Salary Calculator — Complete Guide
A salary can be quoted in many ways — an annual figure in a job offer, a monthly amount on a payslip, or an hourly rate for shift work. Comparing offers or budgeting becomes much easier when everything is expressed in the same units. This salary calculator converts any pay figure across year, month, biweekly, week, day, and hour, and can also estimate your take-home (net) pay once you supply your effective tax rate.
Enter the amount, choose whether it is paid per year, month, week, or hour, and set how many hours you work per week and how many weeks you work per year. The default of 40 hours over 52 weeks (2,080 hours a year) reflects a common full-time schedule, but you can adjust both to match part-time, contract, or seasonal work.
Gross pay vs net pay
Gross pay is your salary before anything is taken out. Net pay — your take-home — is what lands in your account after income tax, social-security or national-insurance contributions, pension or retirement deductions, and any other withholdings. Because these rules vary enormously between countries, this tool does not assume any single tax system. Instead, you enter your own effective rate, which keeps the result accurate wherever you live.
How to find your effective tax rate
The simplest method is to read it off a recent payslip: add up every deduction (income tax plus all contributions), divide by your gross pay for the same period, and multiply by 100. For example, if $1,320 is deducted from a $6,000 monthly gross, your effective rate is 22%. Enter that figure and the calculator applies it to every pay period at once. If you do not know your rate, leave it at 0 to see gross amounts only.
Common pay-period conversions
- Annual to monthly: divide the yearly salary by 12.
- Annual to hourly: divide by (hours per week × weeks per year), e.g. 2,080 for full time.
- Hourly to annual: multiply by hours per week, then by weeks per year.
- Biweekly: most years contain 26 biweekly pay periods, so divide the annual figure by 26.
Frequently asked questions
Q. How do I convert an hourly wage to an annual salary?
A. Multiply your hourly rate by the hours you work per week, then by the weeks you work per year. For a standard 40 hours over 52 weeks, multiply the hourly wage by 2,080. The calculator does this automatically from the hours and weeks you enter.
Q. What is the difference between gross and net pay?
A. Gross is your pay before deductions; net (take-home) is what remains after tax and contributions. Since tax rules differ by country, you enter your own effective tax-and-deduction rate to estimate net pay.
Q. What effective tax rate should I enter?
A. Use total deductions divided by gross pay from a payslip, times 100. If you are unsure, leave it at 0 to view gross figures only.
Q. Does this calculator send my data anywhere?
A. No. Everything is calculated in your browser, so your salary details never leave your device.