Pay at a glance
Enter a pay amount and its period to see equivalent annual, monthly, fortnightly, weekly, daily, and hourly pay. Adjust days and hours per week for daily and hourly figures.
How salary period conversion works
Translate pay across common periods
Job ads quote annual salaries, monthly retainers, weekly wages, or hourly rates. This converter takes one amount and its period, then estimates equivalent annual, monthly, fortnightly, weekly, daily, and hourly figures using your days-per-week and hours-per-week assumptions for the shorter periods.
Results are gross-style arithmetic unless you already entered a net figure. Tax, pension, overtime premiums, and unpaid leave are not modelled.
Assumptions
- Annual ÷ 12 ≈ monthly; annual ÷ 52 ≈ weekly (configurable conventions may differ by payroll).
- Daily and hourly use the week length and hours you set.
- Fortnightly is two weeks.
Worked example
An annual salary of £52,000 is £1,000 per week before tax if you use 52 weeks. At 5 days/week that is £200 per day; at 40 hours/week about £25 per hour. A role advertised at £25/hour for 37.5 hours looks different annually than one that assumes 40.
Common mistakes
- Comparing a contractor’s day rate with employee salary without holidays and benefits.
- Using 12× monthly when your pay actually uses lunar months or four-weekly cycles.
- Forgetting that “pro rata” part-time roles scale hours, not just headline annual FTE.
FAQs
- Does this calculate take-home pay?
- No — only period equivalence. Tax rules vary by country.
- How does inflation affect older salaries?
- Use Inflation to compare buying power across years.
Related: Inflation, Loan, Percentage.
Last updated: July 2026