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Salaried and Working 50 Hours a Week? What Is Your Real Hourly Rate
A $70,000 salary is $33.65 an hour on a 40-hour week and $26.92 at 50 hours. How to measure your real hours, what they do to your pay, and what to do with the number.
What Is $60,000 a Year Per Hour? Why 2,080 Hours Can Mislead
$60,000 a year is $28.85 an hour on a 40-hour, 52-week year. Change the hours or the weeks and the answer moves to $25.64 or $30.77. Here is how to pick the right ones.
How PTO Accrual Works: Per Hour, Per Paycheck or Granted Up Front
Fifteen days of PTO can arrive as 0.0577 hours per hour worked, 4.62 hours a paycheck or 120 hours on day one. All three reach about the same total, at very different speeds.
Answering 'What Are Your Salary Expectations?' With a Number You Can Defend
Moving from $58,000, a net income goal of $4,200 a month points to about $70,000, and a weaker benefits package means $66,000 is worth only $4,780 more in total. How to build a range you can explain.
Did Your Raise Beat Inflation? Check It in Dollars Per Paycheck
A 3% raise on $55,000 with prices up 3.4% leaves you $220 a year short of standing still. How to run the check with your own salary, your own raise and the right inflation figure.
Internship Stipend or Hourly Wage? What an Internship Really Pays Per Hour
A $4,500 stipend for a 10-week internship is $11.25 an hour at 40 hours a week and $9.00 at 50. How to put stipends, hourly pay and housing costs on the same footing.
Leaving a Salaried Job to Freelance Remotely: The Rate That Replaces Your Salary
A $72,000 salary is $34.62 an hour. Replacing it as a freelancer, with the same take-home, savings and health cover, takes about $80.89 an hour in our worked example. Here is every step.
Negotiating a Job Offer Honestly: What to Ask For and How to Check the Total Moved
On a $78,000 offer, $4,000 more base adds $4,304.62 to total compensation, five more days off add $1,500 and a $6,000 signing bonus adds $2,000 a year over three years. How to choose what to ask for.
How to Prepare the Numbers for a Raise Conversation
An 8% raise on $62,000 is $4,960 a year, $190.77 a paycheck before tax. How to turn your case into numbers your manager can act on, and what to ask if the answer is not yet.
Promotion or New Job? What a 5%, 10% or 20% Raise Is Really Worth
On $70,000, a 10% raise is $7,000 a year and $269.23 a paycheck; three 3% raises add $6,490.89 over three years. How to compare a promotion, a job change and staying put.
How to Set a Freelance Hourly Rate From the Income You Need
To keep $60,000 a year after $6,000 of expenses, billing 25 hours a week for 46 weeks with a 30% buffer, a freelancer needs $81.99 an hour. How the calculation works, step by step.
Counteroffer or New Job? Compare Them in the Same Calculator
A $76,000 offer beats a $74,000 counteroffer on salary, yet trails it by $4,287.69 once bonus, match, benefits and leave are counted. How to compare the two fairly.