $1,000.00
- Daily
- $200.00
- Hourly
- $25.00
Assumptions
- Gross pay before any taxes or deductions.
- 12 months and 24 semimonthly periods a year; biweekly periods equal weeks ÷ 2.
| Period | Periods per year | Gross pay |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly | 2,080 | $25.00 |
| Daily | 260 | $200.00 |
| Weekly | 52 | $1,000.00 |
| Biweekly | 26 | $2,000.00 |
| Semimonthly | 24 | $2,166.67 |
| Monthly | 12 | $4,333.33 |
| Annual | 1 | $52,000.00 |
How this is worked out
The formula
Annual = amount × periods per year hourly: hours/week × weeks/year daily: days/week × weeks/year weekly: weeks/year biweekly: weeks/year ÷ 2 semimonthly: 24 monthly: 12 Any period = Annual ÷ that period's count per year
Open How it’s calculated above to see this worked through with your own numbers.
What you enter
- I know my…
- Choose one of 7 options.Hourly rate · Daily pay · Weekly pay · Biweekly pay (every 2 weeks) · Semimonthly pay (twice a month) · Monthly pay · Annual salary
- Amount
- A number.in dollars · 0 or more · defaults to 25
- Hours per week
- A number.from 0 to 168 · defaults to 40
- Weeks worked per year
- Use 52 if you're paid for vacation; 50 or 48 if you're hourly and unpaid when off.from 0 to 52 · defaults to 52
- Days per week(under More options)
- Only used for the daily figure.from 0 to 7 · defaults to 5
What you get back
- Annual salarymain answer
- Monthly
- Semimonthly (24 / yr)
- Biweekly (26 / yr)
- Weekly
- Daily
- Hourly
What this assumes
- Gross pay before any taxes or deductions.
- 12 months and 24 semimonthly periods a year; biweekly periods equal weeks ÷ 2.
About this calculator
Job offers, contracts and budgets all quote pay differently — $28 an hour, $2,150 biweekly, $56,000 a year — and the mental conversion is where mistakes creep in. The standard shortcut (hourly × 2,080) assumes 40 hours for 52 weeks; change either and the answer moves. This calculator converts any figure into all the others using the hours and weeks you actually work.
How to use it
Pick which figure you know, enter it, and set your hours per week and weeks per year. Salaried employees are paid for 52 weeks whether or not they take vacation, so leave 52. Hourly workers who aren't paid for time off should enter the weeks they'll actually be paid — 50 with two weeks unpaid, 48 with four. The table lists every period; the headline is the annual figure because that's what comparisons, mortgages and tax brackets use.
Biweekly vs semimonthly
They sound alike and aren't. Biweekly means every two weeks — 26 paychecks a year, and two months each year with three. Semimonthly means twice a month, typically the 15th and last day — 24 paychecks, each about 8% larger than a biweekly one for the same salary. If your budget is monthly, semimonthly is simpler; if it's biweekly, plan for the two three-paycheck months as bonuses.
From gross to what you actually keep
Everything here is gross. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare, state tax, health premiums and retirement contributions typically take 20–35% off the top. Use the paycheck calculator to see the net figure for a given pay period, and the income-tax calculator for the annual federal bill.
Comparing an hourly job with a salary
Convert both to annual at your hours, not 40 by default — a salaried role that quietly expects 50 hours pays 20% less per hour than its headline suggests. Add the value of benefits (employer health premiums often run $5,000–$10,000 a year; a 401(k) match is worth its face value) and paid time off before deciding. And for self-employed work, remember you'll owe both halves of Social Security and Medicare and fund your own benefits — a freelance hourly rate needs to be roughly 1.3–1.5× an employee's to match.
Frequently asked questions
▸How do I convert an hourly wage to an annual salary?
Multiply the hourly rate by hours per week and weeks per year. At 40 hours and 52 weeks that's 2,080 hours, so $25/hour is $52,000. A handy shortcut: double the hourly rate and add three zeros.
▸How much is $60,000 a year per hour?
About $28.85 at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks ($60,000 ÷ 2,080). At 45 hours a week it's $25.64.
▸What's the difference between biweekly and semimonthly pay?
Biweekly is every two weeks (26 paychecks a year); semimonthly is twice a month (24 paychecks). For the same salary a semimonthly check is about 8% larger, but two months a year a biweekly schedule delivers three checks.
▸Should I use 50 or 52 weeks?
52 if you're salaried or get paid vacation. If you're hourly and unpaid when you take time off, use the number of weeks you'll actually be paid.
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