💰 Salary & Paycheck Calculator
Convert an annual salary or hourly wage into monthly, biweekly, weekly, daily and hourly gross pay.
About Salary & Paycheck Calculator
This tool converts pay between annual, monthly, weekly, daily, and hourly figures — useful when comparing a job offer quoted as an annual salary against one quoted hourly, or figuring out what a raise actually adds to your weekly paycheck. Enter either an annual salary or an hourly wage (plus your weekly hours if hourly), and it fills in the rest of the table using consistent, standard conversions.
The conversions assume a 52-week year: monthly is annual ÷ 12, weekly is annual ÷ 52, biweekly is annual ÷ 26 (every two weeks, not twice a month), and daily assumes a 5-day work week (annual ÷ 260 days). Hourly figures are based on the weekly hours you specify, defaulting to 40. These are standard payroll approximations, not a substitute for what your actual pay stubs show, since real pay years contain 52 weeks plus one or two extra days.
All figures are gross pay — before federal, state, and local taxes, Social Security and Medicare withholding, health insurance, or retirement contributions are subtracted. Your actual take-home pay will be lower and depends on your tax filing status, state of residence, and elected deductions, none of which this tool has access to.
Frequently asked questions
Is this take-home (net) pay?
No — these are gross figures before taxes, insurance, retirement contributions or other deductions. Actual take-home pay depends on your tax bracket, state, and withholdings.
How is hourly pay calculated from a salary?
Annual salary is divided by 52 weeks and then by your weekly hours (40 by default) to get an hourly-equivalent rate.
What's the difference between biweekly and semimonthly pay?
Biweekly means every two weeks — 26 pay periods a year, which this calculator uses. Semimonthly means twice a month (typically the 1st and 15th) — only 24 pay periods a year. The two are easy to confuse but produce different per-paycheck amounts for the same annual salary.
Does this account for overtime pay?
No. The hourly-to-annual conversion assumes every hour is paid at the same straight-time rate. If you regularly work overtime paid at 1.5x or 2x, your actual annual earnings will be higher than this estimate.
How many working days per year does the daily figure assume?
It assumes a standard 5-day work week across 52 weeks, or 260 days a year. It doesn't subtract holidays, vacation, or sick days, so your actual number of paid working days is typically lower.