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Salary calculator: Instantly convert hourly, daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or annual pay. Adjusts for holidays and vacation days for accurate take-home estimates.
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A Simple Salary Calculator That Determines Hourly, Daily, Weekly, and Annual Weights
Finding your actual salary has become increasingly important in today's economy. It can be difficult to determine whether a new job has provided you with a fair wage, but a good salary calculator will allow you to do so. We offer an online, free (to you), simple-to-use salary calculator that takes your rate of pay and translates it automatically into hourly, daily, weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, monthly, quarterly, and annual figures, as well as providing you with an estimate of what you're likely to earn based on your number of vacation days and holiday pay.
The vast majority of people do not receive job offers with all of these forms of compensation specified in the same amount or type. For example, some job offer letters state the rate they will pay the employee per hour, some include the employee's monthly salary based on how many hours per week (full-time) or every two weeks (part-time), and others do not specify any of these. The result is that it can be challenging to compare salaries across the various formats in which they are quoted or to accurately understand the amount you will actually receive each pay period unless you calculate your salary conversion rate properly! Additionally, many people do not realize that the amount of time they take off for holidays will impact their hourly/daily rate as well. Our calculator helps users to accurately compare salaries between formats (apples to apples), while providing users with a solid understanding of how their time off affects their total earnings.
A Simple Salary Calculator That Determines Hourly, Daily, Weekly, and Annual Weights
Our salary calculator is designed to be simple and precise. Below are its features:
Input Base Salary: Enter the amount you receive as a salary and select the frequency (e.g., $50/hour).
Customizable Schedule: Once you enter your base salary, enter the number of hours you would eat in a standard 40-hour week, the number of days you would eat in a standard five-day week, the number of paid holidays you will have every year (default: 10), and the number of vacation days you will have every year (default: 15).
Quick Results: After all of your information has been added, click the Calculate button, and you'll receive multiple salary figures that are compatible with most standard times (the only exception is the hourly figure).
Your Results Are Formatted in Two Columns of Information
Unadjusted Results: This table assumes that every employee will work 260 full-time days (52 weeks × 5 days), regardless of if they take any time off.
Adjusted for Holidays & Vacation: This table subtracts out all non-work days, providing a much more realistic view of what you can expect to earn in the year — especially important if you work on an hourly basis or daily basis.
Being able to adjust your salary based on your schedule is very beneficial. Unlike salaried employees who have fixed salaries regardless of how many vacation or holiday days they take off, hourly employees only earn an hourly wage for every hour they actually work. Therefore, if you take 10 holidays and take 15 vacation days, you lose a total of 25 days of income a year.
Why Adjustments Matter: A Real-World Example
Let's say you're offered $50 per hour, working 40 hours per week (5 days).
Unadjusted annual salary: $50 × 8 hours/day × 260 days = $104,000.
Adjusted (10 holidays + 15 vacation days): $50 × 8 × 235 days = $94,000.
That's a $10,000 difference! Many online calculators ignore this, leading to overestimations. Our tool mirrors professional standards, assuming 260 unadjusted workdays — the common benchmark used by sites like Calculator.net.
If your offer is weekly or higher, the input is treated as already accounting for typical time off, so adjustments have less impact.
Common Pay Frequencies Explained
Common Pay Frequency Types Defined Understanding pay periods can be very helpful when making comparisons between jobs.
Hourly- paid for the exact number of hours worked; typical of jobs in retail, hospitality, and/or service industries. Daily- wage type of payment that is infrequent but does occur with some contract and/or gig type jobs. Weekly- 52 pay periods annually Bi-weekly- 26 pay periods annually and the most common payment type in the U.S. Semi-monthly- 24 pay periods annually. Monthly- 12 pay periods annually, common for many salary type positions. Quarterly or Annually- lump sum payments, typical for executives and/or bonuses.
It is essential to convert between these different payment types so you do not end up having an employer take advantage of the fact that you are confused regarding what a bi-weekly $100K annual salary is in relation to the number of pay periods, which would equal $4,808 or so per pay period as well (before taxes).
Salary and Paid Time Off in the United States
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and other industry research agencies, the majority of American employees work full-time (40 hours per week), while those who also work part-time generally report 34-37 hours of total hours worked each week when they are included in the statistic. The average number of Federally recognized paid holiday observations is 8-11 per year (includes Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and so on). Most private firms typically will provide new employees with 10-15 vacation days during their first year of employment and offer an additional 5-10 days as each additional year of service is reached thereafter. Many firms within the technology and financial services industries will offer 15-20 days of vacation to new employees at the time of hire. Employees of the Federal government are provided with the most time off; each new employee receives 13 vacation days and 11 holidays when beginning their employment with the government.