Salary to Hourly Calculator
Enter your annual salary and weekly hours to see your true hourly rate — or enter an hourly rate to see the annual equivalent. Daily, weekly and monthly figures included.
How it works
Hourly rate = annual salary ÷ (weekly hours × 52). On a £32,000 salary at 37.5 hours a week, that is 32,000 ÷ 1,950 = £16.41 an hour.
The same arithmetic runs in reverse: hourly rate × weekly hours × 52 gives the annual salary. £18 an hour at 40 hours is £37,440 a year, £3,120 a month, £720 a week.
These are gross (pre-tax) figures based on 52 paid weeks — holiday pay is included in a salary, so you don’t subtract holiday weeks. If you’re comparing a zero-hours hourly offer against a salary, remember the salaried role also includes paid holiday (5.6 weeks statutory), pension contributions and sick pay.
FAQ
How do I work out my hourly rate from my salary?
Divide your annual salary by your weekly contracted hours times 52. At £28,000 and 37.5 hours: 28,000 ÷ (37.5 × 52) = £14.36 an hour. Use contracted hours, not actual hours — if you regularly work unpaid overtime, recalculating with real hours shows your true effective rate, which is often an eye-opener.
What salary does an hourly rate equal?
Multiply the hourly rate by weekly hours, then by 52. £15 an hour at 37.5 hours is £29,250 a year; at 40 hours it is £31,200. For part-time work the same formula applies with your actual hours — 20 hours at £15 gives £15,600, which is the pro-rata equivalent of the full-time salary.
Why does my payslip hourly rate differ from this calculation?
Employers sometimes divide by 52.14 weeks (365 ÷ 7) instead of 52, use a different hours basis (e.g. including paid breaks), or annualise over 12 equal months with a divisor like 260 working days. The differences are small — pennies per hour — but if the gap is large, check whether overtime, shift premiums or unpaid breaks explain it, and compare against the minimum wage calculator.