Salary to Hourly Calculator

The calculator first normalizes the entered pay to an annual amount by multiplying the input by the selected period multiplier (monthly ×12, biweekly ×26, etc.).

Available annual work hours are computed from hours per week and weeks per year, with unpaid leave converted from days to hours and subtracted. The base hourly rate equals normalized annual pay divided by available annual hours.

If overtime inputs are provided, an effective (blended) hourly rate is computed by treating overtime as paid at the provided multiplier and converting the extra pay into an equivalent number of compensated hours to derive a weighted hourly figure.

Estimation quality follows general best practices for numeric accuracy and traceability. For algorithmic and accuracy guidance we follow established standards for measurement and numerical reporting such as NIST guidance on measurement uncertainty and ISO recommendations for quality management and documentation, and we adopt IEEE-style clarity for numeric expressions. This calculator is not a certified payroll tool and should be validated against employer payroll records and local labor regulations (for example, U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act rules on overtime).

Example 1: $60,000 annual, 40 hours/week, 52 weeks, 0 unpaid days → base hourly ≈ $28.85 (using 2080 method yields $28.85).

Example 2: $48,000 annual, monthly input, 37.5 hours/week, 50 working weeks (2 unpaid weeks) → base hourly = normalized annual ÷ available hours, which accounts for unpaid leave.

Example 3: If overtime is regularly worked at time-and-a-half for 5 hours/week, the effective hourly rate will be higher than the base hourly rate because overtime pay increases total compensation while adding fewer equivalent hours.