How to use the salary calculator
- Enter your gross salary and choose yearly or monthly.
- Set your tax rate and any other deductions as percentages.
- Read your take-home pay broken down by month, week, day and hour.
This is a generic, country-neutral calculator — you supply your own tax rate, so it works anywhere. It doesn’t apply specific national tax bands or allowances.
How take-home pay is calculated
Take-home (net) pay is your gross salary minus the percentage lost to tax and other deductions. The hourly figure assumes a standard 40-hour week across 52 weeks (2,080 hours a year); the daily figure assumes 260 working days.
net = gross × (1 − tax% − deductions%)
monthly = net ÷ 12 weekly = net ÷ 52 hourly = net ÷ 2080
monthly = net ÷ 12 weekly = net ÷ 52 hourly = net ÷ 2080
Worked example
$60,000 gross, 20% tax, 5% other
Total deductions 25%, so net = 60,000 × 0.75 = $45,000 a year → $3,750 a month, about $865 a week and $21.63 an hour.
Frequently asked questions
Use your effective tax rate — total tax divided by gross income — rather than your top bracket, for the most realistic take-home figure.
Only if you include them in the “other deductions” field. The calculator is country-neutral, so add any social contributions there as a percentage.
Multiply your hourly rate by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks). For example $25/hour × 2,080 = $52,000 a year gross.