Hourly rate and salary calculator
Turn a salary into an hourly rate, or an hourly rate into a salary. Choose a year, month, week, day or hour.
Pay before tax, using 52 weeks in a year. Compares your rate with the National Living Wage from GOV.UK, checked 13 November 2026.
Result
£30,000.00 a year for 37.5 hours a week is £15.38 an hour.
an hour, before tax
| A year | £30,000.00 |
|---|---|
| A month | £2,500.00 |
| A week | £576.92 |
| A day | £115.38 |
| An hour | £15.38 |
That is at least the National Living Wage of £12.71 an hour for people aged 21 and over. Check the rate for your age.
Show the workings
| Step | Sum | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Pay for a year | as entered | £30,000.00 |
| A month | £30,000.00 ÷ 12 | £2,500.00 |
| A week | £30,000.00 ÷ 52 weeks | £576.92 |
| A day | £576.92 ÷ 5 days | £115.38 |
| An hour | £576.92 ÷ 37.5 hours | £15.38 |
What this leaves out or assumes
- A year is 52 weeks, the usual way to convert pay. A month is a twelfth of a year.
- These are amounts before tax and National Insurance.
Where the figures come from
- Minimum hourly wage, aged 21 and over (National Living Wage): £12.71 an hour. Source: GOV.UK: National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates. Checked 13 November 2026.
The sum
A year's pay divided by 52 weeks, then by your hours a week, gives your hourly rate. Going the other way, multiply your hourly rate by your hours a week, then by 52. A month is a twelfth of a year, which is why it is not exactly four weeks.
| Salary a year | A month | An hour |
|---|---|---|
| £20,000 | £1,666.67 | £10.26 |
| £25,000 | £2,083.33 | £12.82 |
| £30,000 | £2,500.00 | £15.38 |
| £35,000 | £2,916.67 | £17.95 |
| £40,000 | £3,333.33 | £20.51 |
| £50,000 | £4,166.67 | £25.64 |
| £60,000 | £5,000.00 | £30.77 |
Every hourly rate from £8 to £50 has its own page: hourly rates as salaries. So does every salary to £100,000: salaries as hourly pay.
Things that change the answer
- Unpaid breaks. Count only the hours you are paid for.
- Overtime. If you are paid for overtime, it adds to your pay but is not in your basic rate.
- Paid holiday. A salary already includes your paid holiday, so the hourly rate is spread across all 52 weeks.
- Tax and National Insurance. These amounts are before both. Your take-home pay will be lower.
If you work fewer hours than full time, the pro rata salary calculator works out your share of a full-time salary.