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Numbers you can inspect, not just accept

United Kingdom context

£ presentation without hidden local policy assumptions

Private by default

Work and pay inputs remain in your browser

Explainable calculations

Formula, assumptions and limitations shown

Evidence boundaries

Local sources and effective dates appear only when a tool uses reviewed policy data

Start with a decision about your work

Choose the outcome you need to understand

How Wage101 works

A decision workflow, not a mystery answer

Move from assumptions to a calculation you can inspect, compare and take into your next pay or job conversation.

  1. 01

    Describe the decision

    Enter the pay, time, costs and constraints relevant to your decision.

  2. 02

    Inspect the economics

    See the result, formula, calculation breakdown and sensitivity.

  3. 03

    Compare and act

    Save a baseline, compare scenarios or export a record before deciding.

Scenario comparison

Example
Nominal hourly wage
£57.21
Effective hourly wage
£45.29
Cost-adjusted wage
£43.03
Annual hours committed
2,208

A practical scenario

From “I earn £100k” to what an hour is really worth

Example: a salaried role paying £100,000 for 38 contracted hours, plus 5 unpaid hours a week and a daily commute. Wage101 counts every hour the job really takes and the costs of getting there, so the honest hourly figure is visible.

Annual pay

£100,000

Hours committed

2,208 / yr

Work-related costs

£5,000

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Decision output

Effective hourly wage

£45.29

Nominal hourly wage
£57.21
After work-related costs
£43.03
Time premium counted
460 hrs

£100,000 ÷ 2,208 = £45.29

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Find your real hourly pay

Effective Hourly Wage

Turn annual pay, working time, unpaid hours, commute and work-related costs into your real effective hourly wage.

What it shows

Nominal, effective and cost-adjusted hourly wage, plus annual hours committed.

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Compare pay stated on different time bases

Pay Period Converter

Convert hourly, daily, weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, monthly or annual gross pay using your own work schedule.

What it shows

Equivalent hourly, weekly, monthly and annual gross pay.

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Annualise a working schedule

Work Hours Calculator

Calculate weekly, monthly and annual work hours plus days worked per year from your schedule.

What it shows

Weekly, monthly and annual hours, plus annual workdays.

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Why trust the calculation

Every important number has a trail

Wage101 shows how each result was produced, what assumptions were applied and when the method was reviewed. Market-specific source records appear only when a planner depends on them.

  • Formula and calculation breakdown
  • Assumptions and exclusions
  • United Kingdom presentation context
  • Source class and review status
  • Dedicated methodology page
  • Canonical revision history

Presented for people working in United Kingdom

Market presentation

£ (GBP) presentation is used without importing unreviewed local tax or employment-law assumptions.

Global calculation scope

The same pre-tax formula uses the pay, time and cost assumptions you enter.

Local rules stay gated

Tax, payroll and employment-law assumptions appear only after reviewed local evidence is published.

Knowledge and evidence

Understand the number before using it

Move from a planner into the guidance, methodology and maintained source records that support the decision.

Decision tool library

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Methodologies

See the formulas, assumptions, validation boundaries, examples and limitations behind each planner.

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How Wage101 works

See how private inputs, transparent calculations and market-specific review boundaries fit together.

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