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Salary to hourly calculator

To turn a salary into an hourly rate, divide it by the hours you work in a year: weekly hours times 52. A £30,000 salary on 37.5 hours a week is £15.38 an hour, or about £12.88 after tax. Enter your salary and hours below to see hourly, daily, weekly and monthly figures.

Your salary

Annual salary

Hours per week

Days per week

Weeks per year

Full-time in the UK is usually 35 to 40 hours. Use 52 weeks if you get paid holiday; use the weeks you actually work if not.

Hourly rate · 37.5 hours a week

Gross per hour

£15.38

Take-home per month

£2,093

Gross and take-home by period (2026/27, standard tax code, no pension or student loan)
Period	Gross	Take-home
Hourly	£15.38	£12.88
Daily	£115.35	£96.61
Weekly	£576.75	£483.07
Monthly	£2,500.00	£2,093.30
Yearly	£30,000.00	£25,119.60

Add pension, student loan or a Scottish tax code in the full take-home pay calculator.

What is a salary as an hourly rate?

A 37.5 hour week is 1,950 paid hours a year, so divide the salary by 1,950. On a 40 hour week divide by 2,080, and on 35 hours by 1,820. The take-home column shows what each hour is worth after 2026/27 income tax and National Insurance on the standard tax code.

Salary	Hourly (37.5h)	Hourly (40h)	Daily (7.5h)	Take-home per hour
£22,000	£11.28	£10.58	£84.60	£9.93
£25,000	£12.82	£12.02	£96.15	£11.04
£30,000	£15.38	£14.42	£115.35	£12.88
£35,000	£17.95	£16.83	£134.63	£14.73
£40,000	£20.51	£19.23	£153.83	£16.57
£50,000	£25.64	£24.04	£192.30	£20.27
£60,000	£30.77	£28.85	£230.78	£23.26
£80,000	£41.03	£38.46	£307.73	£29.21

Worked example: £42,000 on 35 hours a week

35 hours × 52 weeks = 1,820 hours. £42,000 ÷ 1,820 = £23.08 an hour, £161.56 a day and £807.69 a week. The same salary on a 40 hour contract is only £20.19 an hour, which is why comparing jobs by hourly rate rather than salary can change which offer is better.

What do people get wrong going from salary to hourly?

Dividing by 2,000. The US shortcut assumes a 40 hour week and 50 weeks. UK contracts usually have 52 paid weeks and 35 to 37.5 hours.
Ignoring unpaid overtime. If you regularly work 45 hours on a 37.5 hour contract, your true hourly rate is 17% lower than the contract implies.
Comparing gross hourly rates across tax bands. An extra £5 an hour is worth less after tax at £55,000 than at £30,000.

For part-time hours, use the pro rata salary calculator.

Frequently asked questions

How do you convert an hourly rate to an annual salary?

Multiply the hourly rate by your hours per week, then by the weeks you are paid for in a year. At £15 an hour for 37.5 hours a week over 52 weeks that is £15 × 37.5 × 52 = £29,250 a year. If you do not get paid holiday, use the number of weeks you actually work instead of 52.

What is the National Living Wage as an annual salary?

From 2026-04-01 the National Living Wage for workers aged 21 and over is £12.71 an hour. On 37.5 hours a week that is £24,785 a year before tax, or about £2,065 a month. On 40 hours it is £26,437 a year.

How many working hours are in a year?

A 37.5 hour week over 52 weeks is 1,950 hours, and a 40 hour week is 2,080 hours. Those figures include paid holiday. If you want hours actually worked, subtract your leave: with 28 days (5.6 weeks) of statutory holiday a 37.5 hour week gives about 1,740 hours worked.

Why is my hourly take-home rate lower than my hourly gross rate?

Income tax and National Insurance are taken from your pay, so each hour is worth less after deductions. On a £15 hourly rate the take-home rate is about £12.60 an hour on the standard tax code, because roughly 16% of gross pay goes in tax and NI at that income.