Hourly Wage to Salary Calculator
Convert an hourly rate into weekly, monthly and annual gross earnings — including overtime and unpaid weeks.
Figures are gross pay before tax and other deductions. Use them to compare job offers or as the starting point for our take-home pay calculator.
Your gross earnings
Earnings breakdown
A typical working week, and averages across the whole year. All figures are gross.
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How hourly pay is converted to a salary
Annual pay is your hourly rate × hours per week × the number of weeks you’re paid for, plus any overtime: overtime hours × hourly rate × overtime multiplier × the weeks you actually work overtime. The monthly figure is the annual total divided by 12 — an average, since months contain different numbers of working days — and the weekly average spreads the year’s pay evenly across 52 weeks.
Holiday and unpaid weeks
Almost all UK workers are entitled to 5.6 weeks’ paid holiday a year (28 days for someone working five days a week). If your holiday is paid, leave paid weeks at 52: you’re paid for those weeks even though you don’t work them. Reduce it only for weeks you genuinely aren’t paid — unpaid leave, term-time-only contracts or seasonal gaps. Overtime is set to 46.4 weeks by default because you don’t usually work overtime while on holiday.
Irregular hours and shift work
If your hours change from week to week, enter your average weekly hours over a typical period, such as the last 12 weeks. The result is then an estimate of what a year at that average would pay, not a promise of what you’ll earn — zero-hours and variable-shift pay can be considerably higher or lower.
Gross pay is not take-home pay
Everything on this page is before Income Tax, National Insurance, pension contributions and student loan repayments. To see what you’d actually receive, use the link above to carry this annual figure into the UK Take-Home Pay Calculator.
Minimum wage check
From 1 April 2026 the National Living Wage for workers aged 21 and over is £12.71 an hour, with lower rates for younger workers and apprentices. If the rate you enter is below £12.71, the calculator flags it so you can check the rate that applies to you on GOV.UK. Salary sacrifice arrangements can’t reduce your cash pay below the minimum wage.
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GOV.UK — National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates
Rates from 1 April 2026, including £12.71 an hour for workers aged 21 and over.
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GOV.UK — Holiday entitlement
The statutory 5.6 weeks of paid holiday a year, and how it works for irregular-hours workers.
Frequently asked questions
How many working hours are there in a year?
At 37.5 hours a week for 52 paid weeks, 1,950 hours; at 40 hours, 2,080. Those totals include paid holiday. If you only count the hours you actually work, subtract your holiday — 5.6 weeks at 37.5 hours is 210 hours.
Should I use 52 weeks or fewer?
Use 52 if your holiday and bank holidays are paid, which is the case for most employees. Use fewer only for weeks you are not paid at all, such as unpaid leave or the school holidays on a term-time contract.
Is this my take-home pay?
No. These are gross figures before Income Tax, National Insurance, pension contributions and student loan. Use the take-home pay link on this page to estimate what you would receive.
How do I convert an annual salary to an hourly rate?
Divide the salary by your annual paid hours — usually weekly hours × 52. For example, £30,000 ÷ (37.5 × 52) is about £15.38 an hour.
How is overtime calculated?
Overtime pay is overtime hours × your hourly rate × the multiplier, such as 1.5 for time-and-a-half or 2 for double time. Employers don’t have to pay a higher overtime rate, so check your contract — if overtime is paid at your normal rate, set the multiplier to 1.