How it works
Weekly pay is annual salary divided by 52 weeks. Hourly pay divides that by your usual hours per week. Daily pay assumes those hours are spread over a 5-day week; monthly pay divides the annual figure by 12 directly, which isn't quite 4× the weekly figure since months aren't exactly 4 weeks long.
weekly = annual salary ÷ 52
hourly = weekly ÷ hours per week
daily = hourly × (hours per week ÷ 5)
monthly = annual salary ÷ 12
Worked example
A $65,000 salary, 40 hours a week.
- Weekly: $65,000 ÷ 52 = $1,250.00.
- Hourly: $1,250.00 ÷ 40 = $31.25.
- Daily (8-hour day): $31.25 × 8 = $250.00.
- Monthly: $65,000 ÷ 12 = $5,416.67.
A $65,000 salary at 40 hours a week works out to $31.25 an hour, $250 a day.
Common questions
Why 52 weeks instead of accounting for holidays?
An annual salary is already the total for the year regardless of how many weeks you actually work — paid time off is paid, that's the point of it — so dividing by the full 52 weeks gives the correct steady-state hourly figure. If you're comparing to a role that pays only for hours actually worked, that's a different comparison.
Why doesn't monthly pay equal 4× weekly pay?
Because there are 52 weeks in a year but only 12 months, and 52 ÷ 12 = 4.33, not 4. Multiplying weekly pay by 4 would undercount every month by about a third of a week's pay, which adds up to a full extra "missing" month over a year.