Hourly to Salary Converter UK
Our hourly to salary converter helps you work out what an hourly wage equals as an annual salary, monthly pay and weekly pay. You can also use it in reverse as a salary to hourly calculator to estimate your hourly rate from an annual salary figure.
This is useful if you are comparing job offers, reviewing a contract, checking whether an hourly role is roughly equivalent to a salaried position, or estimating what a quoted annual salary works out to per hour.
What this hourly to salary converter shows
Depending on which conversion direction you choose, this calculator can show:
- Annual salary from an hourly rate
- Monthly gross pay based on the annual figure
- Weekly gross pay based on your hours and weeks worked
- Hourly rate from an annual salary
- Total annual hours worked
The calculator is based on gross pay, so it is designed to help you compare equivalent pay levels before deductions such as tax, National Insurance and pension contributions.
How to use the salary converter
Choose whether you want to convert hourly to salary or salary to hourly. Then enter your pay figure and adjust the weekly hours and weeks worked per year if needed. The results update using your chosen working pattern.
By default, the calculator uses 37.5 hours per week and 52 weeks per year, but these values can be changed to match your own arrangement. That makes it useful for full-time, part-time, shift-based and non-standard work patterns.
Why weekly hours and weeks worked matter
The same hourly rate can produce very different annual pay depending on how many hours you work each week and how many weeks you work during the year. Likewise, the same salary can imply a different hourly rate if your working pattern differs from a standard full-time schedule.
For example, someone working fewer hours each week or fewer weeks each year may have a lower annual equivalent even if the hourly rate is the same. That is why this calculator lets you change both assumptions instead of locking you into one default pattern.
Can this be used for part-time work?
Yes. If you work part-time, term-time, compressed hours or another non-standard pattern, you can change both hours per week and weeks worked per year to get a more realistic estimate.
This makes the tool more useful than a basic hourly wage calculator that assumes a fixed full-time schedule.
What this tool does not include
This converter does not estimate take-home pay. It focuses on gross pay only and does not account for Income Tax, National Insurance, pension deductions, overtime premiums, bonuses, unpaid leave, salary sacrifice or other payroll adjustments.
If you want to estimate what you actually receive after deductions, you would need to use a separate take home pay calculator.
Who this calculator is useful for
This tool may be helpful if you are:
- Comparing an hourly role with a salaried role
- Checking whether a quoted salary matches your expected hourly rate
- Estimating annual pay from a part-time or flexible work pattern
- Reviewing a contract before accepting a job
- Comparing different working-hour assumptions
Important note
This calculator is for illustration only. It shows gross pay before deductions and should not be treated as a take-home pay estimate. Actual take-home income will usually be lower once tax and other payroll deductions are applied.
Use the hourly to salary converter
Use the UK Fin Lab hourly to salary converter above to estimate equivalent pay figures quickly and compare different working patterns more easily. It is a simple way to move between hourly and salaried pay so you can make clearer job and budgeting comparisons.