Salary to hourly calculator
Convert an annual salary to an hourly rate using the hours worked each week and 52 weeks.
Convert an annual salary to an hourly rate using the hours worked each week and 52 weeks.
Hourly rate = annual salary ÷ (hours per week × 52). The 52 is the number of weeks used for a planning year. It does not remove holiday weeks.
The rate is the salary spread across every contracted hour in that 52-week year. A person on £45,000 for 37.5 hours a week is not paid £45,000 ÷ 37.5. The week is multiplied by 52 first, which is 1,950 hours. Holiday you still get paid for is already inside the salary, so do not subtract it again unless the salary itself excludes paid leave.
£45,000 a year. 37.5 hours × 52 = 1,950 hours. 45,000 ÷ 1,950.
£23.08 an hour
The same £45,000 over 40 × 52 = 2,080 hours. 45,000 ÷ 2,080.
£21.63 an hour
A planning year is 52 weeks. Some contracts use 52.14, or they use the hours on the contract. Use the number in the contract if it names one. Changing 37.5 to 40 moves the rate more than the difference between 52 and 52.14.
Only if the annual figure is unpaid-time pay. A salary that continues during holiday already includes those hours. Dividing by hours actually worked, after removing holiday, produces a higher rate than the contract.
No. This is the straight hourly rate from the salary. Overtime is extra hours times this rate times whatever multiplier the policy uses.
A planning figure for a conversation. It is not a payslip, a filing, or legal advice.