Hourly to Salary Calculator
Convert any hourly rate to its annual salary equivalent on a 38-hour Australian week, with take-home pay computed from 2026-27 ATO rates.
Hourly to Salary Calculator 2026-27
How do you convert an hourly rate to an annual salary?
One multiplication, two assumptions.
Multiply your hourly rate by your weekly hours, then by 52, the reverse of what the annual salary calculator does. On the standard 38-hour week that is rate x 1,976, because a full-time year contains 1,976 paid hours, and casual rates first need the loading stripped out with the casual loading calculator. $35 x 1,976 = $69,160.
The two assumptions are doing the work. First, 38 hours: that is the standard full-time week under the National Employment Standards, the same base used by the hourly pay calculator and the overtime calculator, and the basis most Australian salaries are built on. Second, 52 paid weeks: true for permanent staff because annual leave is paid, but not for casuals, who are only paid for weeks they work.
The result is a gross salary. Tax comes out of it, and 12% super (FY2026-27) goes on top of it. The calculator above shows both so the conversion lands in real terms rather than as a bigger gross number.
What salary is $25 to $70 an hour?
38-hour week, 52 paid weeks. Take-home assumes an Australian resident with no HECS-HELP, computed from the 2026-27 engine.
| Hourly rate | Per week | Per month | Annual salary | Take-home per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25.00 | $950 | $4,117 | $49,400 | $43,331 |
| $30.00 | $1,140 | $4,940 | $59,280 | $49,901 |
| $35.00 | $1,330 | $5,763 | $69,160 | $56,509 |
| $40.00 | $1,520 | $6,587 | $79,040 | $63,227 |
| $45.00 | $1,710 | $7,410 | $88,920 | $69,946 |
| $50.00 | $1,900 | $8,233 | $98,800 | $76,664 |
| $55.00 | $2,090 | $9,057 | $108,680 | $83,382 |
| $60.00 | $2,280 | $9,880 | $118,560 | $90,101 |
| $65.00 | $2,470 | $10,703 | $128,440 | $96,819 |
| $70.00 | $2,660 | $11,527 | $138,320 | $103,305 |
Monthly is the annual figure divided by 12, not 4 weeks of pay. Take-home is after income tax and the 2% Medicare levy; super is paid on top. Source: computed from ATO 2026-27 resident rates.
How do you convert a salary back to an hourly rate?
Divide by 1,976, the paid hours in a 38-hour year.
Divide the annual salary by 1,976. A $90,000 salary is $45.55 an hour on a 38-hour week. This is the number to use when weighing a salaried offer against contract or casual work, before adjusting for loading and entitlements.
| Annual salary | Hourly rate (38-hour week) | Hourly rate (40-hour week) |
|---|---|---|
| $60,000 | $30.36 | $28.85 |
| $70,000 | $35.43 | $33.65 |
| $80,000 | $40.49 | $38.46 |
| $90,000 | $45.55 | $43.27 |
| $100,000 | $50.61 | $48.08 |
| $120,000 | $60.73 | $57.69 |
| $150,000 | $75.91 | $72.12 |
Gross rates before tax. If you actually work 45 hours on a 38-hour salary, your true hourly rate is lower than the 38-hour column shows.
How many paid hours are in a year?
The hours basis changes every conversion on this page.
A 38-hour week gives 1,976 paid hours across 52 weeks. Paid annual leave counts, because you are paid for those weeks at your ordinary rate. That is why the conversion holds for permanent staff without adjusting for holidays.
| Hours per week | Paid hours per year | Annual salary at $35 per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1,040 | $36,400 |
| 30 | 1,560 | $54,600 |
| 37.5 | 1,950 | $68,250 |
| 38 (NES full-time) | 1,976 | $69,160 |
| 40 | 2,080 | $72,800 |
38 ordinary hours is the National Employment Standards maximum for a standard week (Fair Work Ombudsman, "Hours of work", updated 19 December 2025).
Does a 40-hour week change the conversion?
Two extra hours add about 5% to the annual figure.
