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Enter any pay rate you already know, hourly, daily, weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, monthly, or a full annual salary, and this calculator converts it to every other pay period. It uses your hours per week and weeks per year to link hourly, daily, and weekly pay together, and divides your annual total into the fixed 26 biweekly, 24 semimonthly, and 12 monthly paychecks real payroll systems use, so you can compare a job offer, a raise, or a new hourly rate against your current pay.
How this number is calculated
Whatever pay period you enter, we first convert it to an annual figure. An hourly rate is multiplied by your hours per week and then by your paid weeks per year; a daily rate is multiplied by your days per week and paid weeks per year; a weekly figure is multiplied by your paid weeks per year; and an annual salary is used as-is. From that annual figure, monthly pay is always annual divided by 12, semimonthly is annual divided by 24, and biweekly is annual divided by 26, the fixed number of paychecks real payroll systems use no matter your schedule. Weekly, daily, and hourly pay are then worked back out of the annual figure using your hours per week, days per week, and paid weeks per year.
Why hours per week and weeks per year matter
Hourly, daily, and weekly pay only convert cleanly to and from an annual salary if you know how many hours you work in a week and how many weeks you're paid for in a year. The traditional shortcut is 40 hours a week times 52 weeks, or 2,080 hours a year, which is what this calculator uses by default, both fields are editable if your schedule is different, for example a 30-hour part-time week or a seasonal job that only pays for part of the year.
What "unpaid weeks off" changes
If you take unpaid vacation, unpaid leave, or work a job with an off-season, enter the number of unpaid weeks in the optional field. This calculator subtracts that from your weeks per year to get your actual paid weeks, which lowers your annual figure whenever you entered an hourly, daily, or weekly rate, and the weekly, daily, and hourly figures follow from that lower annual total. Biweekly, semimonthly, and monthly pay are always your annual pay divided by a fixed 26, 24, or 12, so they move with your annual total as well, but they are never changed directly by your hours-per-week or days-per-week entries the way weekly, daily, and hourly pay are.
A worked example
Leave the calculator on its defaults: a $25.00 hourly rate, 40 hours a week, 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year, and 0 unpaid weeks off. That's $25.00 × 40 × 52 = $52,000.00 a year. From there, monthly is $52,000.00 ÷ 12 = $4,333.33, semimonthly is $52,000.00 ÷ 24 = $2,166.67, biweekly is $52,000.00 ÷ 26 = $2,000.00, weekly is $52,000.00 ÷ 52 = $1,000.00, and daily is $1,000.00 ÷ 5 = $200.00, all gross pay before taxes.
What this calculator does not account for
This is not a payroll or tax-withholding tool: every figure shown is an estimated gross pay amount before federal, state, and local taxes and before any other deductions. It does not calculate paycheck withholding; see FigureNerd's paycheck calculators for that. It does not add an overtime premium for hours worked over 40 in a week, it assumes every hour is paid at the same flat rate; see the Hours / Time Card Calculator if you need a weekly overtime split. It also does not validate your rate against any state or federal minimum wage, and assumes a consistent schedule rather than a variable one that changes week to week.
Methodology and sources
Whatever pay period is entered is first converted to an annual figure: hourly × hours/week × paid weeks/year; daily × days/week × paid weeks/year; weekly × paid weeks/year; biweekly × 26; semimonthly × 24; monthly × 12; or annual used directly. Paid weeks/year equals weeks/year minus any unpaid weeks off entered, floored at zero. From the annual figure, monthly equals annual ÷ 12, semimonthly equals annual ÷ 24, and biweekly equals annual ÷ 26, fixed pay-period divisions independent of the hours/days/weeks fields, matching how real payroll systems divide a salary into a set number of paychecks per year. Weekly equals annual ÷ paid weeks/year; daily equals weekly ÷ days/week; hourly equals weekly ÷ hours/week.
The 40-hours-a-week, 52-weeks-a-year (2,080 hours a year) convention this calculator defaults to is the traditional, plain-language basis for converting an annual salary to an hourly rate. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management's own fact sheet on federal hourly rate divisors confirms this history directly: "Until 1984, an hourly rate of basic pay was computed by dividing the employee's annual rate of basic pay by 2,080 hours (the number of hours in 52 workweeks of 40 hours)." OPM's current federal civil-service divisor is 2,087 hours, not 2,080, a refinement a 1981 GAO study found by averaging actual work hours over the 28-year cycle it takes a calendar to repeat, correcting for the fact that a 365 or 366-day year does not divide evenly into whole 7-day weeks. This calculator uses the plain 2,080-hour convention by default, since that is what most employers and most people mean by "annual salary divided by hours worked," rather than the narrower federal-employee refinement.
Enter your hourly rate, choose Hourly as the pay period, and set your hours per week and weeks per year. This calculator multiplies your hourly rate by your hours per week, then by your paid weeks per year, to get your annual salary, and shows every other pay period alongside it.
Enter your annual salary, choose Annual as the pay period, and set your hours per week and weeks per year. This calculator divides your annual salary by your paid weeks per year to get a weekly figure, then divides that by your hours per week to get an hourly rate.
Biweekly pay is your annual salary divided by 26, the standard number of two-week pay periods most employers use, regardless of how many hours or weeks you work. Semimonthly pay (paid twice a month) divides the annual salary by 24 instead, and monthly pay divides it by 12.
No. Every figure this calculator shows is an estimated gross pay amount, before federal, state, and local taxes and before any other deductions. It also does not add an overtime premium for hours worked over 40 in a week; it assumes every hour is paid at the same flat rate.
Enter the number of unpaid weeks off in the optional field. This calculator subtracts that from your weeks per year to get your actual paid weeks, which lowers your annual figure whenever you entered an hourly, daily, or weekly rate, and the weekly, daily, and hourly figures follow from that lower annual total. Biweekly, semimonthly, and monthly pay are always your annual pay divided by a fixed 26, 24, or 12, so they move with your annual total as well, but they are never changed directly by your hours-per-week or days-per-week entries.
2,080 hours (40 hours a week times 52 weeks) is the plain convention most people mean when they convert a salary to an hourly rate. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management uses a 2,087-hour divisor for federal civil-service pay, a refinement that accounts for the extra day or two a calendar year has beyond exactly 52 seven-day weeks, averaged over a 28-year cycle. This calculator uses the 2,080-hour convention by default because it matches how most employers and most people talk about hourly-to-salary pay; you can see the 2,087-hour distinction explained in the disclosure section above.
Disclaimer. FigureNerd calculators are educational tools designed to support your decision-making. We are not licensed CPAs, attorneys, or financial planners. Results are directional and may help prompt consultation with a qualified professional. Tax, legal, and financial outcomes depend on individual circumstances. This calculator is designed to convert a pay rate between hourly, daily, weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, monthly, and annual pay periods. It is not a payroll system and does not calculate tax withholding, does not add an overtime premium, and carries no guarantee of matching your employer's official pay records. Consult your employer's payroll department or a qualified professional for questions about your actual pay.