Salary to Hourly Rate: The One Division Behind Every Comparison

Comparing a salaried role with an hourly-paid role is impossible until both are in the same unit. One division does it.

What is the Salary to Hourly Rate Calculator (UK)?

Divide the annual salary by the total hours worked in a year — hours per week times weeks per year — to get the hourly rate. The tool also shows the weekly rate (salary divided by weeks), the monthly rate (salary divided by 12) and a daily rate. The daily rate assumes a 5-day working week, so it is weekly pay divided by 5; if your contract uses a different pattern, use the hourly rate with your own daily hours instead. Use 52 weeks if you are paid through holidays, or fewer weeks if your contract excludes unpaid weeks. All figures are gross, before tax, National Insurance and pension deductions, so your take-home hourly rate will be lower. The same salary gives a different hourly rate at different hours: £30,000 at 40 hours a week is a lower hourly rate than £30,000 at 35 hours a week.

How to use it

Enter your annual salary.
Enter your contracted hours per week.
Check the weeks worked per year — 52 is the default.
Click Convert Salary to Hourly Rate to see your hourly, daily, weekly and monthly rates.

Worked example

£30,000 per year at 37.5 hours per week over 52 weeks gives £30,000 divided by 1,950 hours, which is £15.38 per hour, £115.38 per day on a 5-day week, £576.92 per week and £2,500 per month.

What is the hourly rate for £30,000 at 37.5 hours over 52 weeks?

Divide £30,000 by 37.5 times 52, which is 1,950 hours, to get £15.38 per hour. The same salary at 40 hours a week would be lower per hour, because the hours underneath it are larger.

Frequently asked questions

Should I use 52 weeks or fewer?

Use 52 weeks if you are paid through holidays. If your contract excludes unpaid weeks, use the number of weeks you are actually paid for.

Is this gross or net pay?

This calculator works with gross salary before tax, National Insurance and pension deductions. Your take-home hourly rate will be lower.

Why does the same salary give different hourly rates?

Because the hourly rate depends on hours worked. A £30,000 salary at 40 hours per week is a lower hourly rate than the same salary at 35 hours per week.

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