Hourly Wage Calculator Ireland

How the conversion works

Enter your hourly rate and how many hours you typically work in a week. The calculator multiplies the two to get your weekly gross pay, then multiplies that by 52 to get an annual figure (this assumes you work the same hours every week of the year; if you take unpaid leave or work irregular hours, treat the result as an average rather than an exact figure).

The result shown here is gross pay: before Income Tax (PAYE), USC and PRSI are deducted. To see your estimated take-home pay after tax, use the button under the result to jump to the main salary calculator with your annual figure already filled in.

Common weekly hours in Ireland

A standard full-time working week in Ireland is most often 39 hours (the traditional public sector and many private sector norm) or 40 hours, though this varies by employer and sector. Part-time work commonly falls around 20 or 30 hours a week. The quick-select buttons above the calculator let you try each of these instantly.

• 20 hours/week: a common part-time arrangement
• 30 hours/week: four-day week or reduced hours
• 39 hours/week: a widely used full-time standard
• 40 hours/week: also common, especially in retail, hospitality and manufacturing

If your contract specifies something else (37.5 hours is another frequent figure in office-based roles), just type it directly into the hours field. The calculator isn't limited to the four quick-select options.

Example: what different hourly rates add up to

Here's roughly what a few common hourly rates work out to across a standard 39-hour week, before tax:

These are simple hours × rate × 52 calculations. Try your own numbers in the calculator above to see the exact figure for your rate and hours, including the monthly breakdown.

Going the other way: salary to hourly rate

If you already know your annual salary and want to work out the equivalent hourly rate instead, divide your annual salary by 52 to get a weekly figure, then divide that by your weekly hours. For example:

• €45,000/year at 39 hours a week works out to roughly €22.19/hour
• €30,000/year at 30 hours a week works out to roughly €19.23/hour

This is the reverse of what the calculator above does, but the same 52-weeks-a-year assumption applies. This is useful for checking whether an hourly rate on a job advert stacks up against a salaried offer you already have, or for comparing a part-time role's hourly rate against what you'd effectively earn per hour in a full-time salaried position.

Why 52 weeks, not 48 or 50?

This calculator multiplies by 52 weeks to keep the maths simple and match how most online salary comparisons and job adverts quote an annual figure. It treats your weekly pay as if it applied to every week of the year, including any paid annual leave your employer covers as part of your normal pay. If you're specifically trying to account for unpaid leave, unpaid parental leave, or a contract that doesn't run the full year, subtract the relevant number of unpaid weeks from 52 and do the multiplication by hand, or simply reduce the annual figure this calculator gives you proportionally.

What this calculator doesn't cover

This tool is deliberately simple: it converts hourly pay into gross salary figures only. It doesn't account for overtime rates, shift premiums, bonuses, or unpaid holiday time. If any of those apply to you, your real annual income will differ from a flat hours-times-rate-times-52 estimate. It also doesn't calculate tax. For that, use the salary calculator once you have your annual gross figure, or read gross vs net salary in Ireland to understand how gross pay becomes net pay.