Pay & tax
Salary to Hourly Calculator
Convert a salary to an hourly rate and back, using your country's standard week, statutory overtime premium and paid leave. 15 countries.
Annual gross salary
$52,000.00
40 hrs a week over 52 weeks
Per month
$4,333.33
12 payments a year
Weekly
$1,000.00
52 weeks
Per hour actually worked
$25.00
same as the headline: no statutory time off here
How the hourly rate was worked out
$25.00 an hour × 40 hours a week × 52 weeks = $52,000.00.
Paid hours and worked hours are both 2,080, so the headline rate and the rate per hour actually worked are the same figure: this country guarantees no paid leave and no paid public holidays.
Where the United States standard week and paid weeks come from
The FLSA sets no maximum week; 40 hours is the threshold above which overtime is owed. That figure is set by law.
There is no federal requirement to provide paid holiday or vacation time.
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires time and a half for every hour beyond 40 in a week, for employees who are not exempt.
United States standard week. An estimate from published rates, confirm current figures with the official source.
| Pay period | Gross pay |
|---|---|
| Hourly | $25.00 |
| Daily | $200.00 |
| Weekly | $1,000.00 |
| Biweekly | $2,000.00 |
| Semi-monthly | $2,166.67 |
| Monthly | $4,333.33 |
| Annual | $52,000.00 |
All figures are gross, before tax and deductions. Only the pay periods this country actually uses are listed. The United States is the only developed country with no statutory paid leave and no statutory paid public holidays, so paid weeks and worked weeks are the same 52 unless your employer says otherwise.
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How this is calculated
Converting between a salary and an hourly rate looks like one division, and it is, right up to the moment you ask which country you are in. The calculator takes either an hourly rate or an annual salary, the hours and days you work each week, and the country, which supplies the standard week, the overtime premium and the statutory leave; it reports the pay for every period the country uses, the paid hours in a year, and the rate per hour actually worked. The year is treated as exactly 52 paid weeks, the convention salary offers are written in, and the monthly figure is the annual salary divided by twelve rather than a week's pay multiplied by four.
Annual payhourly rate × weekly hours × 52 + overtime pay
Hourly rateannual pay ÷ (weekly hours × 52)
Hours actually workedpaid hours − days off × hours per day
Rate per hour workedannual pay ÷ hours actually worked
- weekly hours
- the hours on your contract; the country's standard week is the opening figure
- days off
- statutory paid leave plus public holidays, from the country's rules
- hours per day
- weekly hours ÷ days per week
What this does not include
- Income tax and social contributions: every figure is gross.
- Bonuses, thirteenth-month payments and allowances paid beside salary.
- Unpaid breaks that are not counted as working time.
- Night, weekend and public-holiday premiums set by agreement rather than statute.
How this calculator works
Salary to hourly guide: standard weeks, overtime and paid leave. The 52-week convention behind each conversion, why the standard week and overtime premium are the country's, and how paid leave raises the rate per hour worked.
This calculator in other countries
Each country has its own rates, thresholds and rules, and its own page that runs the calculator on them and cites the official sources they came from.
Data sources
| Dataset | Authority | Effective | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States working time and overtime | US Department of Labor | Within its effective period | |
| United Kingdom working time and holiday entitlement | GOV.UK | Within its effective period | |
| German working time and leave entitlement | Arbeitszeitgesetz (ArbZG) | Within its effective period | |
| Canadian employment standards on hours and vacation | Government of Canada | Within its effective period | |
| Australian National Employment Standards | Fair Work Ombudsman | Within its effective period | |
| Irish working time and holiday entitlement | Citizens Information | Within its effective period | |
| Dutch working time and holiday entitlement | Government.nl | Within its effective period | |
| New Zealand holidays and working hours | Employment New Zealand | Within its effective period | |
| Swedish working time and holiday entitlement | Arbetsmiljoverket | Within its effective period | |
| Indian working time and overtime | Ministry of Labour and Employment | Within its effective period | |
| Sri Lankan working time and overtime | Department of Labour | Within its effective period | |
| Finnish working time and annual holidays | Occupational Safety and Health Administration | Within its effective period | |
| Japanese working time and overtime | Ministry of Health | Within its effective period | |
| French working time and overtime | Service-public.fr | Within its effective period | |
| Spanish working time and leave entitlement | Estatuto de los Trabajadores | Within its effective period |
Every document each dataset was read from, its notes and how the figures were checked are listed in the guide's data sources.
Figures are estimates derived from published rates and rules, current at the review date shown at the top of this page and taken from the sources listed under Data sources on this page. Rates, fees and thresholds change; always confirm current values with the official source before relying on a result.