Convert annual salary into hourly, monthly, and weekly estimates.
Enter your annual salary, your usual hours per week, and how many weeks per year you actually work (52 minus unpaid time off, if any). The calculator divides annual salary by total yearly hours for your hourly rate, and also shows the equivalent weekly and monthly figures.
This is useful when comparing a salaried offer to freelance or hourly contract work, or when estimating what an hour of unpaid overtime is actually costing you. If you get paid time off, use 52 working weeks; if you take unpaid leave or work seasonally, lower the weeks figure so the hourly rate reflects the weeks you're actually paid for.
A bigger annual salary isn't always the better deal once hours are factored in. Run each offer through this calculator separately: a €50,000 salary at 40 hours a week converts to €24.04 an hour, while a €42,000 salary at 32 hours a week converts to €25.24 an hour — the smaller salary actually pays more per hour, because it comes with a full day less work each week. Comparing the hourly figures side by side removes hours worked as a hidden variable that a plain salary comparison misses entirely.
Whatever your annual salary figure is — if you enter a gross salary, the results are gross; enter a net salary for net results.
Increase the "Hours per week" figure to your actual average hours worked, not your contracted hours. The hourly rate will drop to reflect the extra unpaid time.
Estimate your average — for example, 52 weeks minus any unpaid leave, sick days, or seasonal downtime — and use that as your working weeks figure.
Run each salary through this calculator with its own hours per week and compare the hourly figures, not the annual salaries directly. A €50,000 salary at 40 hours a week works out to €24.04 an hour, while a €42,000 salary at 32 hours a week works out to €25.24 an hour — the lower nominal salary is actually the better hourly rate, purely because of the shorter working week.