Our Mission: Transparent Pay Calculations
Hourly Wage Converter was created with a straightforward goal: to help workers, job seekers, freelancers, and employers easily understand and convert gross compensation across different pay frequencies. Whether you are reviewing a job offer, negotiating a raise, planning a freelance budget, or comparing salaried versus hourly positions, our free calculators remove the guesswork from payroll mathematics.
Who We Are & Our Editorial Standards
We are an independent team of software developers and workplace financial research enthusiasts dedicated to wage transparency. We believe everyone deserves instant, unrestricted access to clear financial tools without paywalls, email capture gates, or cluttered advertising experiences.
Every formula on our platform is grounded in standard labor economics and North American payroll conventions:
- The 2,080-Hour Baseline: Calculated from 40 hours per week across 52 weeks per year, representing the standard full-time working year across US and Canadian payroll systems.
- FLSA Overtime Math: Overtime pay adheres to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) standard 1.5× rate (time-and-a-half) for hours worked beyond 40 per week.
- Customizable Schedules: We recognize that work is not one-size-fits-all. Every calculator allows users to adjust weekly hours, unpaid weeks off, and custom overtime multipliers.
Privacy by Design
Your financial information is your business. All calculations on Hourly Wage Converter run locally in your web browser via client-side JavaScript. We never ask you to create an account, log in, or submit your wage numbers to a database. Once you close your browser tab, your entries disappear completely.
Open Methodology & Continuous Improvement
We believe financial utilities must be checkable and transparent. Every calculation formula, rounding rule, and schedule assumption is documented on our Calculation Methodology page. If you notice an edge case or have a suggestion for a new tool, please reach out to our team at hourlywageconverter@gmail.com.