Annual to Hourly Wage Calculator
Converting an annual salary into an hourly wage makes it easy to compare a salaried job with hourly work, value overtime, or check whether a contract rate is competitive. This calculator does it with the standard full-time assumption: a typical year of 40 hours a week for 52 weeks equals 2,080 working hours, so the hourly wage equals the annual salary divided by 2,080. Enter your annual salary and, if your schedule differs, the actual hours worked per year, and the tool returns your equivalent hourly rate. Seeing the hourly figure helps you judge offers on a like-for-like basis and understand what each hour of work is worth before taxes. The hours-per-year input is kept editable because real schedules vary, part-time roles, paid leave, and compressed weeks all change the divisor, so you can match your situation exactly rather than relying on the 2,080 default. This is a gross hourly rate; deductions and taxes are handled separately, and the IRS governs the withholding on the resulting wages. Every figure here is computed deterministically from the formula shown in full below, with a worked example that reconciles exactly to the calculator so you can follow each step.
A full-time year is 2,080 hours, so hourly wage = annual salary / hours per year. A $60,000 salary over 2,080 hours is $28.85 an hour.
Annual to Hourly Wage formula
Hourly wage = Annual salary / hours per year
Annual salary = your full-year pay
hours per year = work hours in a year (full-time standard is 2,080)
2,080 = 40 hours x 52 weeks
The 2,080-hour year assumes 40 hours a week for 52 weeks; adjust the hours input for part-time schedules or unpaid leave to get an accurate hourly rate.
Worked example
Find the hourly wage for a 60,000 annual salary at the standard 2,080 hours a year.
- Divide salary by hours: 60,000 / 2,080 = 28.8462
- Hourly wage = 28.85 (rounded to cents)
- Weekly pay check: 60,000 / 52 = 1,153.85
These are the calculator's default inputs, so the result above matches the widget exactly.
Annual to Hourly Wage Calculator: frequently asked questions
Why 2,080 hours a year?
It is the standard full-time figure: 40 hours a week multiplied by 52 weeks equals 2,080 hours. Dividing an annual salary by 2,080 gives a clean estimate of the equivalent hourly rate.
Should I subtract paid time off?
If you want the rate based on hours actually worked, subtract paid holidays and vacation from 2,080 and enter the smaller number. If you want the rate that spreads salary across all paid hours, keep 2,080.
How do I convert hourly back to annual?
Multiply the hourly rate by the hours per year. At 28.85 an hour over 2,080 hours, the annual figure is about 60,000, confirming the conversion.
Does this include overtime?
No. It converts a base salary to a base hourly rate. Overtime is paid at a premium on top of this rate, which you can compute with an overtime calculator.
What is the annual-to-hourly formula?
Hourly wage equals the annual salary divided by hours per year. A 60,000 salary over 2,080 hours is about 28.85 an hour.
Official sources
- US federal payroll, withholding and reimbursement guidance: US Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As at 25 June 2026.
Reviewed by the CalculatorHub team, edited by James Graham, 25 June 2026. See our methodology. This is general information, not financial, tax, legal or investment advice.