How to Use the Salary Calculator
- Select your account currency from the picker in the site header — this calculator works with any currency in the world.
- Enter your salary amount and choose which pay period it represents (hourly, daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or annual).
- Enter your actual hours per day, days per week, and working weeks per year — adjust the weeks figure downward if you take unpaid time off.
- See every other pay period calculated instantly, along with raise scenarios and a breakdown of your work schedule.
How Salary Conversion Works
Converting between pay periods comes down to one universal principle: any salary figure is really just a rate multiplied by a unit of time. An hourly wage becomes a daily wage when multiplied by hours per day. A daily wage becomes a weekly wage when multiplied by days per week. A weekly wage becomes an annual wage when multiplied by weeks per year. This calculator runs that chain in both directions — starting from whichever figure you actually know, and deriving every other period from it.
This is deliberately not a tax calculator in the traditional sense. Income tax brackets, social insurance contributions, and mandatory deductions vary enormously between countries — and even between regions within the same country — so any generic “take-home pay” figure claiming to work globally would necessarily be inaccurate for most people if it tried to guess your bracket automatically. Instead, the optional Tax Rate and Other Deductions fields let you enter numbers you already know — from a payslip, an estimate, or a separate tax calculator — so the resulting Take-Home Pay reflects your actual situation rather than a guessed jurisdiction.
The Working Weeks Per Year field is the most commonly overlooked input. A full year has 52 weeks (and a bit), but very few people are actually paid for all of them — unpaid leave, unpaid holidays, or seasonal work all reduce this number. Lowering it gives you a more accurate annual figure than simply assuming 52 weeks of pay.
Salary Calculator FAQ
How do I convert an hourly wage to an annual salary?
To convert an hourly wage to an annual salary, multiply your hourly rate by the number of hours you work per day, then by the number of days you work per week, then by the number of weeks you work per year.
Does this work for any country or currency?
The Salary Calculator works for any country or currency because the math is based purely on your pay amount and your work schedule, with no country-specific tax rules built in.
Why is my monthly pay not exactly my annual pay divided by 12?
Monthly pay in the calculator is exactly your annual pay divided by 12. Weekly or biweekly pay can look inconsistent since a year has slightly more than 52 weeks, so use the Working Weeks Per Year field to match your actual schedule.
How do I account for unpaid vacation or time off?
Account for unpaid vacation by lowering the Working Weeks Per Year field below 52 to reflect only the weeks you are actually paid for. This adjusts every converted figure to reflect your real annual pay rather than a theoretical full-year number.
Is this calculator showing gross or net pay?
The calculator shows both gross and net pay. Hourly-through-annual figures are gross pay, while the estimated Take-Home Pay is calculated using the tax rate and other deductions you enter.
How is Take-Home Pay calculated?
Take-Home Pay is your annual gross salary minus your entered tax rate applied to that gross amount, minus your entered Other Deductions (annualized the same way your salary is).
Last updated: July 2026