Work hours & pay
Earnings per minute calculator
Enter your annual salary and working hours to see how much you earn every minute, every second and every working day.
Figures are gross and based on paid hours, so paid vacation is spread across the year. A working day assumes the weekly hours are split over five days.
How pay per minute is calculated
First the salary is turned into an hourly figure: annual salary ÷ (hours per week × paid weeks per year). Pay per minute is that hourly figure ÷ 60, and pay per second is the per-minute figure ÷ 60 again. A working day is the hourly rate × one fifth of the weekly hours, and a week is the hourly rate × the weekly hours.
Worked example with the defaults: $60,000 over 40 hours × 52 weeks = 2,080 paid hours gives $28.85 an hour. Divided by 60 that is about $0.481 a minute, and divided by 60 once more about $0.0080 a second. An 8-hour day is worth $230.77 and a week $1,153.85.
| Annual salary | Per hour | Per minute | Per second |
|---|---|---|---|
| $30,000 | $14.42 | $0.240 | $0.0040 |
| $40,000 | $19.23 | $0.321 | $0.0053 |
| $60,000 | $28.85 | $0.481 | $0.0080 |
| $100,000 | $48.08 | $0.801 | $0.0134 |
| $150,000 | $72.12 | $1.202 | $0.0200 |
All rows assume 2,080 paid hours (40 hours for 52 weeks).
What to do with a per-minute figure
Small units make trade-offs visible. If a chore can be outsourced for less than your per-minute rate times the minutes it takes, paying for it is cheaper in pure money terms, although that only holds if the freed time actually goes to paid work or something you value more. The same arithmetic shows the weight of recurring meetings: a 30-minute weekly status call at $0.481 a minute is $14.43 of your paid time each week, about $750 a year, before counting anyone else in the room.
Keep the limits in mind. This is gross pay, so tax and deductions take a share of every minute. A salaried role pays the same whether a week runs to 40 or 50 hours, so if you regularly work longer than the hours you entered, your real per-minute earnings are lower; enter your real average weekly hours to see it. Bonuses and employer benefits are not included unless you add them to the salary; for an hourly worker, simply read the per-minute figure as the wage divided by 60.
Frequently asked questions
How much do I earn per minute?
Divide your annual salary by your yearly paid hours to get an hourly rate, then divide by 60. On $60,000 and 2,080 hours that is $28.85 an hour, or about 48 cents a minute.
How much is $100,000 a year per second?
At 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, $100,000 is $48.08 an hour, $0.80 a minute and about 1.3 cents per working second.
Should I use 52 weeks or only the weeks I work?
Use 52 if your vacation is paid and you want pay per paid hour. Use the weeks you actually work to see what each hour on the job really earns.