Job offers and pay rates come in every shape — hourly, weekly, monthly, annual — which makes them hard to compare at a glance. Converting them all to the same basis takes the guesswork out, whether you are weighing two offers or budgeting from an hourly job.
TL;DR — Enter your pay and how it’s quoted in the salary calculator, set your hours and weeks, and see every equivalent at once.
The basic conversion
To turn an hourly wage into a yearly salary, multiply by the hours you work per week and the weeks you work per year. The common shortcut assumes 40 hours and 52 weeks — that is 2,080 hours a year, so a $30/hour job is about $62,400 a year. Going the other way, divide an annual salary by 2,080 to get the rough hourly equivalent.
Account for time off
The 52-week assumption ignores unpaid time off. If you take unpaid weeks or work seasonally, lower the weeks-per-year figure and the annual total drops to match. This matters most for contract and hourly roles, where unpaid gaps can make a high hourly rate add up to less than it first appears.
Gross is not take-home
Every figure here is gross pay — before income tax, Social Security, Medicare and any benefits deductions. Your actual take-home will be noticeably lower. When comparing offers, also weigh benefits, retirement matching and paid time off, which the headline salary hides. Use the salary calculator to line up the gross figures, then estimate your after-tax pay with the income tax calculator.