Comparing job offers
Converting between hourly and salary makes offers easy to compare on the same footing. Translate an hourly role into an annual figure, or break a salary down to an hourly rate, then weigh benefits, paid time off and expected hours. A higher salary with long hours can pay less per hour than it first appears.
Hourly, salary and your real rate
Your true hourly value depends on how many weeks you actually work and get paid for. Unpaid leave, sabbaticals or seasonal work reduce paid weeks, raising the hourly rate a salary represents. Adjust the weeks per year to see how time off changes the comparison, and use gross figures only as a starting point before tax.