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Salary to Hourly Calculator

What your salary is really worth per hour.

Divide your annual salary by the hours you actually work in a year, not the hours you are paid for. Earn €52,000 at 40 hours a week over 52 weeks and that is 2,080 hours, or €25 an hour. This tool also splits it into daily, weekly, and monthly pay, plus the freelance rate needed to match it.

How it is calculated

Two steps: work out the hours, then divide.

  • Annual hours = (weeks worked x 5 - paid days off) x (hours per week / 5)
  • Hourly = annual salary / annual hours

Worked examples

Salary Hours per week Hourly
€40,000 40 €19.23
€52,000 40 €25.00
€80,000 40 €38.46
€120,000 40 €57.69
Hourly rate €25.00
Daily €200
Weekly €1,000
Monthly €4,333
Freelance equivalent €32.50

The freelance equivalent applies a simple 1.3x rule to the employee hourly to cover unpaid time off, taxes, and business costs. Treat it as a floor, not a quote.

Questions people ask

How do you convert salary to hourly?

Divide the annual salary by the number of hours you work in a year. At 40 hours a week for 52 weeks that is 2,080 hours, so a €52,000 salary works out to €25 an hour. Cut the weeks or add unpaid days off and the hourly figure rises, because the same pay now covers fewer hours.

How many working hours are in a year?

About 2,080 for a standard full-time job: 40 hours a week times 52 weeks. Subtract paid holiday and public holidays and most people actually work closer to 1,800 to 1,900 hours. Fewer hours worked means a higher effective hourly rate for the same salary.

Why is the freelance rate higher?

An employee's salary hides a lot of cost. A freelancer pays their own taxes and social contributions, gets no paid holiday or sick leave, and covers business costs like software, insurance, and equipment. They also lose unbillable hours to admin and sales. The 1.3x figure here is a rough starting point, not a precise rate.