Hourly Rate Converter

Convert an hourly rate into a weekly, monthly and annual salary — or turn a salary back into the hourly rate it really pays — using your hours per week. Every figure is gross pay, before tax, and each result is checked against the National Minimum Wage for your age band. Free, nothing to sign up for.

What are you converting?

Both directions run on the same figures: a year is 52 weeks, and every amount is gross pay, before tax.

Hourly rate (£)

Hours per week

The hours the pay covers — 37.5 and 40 are the common full-time weeks. The same salary is a lower hourly rate over more hours.

Age band (for the minimum wage comparison)

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Your salary, gross

£29,250.00 a year, before tax

Hourly rate:: £15.00 an hour.
Weekly pay:: £15.00 × 37.5 hours = £562.50.
Monthly pay:: £29,250.00 ÷ 12 = £2,437.50.
Annual salary:: £15.00 × 37.5 hours × 52 weeks = £29,250.00.
Minimum wage comparison:: Above the floor. £15.00 an hour is £2.29 an hour above the £12.71 minimum for 21 and over (national living wage) — a minimum that itself works out to £24,784.50 a year at 37.5 hours a week.

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How to use this hourly rate converter

This converter is part of UK Payroll Calculators, a free hub of UK payroll calculators built on the April 2026 rules — no sign-up, no accounts, and every figure worked out in your browser. Pick a direction, enter the hourly rate or the salary and the hours per week it covers, and the tool shows the weekly, monthly and annual figures side by side. It then compares the hourly rate with the National Minimum Wage for your age band — because a salary only means something once you know the rate it works out to over the hours actually worked.

How do you convert an hourly rate into a salary?

Hourly rate × hours per week × 52 weeks. At £15 an hour on a 37.5-hour week: £15 × 37.5 = £562.50 a week, £562.50 × 52 = £29,250.00 a year, and £29,250.00 ÷ 12 = £2,437.50 a month. The table shows the same conversion for the rates readers ask about most, all on a 37.5-hour week:

Hourly rate	Per week	Per month	Per year
£12.71 an hour	£476.63	£2,065.38	£24,784.50
£13.00 an hour	£487.50	£2,112.50	£25,350.00
£14.00 an hour	£525.00	£2,275.00	£27,300.00
£15.00 an hour	£562.50	£2,437.50	£29,250.00
£16.00 an hour	£600.00	£2,600.00	£31,200.00
£18.00 an hour	£675.00	£2,925.00	£35,100.00
£20.00 an hour	£750.00	£3,250.00	£39,000.00
£25.00 an hour	£937.50	£4,062.50	£48,750.00

The first row is the National Living Wage itself — £12.71 an hour from April 2026 — which is why a full-time minimum-wage job on a 37.5-hour week is advertised at around £24,784.50 a year.

How do you work out an hourly rate from a salary?

Divide the salary by 52, then by the contracted hours in a week. A £30,000 salary on a 37.5-hour contract is £30,000 ÷ 52 ÷ 37.5 = £15.3846 an hour. Spread the same salary over a 40-hour week and the rate falls to £14.42 an hour — which is why two jobs advertised at the same salary can pay quite differently per hour, and why the contracted hours in the job advert matter. If extra hours are part of the job, the overtime calculator runs the same derived rate through the overtime rates in the contract and checks the average against the minimum wage.

Can a salary hide an hourly rate below the minimum wage?

Yes. The minimum wage test is on the rate, not the headline salary: pay for the total hours worked must average at or above the floor for the age band. £24,000 sounds like a respectable starting salary, but over a 40-hour week it is £11.5385 an hour — £1.17 an hour below the £12.71 National Living Wage for workers aged 21 and over, and not lawful pay for the hours. Unpaid extra hours pull a salary down the same way. The current rates, from April 2026:

Age band	Minimum hourly rate (April 2026)	Per year at 37.5 hours a week
21 and over (National Living Wage)	£12.71	£24,784.50
18 to 20	£10.85	£21,157.50
Under 18	£8.00	£15,600.00
Apprentice	£8.00	£15,600.00

The apprentice rate applies to apprentices under 19, and to those aged 19 or over in the first year of an apprenticeship; after that the age-band rate applies. Part-time salaries run on the same hourly maths — the pro-rata salary calculator works out the part-time annual, monthly and weekly pay from the full-time figure.

Rules used by this converter

Figure	How it is worked out
Annual salary from an hourly rate	Hourly rate × hours per week × 52 weeks
Hourly rate from a salary	Annual salary ÷ 52 weeks ÷ contracted hours per week
Monthly pay	Annual salary ÷ 12
Tax	Every figure is gross — before Income Tax and National Insurance. For the after-tax figure, use the take-home pay calculator
Minimum wage rates used (April 2026)	21 and over £12.71 · 18 to 20 £10.85 · under 18 £8.00 · apprentice £8.00
Previous rates (April 2025)	21 and over £12.21 · 18 to 20 £10.00 · under 18 £7.55 · apprentice £7.55

The minimum wage rates follow GOV.UK's National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates. The conversion itself is plain arithmetic — the one judgement in it is the 52-week year, which this hub uses in every calculator so the tools agree with each other.

Rules and rates checked against GOV.UK on 11 November 2026. This converter covers gross pay only — what actually reaches your bank account depends on your tax code, pension and other deductions, which the payslip generator shows line by line.

Frequently asked questions

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

Multiply the hourly rate by your hours per week, then by 52 weeks. At £15 an hour on a 37.5-hour week that is £15 × 37.5 = £562.50 a week, and £562.50 × 52 = £29,250.00 a year, or £2,437.50 a month. The hours matter as much as the rate: the same £15 an hour on a 40-hour week is £31,200 a year.

How do I work out my hourly rate from my salary?

Divide the salary by 52 weeks, then by your contracted hours per week. A £30,000 salary on a 37.5-hour week is £30,000 ÷ 52 ÷ 37.5 = £15.3846 an hour. This is the rate that counts for comparing job offers fairly — and the rate the minimum wage floor is tested against if you work unpaid extra hours.

Why does this converter use 52 weeks in a year?

A year has 52 full weeks (plus one or two days), and UK payroll works in weekly and monthly periods built on that. Some converters use 52.14 weeks or count 260 working days, which gives a slightly different answer. This hub uses 52 in every tool — the overtime, pro-rata and take-home calculators included — so the figures agree with each other whichever one you use.

What does the National Minimum Wage work out to per year?

At the April 2026 rate of £12.71 an hour for workers aged 21 and over, a 37.5-hour week pays £24,784.50 a year, and a 40-hour week pays £26,436.80 — before tax. A job advertised as a salary can hide a rate below the floor: £24,000 over a 40-hour week is £11.5385 an hour, which is below the legal minimum for this age band.

Is the converted salary before or after tax?

Before tax. Every figure here is gross pay — Income Tax and National Insurance still come off in payroll, so your take-home pay will be lower than the salary shown. To see the after-tax figure for a salary, run it through the take-home pay calculator, which applies the current tax and National Insurance rules.