Weekly Pay Calculator

How to use this weekly pay calculator

What this calculator does

This calculator converts an hourly wage and a recurring work schedule into daily pay, weekly pay, average monthly pay, and annual salary. It is useful for comparing job offers, estimating gross cash flow, translating a part-time schedule into a yearly figure, or checking whether a stated annual salary is consistent with an hourly rate. The results are arithmetic estimates, not a payroll statement. They do not determine take-home pay, taxes, overtime eligibility, paid leave, bonuses, or benefits.

When to use it

Use it when an employer quotes an hourly wage but you budget by week or month; when your schedule changes and you want to see the annual effect; when comparing full-time and part-time roles; or when preparing a simple income estimate for a personal budget. The U.S. Department of Labor explains that covered nonexempt employees may have separate overtime rights, so a straight-time conversion should not be treated as a complete overtime calculation. Review the Department of Labor overtime guidance when overtime may apply.

How to calculate

1. The calculator opens with a ready-to-use demonstration: an Hourly wage of $18.00, Hours per day of 8, and Days per week of 5. Its workbook is already validated, so Download Excel is available immediately.
2. Replace each value with your own gross wage and normal schedule. Results update live; no Calculate button is needed.
3. Read Weekly pay first, then use the daily, monthly, annual, and hours-per-week values for planning or comparison.
4. Select Download Excel to export the current inputs and results as a real .xlsx workbook. Reset clears the demonstration and all calculated content; after Reset, Download Excel remains disabled until all three required fields contain valid values again.

Input guide

Hourly wage is required and accepts a U.S.-style decimal amount from $0.01 to $1,000,000, such as 18.00. A dollar sign is shown beside the field, so do not enter other currency symbols. Raising the wage increases every pay result proportionally. A common mistake is entering a weekly amount here. Hours per day is required, may include decimals, and must be greater than 0 and no more than 24; 7.5 is a valid example. Increasing it raises daily, weekly, monthly, and annual pay. Do not enter weekly hours in this field. Days per week is required, may include decimals for recurring partial days, and must be greater than 0 and no more than 7; 5 is typical. Increasing it raises weekly, monthly, and annual pay but does not change daily pay.

Output guide

Weekly pay is the primary gross estimate and equals hourly wage × hours per day × days per week. Daily pay equals hourly wage × hours per day. Monthly pay is an average month, calculated as annual pay ÷ 12, so it will not match every calendar month's actual pay dates. Annual salary assumes 52 identical workweeks. Hours per week is the schedule product of hours per day and days per week. The summary pills repeat the current schedule and rate, while the Pay conversion summary table shows each period and its calculation basis. Zero is not accepted for any required input because it would not describe a meaningful paid schedule; unusually high results should be checked for misplaced decimals or a period entered in the wrong field.

Worked example

With the startup values, daily pay is $18.00 × 8 = $144.00. Weekly pay is $144.00 × 5 = $720.00. Annual salary is $720.00 × 52 = $37,440.00, and average monthly pay is $37,440.00 ÷ 12 = $3,120.00. These exact values appear on first open and in the startup workbook. For broader context on how earnings are measured, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes its Current Employment Statistics concepts and definitions.