Annual Salary Calculator
Job ads love to quote monthly or hourly pay. This tool shows what that means for a whole year.
Pick your pay plan, type the sum and get your yearly salary right away.
How to use this tool
- 1Hourly pay gets times by hours and 52 weeks.
- 2Weekly pay gets times by 52. Monthly pay gets times by 12.
- 3The result is your full year gross salary.
The math behind it
Annual salary = pay per period x periods per year
Getting 2,500 every two weeks means 26 periods.
2,500 times 26 lands on a 65,000 yearly salary.
Who this tool is for
I watch which tools folk open most, and this one gets used by the same kinds of people again and again. If any of these sound like you, you are in the right place.
- Folk juggling offers quoted in different units
- Part timers checking their full year sum
- Seasonal workers planing the lean months
My cousin got offered 22 an hour and nearly turned down a 45,000 salaried job the same week. He thought the hourly one was bigger. It was not even close. One run of this tool ended a week of family group chat arguing in about four seconds.
Tips from me
- Grab the period pay from a payslip, not from memory. Memory rounds up.
- Check the frequency box twice. Mixing weekly and biweekly shifts the year by half.
- Use the result for loans and rent forms. They always ask for the yearly sum first.
Mistakes I see with this sum
These are the three slips I made my self or watch folk make most. Skip them and your number will be closer to the truth on the first try.
- 1Comparing hourly pay with salary with out the hours box. Units matter more than size.
- 2Using 52 weeks when the work is seasonal. Be honest about the real weeks.
- 3Forgetting overtime in the hourly job. It can swing the whole compare.
Two words worth knowing
Annualized
Scaled up to a full year, even if you work less.
Headline rate
The number in the ad. Often not the full story.
That is the whole page. The tool does the math, and the words above give it a shape. If a number still looks odd, change an input and watch what moves. Playing with the boxes taught me more than any guide did.
Common questions
+Does this count bonus pay?
No. Add your normal pay here. If you get a bonus, run my bonus tool to add it on top.
+Is this gross or net?
Gross. That means before tax comes out.
+Does it work for hourly jobs?
Yes. First turn your hourly pay in to a weekly sum, then use the weekly box with 52 periods.
+What about unpaid leave?
Drop the periods you will not work. Six weeks off with no pay means 46 periods.
+Is overtime in the annual sum?
Only if it is steady enough to count. Steady overtime can go in. Rare overtime is a gift, not a plan.