Convert an hourly rate into weekly, monthly and annual income.

An hourly rate of 25 for 35 hours a week is 875 a week, roughly 3,792 a month, or 45,500 a year. Move that to 40 hours and the annual jumps to 52,000 — an extra 6,500 just from the five hours.

How to use it

Enter the hourly rate and the hours you actually work each week. For salaried-equivalent comparisons, 37.5 to 40 hours is typical; for part-time or freelance, use your realistic average.

What the result means

These are gross figures. No tax, payroll taxes, pension, or self-employment deductions are applied. To compare with a salaried role's take-home, subtract your typical deductions from both sides — don't compare hourly gross to salaried net.

Why monthly uses annual ÷ 12

There are roughly 4.33 weeks in a month, not exactly 4. Calculating monthly as weekly × 52 ÷ 12 avoids the rounding error you'd get from weekly × 4.

A worked example

Try the defaults: hourly rate of 25, hours per week of 40. The tool returns 4,333.33. You can adjust any input and the result updates as you type — no submit button, no reload. That's the real power here: seeing how sensitive the output is to one or two assumptions.

What moves the number most

The result responds to Hourly Rate and Hours per Week. Frequency and unit price pull the total in different directions. The biggest surprise for most people is how small recurring amounts compound into large annual figures — that's where this calculation earns its keep.

The formula behind this

Weekly income equals hourly rate times hours per week. Annual income equals weekly times 52. Monthly equals annual divided by 12, which implicitly assumes 4.333 weeks per month — the correct conversion given an even 52-week year. Everything the calculator does is shown in the formula box below, so you can check the math against your own spreadsheet if you want.

Using this in pay negotiations

Knowing the exact figure behind a headline rate gives you specific numbers to anchor to in conversations about pay. "The difference is £X per month after tax" lands harder than "a couple of grand a year". Concrete numbers move decisions.

What this doesn't capture

Tax bands, pension contributions, student-loan deductions, and benefits-in-kind sit outside this calculation. The figure is the headline; your actual position depends on local tax rules and personal circumstances. Pair with a dedicated take-home calculator for the full picture.