Yes, by $3,640 a year at $35 an hour. American salary content is built on 40-hour weeks and 2,080 hours, so US conversion tables overstate Australian salaries by about 5%. If your contract genuinely specifies 40 ordinary hours, use 40. Otherwise 38 is the Australian default.
Hours beyond your award's ordinary hours are not salary anyway: they are overtime, usually paid at penalty multiples like time-and-a-half. Averaging them into an annual conversion undervalues them. Price them separately with the overtime calculator.
What does the conversion leave out?
Four things that move real annual income off the formula.
Penalty rates and overtime sit outside the conversion. A cafe worker on $30.00 base who regularly works Sundays at double-time earns well above the $59,280 the formula suggests. Award multipliers of 150% to 250% for weekends and public holidays are common (Fair Work Ombudsman, "Penalty rates", updated 12 May 2026).
Casual loading works the other way. A casual rate already contains a 25% loading in place of paid leave, so a casual on $37.50 is comparable with a permanent salary built on $30.00, not $37.50. And unpaid weeks off shrink the casual year below 52 paid weeks.
Super is excluded deliberately: the 12% guarantee (FY2026-27) is paid on top of gross wages. Tax is the final subtraction, and it applies to the annual figure. The hourly pay calculator runs the same conversion with the full tax breakdown, HECS-HELP included.
Who uses this calculator?
The conversion answers four different questions.
Hourly workers eyeing salaried roles
Annualising your rate shows whether a salaried offer is a raise or a haircut once the hours are matched.
Applicants reading job ads
One ad quotes $38 an hour, another $78,000 a year. The table above puts them in the same units in seconds.
Renters and borrowers
Lease applications and loan pre-approvals ask for annual income. Rate x hours x 52 is the number they want, gross.
Casuals planning a permanent move
Stripping the 25% loading and pricing the paid leave shows what a permanent offer really trades against your casual rate.
What changed on 1 July 2026?
The floor moved, and take-home rose slightly at every rate.
The National Minimum Wage rose to $26.44 an hour, or $52,245 a year on a full-time 38-hour week (Fair Work Commission, Annual Wage Review 2026 decision [2026] FWCFB 3500). Minimum award wages rose 4.75%. If your rate has not moved since June 2026 and you are on an award minimum, it should have.
On the tax side, the first marginal rate fell from 16% to 15% (Income Tax Rates Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Act 2026), lifting the take-home column of every table on this page. A new $1,000 standard work deduction also applies to 2026-27 returns, claimed at tax time rather than through payday withholding.
Common mistakes when annualising an hourly rate
Four ways the conversion goes wrong.
Using 52 weeks for casual work
Casuals are paid only for worked weeks. Four unpaid weeks off turns a $69,160 conversion into $63,840 of real income. Annualise casual pay on your realistic paid weeks, not 52.
Comparing a loaded casual rate with a permanent salary
The 25% casual loading replaces paid leave, notice and redundancy pay. Divide a casual rate by 1.25 before holding it against a permanent offer, then remember the permanent role adds 4 weeks of paid leave.
Mixing up base salary and package
A "package" of $88,525 including super is a base salary of $79,040. Converting an hourly rate gives a base salary, so compare it against the base, not the package.
Forgetting the conversion is gross
$88,920 a year sounds like a specific lifestyle until tax turns it into $69,946 (FY2026-27, resident, no HECS-HELP). Budget on the net number. The annual salary calculator gives the full gross-to-net breakdown.
Hourly to salary FAQ
Common questions about converting an hourly rate.
Sources for this page
Every figure above comes from one of these documents or is computed from 2026-27 ATO rates.
- Fair Work Ombudsman, "Hours of work" (38 ordinary hours), updated 19 December 2025.
- Fair Work Commission, Annual Wage Review 2026 decision [2026] FWCFB 3500, announced 2 June 2026.
- Fair Work Ombudsman, "Casual employees" (25% loading), updated 12 May 2026, and "Penalty rates", updated 12 May 2026.
- ATO, resident tax rates 2026-27 and the Income Tax Rates Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Act 2026 (15% first rate).
- ATO, "Super guarantee" (12% rate), updated 17 April 2026.
Last verified 23 July 2026. Take-home figures are computed from the site tax engine at render, so a published rate change updates every table at once.