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Net Hourly Wage Calculator

See what you actually earn per hour after taxes.

How it is calculated

You enter gross annual pay in dollars, one overall tax rate in percent, the hours you really work per week and the weeks you work per year. The tool finds the yearly hours, then the net pay, then divides: annual hours = hours per week × weeks per year, net pay = gross × (1 − tax rate ÷ 100), net hourly = net pay ÷ annual hours. It also shows the gross hourly rate and the annual hours. The tax rate is a single flat percentage that you choose, not a tax table, so it should be your effective rate including income tax and other payroll deductions in your country. Hours per week and weeks per year must be above zero. Pay for holidays and sick days is counted only if you leave those weeks in the weeks figure.

Worked example

Gross salary $62,000, effective tax 22%, 45 hours a week for 50 weeks. Annual hours: 45 × 50 = 2,250. Net pay: 62,000 × (1 − 0.22) = 62,000 × 0.78 = $48,360. Net hourly wage: 48,360 ÷ 2,250 = $21.49. The gross hourly rate is 62,000 ÷ 2,250 = $27.56. Over a standard 40-hour, 52-week year (2,080 hours) the same net pay would be $23.25 per hour, so the extra hours cost about $1.76 of hourly value.

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Common mistakes

  • Entering the marginal tax bracket instead of the effective rate. The top bracket applies only to the highest slice of income, so using it makes the net wage too low.
  • Using contracted hours rather than hours really worked. Unpaid overtime is exactly what lowers the real hourly wage, so leaving it out hides the effect.
  • Entering 52 weeks when you take unpaid time off. If you take 4 unpaid weeks a year, enter 48 so annual hours match the time actually worked.
  • Typing the tax rate as 0.22 instead of 22. The field is a percentage, so 0.22 would mean a 0.22% tax.
  • Leaving out deductions that are not income tax, such as social contributions or pension. Include them in the rate, or the net wage will be overstated.

About this calculator

A gross annual salary hides two things that matter for understanding what you actually earn: taxes and other withholdings taken out of each paycheck, and the real number of hours worked to earn it (including unpaid overtime, if any). Net hourly wage divides your after-tax take-home pay by the actual hours worked per year, giving a truer picture than simply dividing salary by a nominal 2,080-hour work year.

This figure is especially revealing for salaried employees who regularly work beyond a standard 40-hour week, since the same salary spread over more hours produces a lower real hourly rate. Divide your take-home pay by the hours you really work: enter the gross salary, an effective tax rate and your actual hours, and the net hourly wage shows how a salaried offer compares with an hourly one and what unpaid overtime costs you.

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  • Editorial team

    Use the hours-per-week box for the time the job really takes from you, not only the paid hours. Adding five hours of weekly commuting to a 40-hour week makes it 45, and the net hourly figure drops accordingly, which is a fairer way to compare an office role with a remote one at a similar salary. Which unpaid hours do you count in your own figure: commute, on-call time, preparation?

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