Salary Converter

How the conversion works

Every figure is derived from a yearly total using two simple assumptions: 52 weeks and 12 months in a year. Whichever box you type in becomes the anchor, gets turned into an annual salary, and the other four are calculated back out:

• Annual = weekly x 52 = monthly x 12
• Weekly = hourly x hours per week
• Daily = weekly / days per week
• Hourly = annual / (hours per week x 52)

Because the hourly and daily rates depend on how much you actually work, the two boxes at the top let you set your real hours and days per week. Drop hours to 30 and the hourly rate for the same salary rises, because you are earning it in less time.

A worked example

Say you are offered 20 per hour for a 40-hour, 5-day week. That is 800 a week, 160 a day, about 3,466.67 a month and 41,600 a year. Type any one of those into the matching box and you will see the other four appear. Comparing a contract day rate to a permanent salary? Enter the day rate and read the annual figure straight off.

Gross, not take-home

These are gross amounts, before income tax, national insurance or pension contributions. Take-home pay depends entirely on where you live and your personal allowances, so treat the annual figure as the headline salary rather than what lands in your account. To see how a raise stacks up in percentage terms, use the percentage calculator; to model a bonus reduced by tax, the VAT calculator and discount calculator use the same kind of maths.

Salary at a glance

For a standard 40-hour, 5-day week, here is how a few round hourly rates translate across the other periods, so you can gut-check a job advert quickly:

Frequently asked questions