{
    "name": "Part-Time Equivalent Calculator",
    "url": "https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/part-time-equivalent-calculator",
    "markdown": "https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/part-time-equivalent-calculator.md",
    "category": "Salary, HR & payroll",
    "description": "Turn part-time hours into an FTE fraction and pro-rate the full-time salary and annual leave, plus the equivalent number of days a week.",
    "summary": "Part-time pay and leave are normally pro-rated by hours: work 24 hours of a 40-hour week and you get 60% of the full-time salary and leave.",
    "also_called": [
        "Pro-rata salary calculator",
        "Part-time salary calculator"
    ],
    "applies_to": "Worldwide",
    "last_updated": "2026-10-29",
    "computation": "Results are computed in the visitor’s browser on the HTML page. This API describes the calculator; it does not compute results.",
    "inputs": [
        {
            "name": "hours",
            "label": "Your hours per week",
            "type": "number",
            "default": "24",
            "unit": "h"
        },
        {
            "name": "ft_hours",
            "label": "Full-time hours per week",
            "type": "number",
            "default": "40",
            "unit": "h"
        },
        {
            "name": "ft_days",
            "label": "Full-time days per week",
            "type": "number",
            "default": "5",
            "unit": "days"
        },
        {
            "name": "ft_salary",
            "label": "Full-time annual salary",
            "type": "number",
            "default": "50000",
            "optional": true
        },
        {
            "name": "ft_leave",
            "label": "Full-time annual leave",
            "type": "number",
            "default": "25",
            "unit": "days",
            "optional": true
        },
        {
            "name": "currency",
            "label": "Currency",
            "type": "currency",
            "default": "USD"
        }
    ],
    "outputs": [
        {
            "key": "prorated_salary",
            "label": "Pro-rata salary",
            "format": "currency"
        },
        {
            "key": "fte",
            "label": "FTE",
            "format": "decimal4"
        },
        {
            "key": "fte_pct",
            "label": "Share of full time",
            "format": "percent"
        },
        {
            "key": "prorated_leave",
            "label": "Pro-rata annual leave",
            "format": "number"
        },
        {
            "key": "equivalent_days",
            "label": "Equivalent days per week",
            "format": "number"
        }
    ],
    "formula": {
        "text": "FTE = Hours ÷ Full-time hours;  Pro-rata salary = Full-time salary × FTE;  Pro-rata leave = Full-time leave × FTE",
        "variables": {
            "Hours": "your contracted weekly hours",
            "Full-time hours": "the full-time week for the same role"
        }
    },
    "worked_example": {
        "inputs": {
            "hours": "24",
            "ft_hours": "40",
            "ft_days": "5",
            "ft_salary": "50000",
            "ft_leave": "25",
            "currency": "USD"
        },
        "steps": [
            "FTE = 24 ÷ 40 = 0.6.",
            "Salary = 50,000 × 0.6 = $30,000.",
            "Leave = 25 × 0.6 = 15 days, and 0.6 × 5 = 3 days a week."
        ],
        "result": "Working 24 of 40 hours is 0.6 FTE: $30,000 a year and 15 days of leave on a $50,000, 25-day full-time package."
    },
    "interpretation": "If your days are of different lengths, leave measured in hours is fairer than leave in days: 0.6 × 25 days × 8 hours = 120 hours.",
    "assumptions": [
        "Pay and leave are pro-rated strictly by contracted hours."
    ],
    "limitations": [
        "Benefits that are not pro-rated (for example some health plans) and local minimum-leave rules are not modelled."
    ],
    "rules": null,
    "faqs": [
        {
            "question": "Should part-time leave be pro-rated by days or hours?",
            "answer": "By whichever matches how you work. If you work three full days, 3 ÷ 5 and 24 ÷ 40 give the same answer; if your days are shorter, use hours."
        },
        {
            "question": "Are public holidays pro-rated too?",
            "answer": "Often yes, so part-timers are not advantaged or disadvantaged by which weekdays they work. Check your policy."
        }
    ],
    "sources": [],
    "related": [
        {
            "name": "FTE Headcount Calculator",
            "url": "https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/fte-headcount-calculator"
        },
        {
            "name": "Vacation Days Remaining Calculator",
            "url": "https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/vacation-days-remaining-calculator"
        },
        {
            "name": "Salary Hike Percentage Calculator",
            "url": "https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/salary-hike-percentage-calculator"
        },
        {
            "name": "Percentage Calculator",
            "url": "https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/percentage-calculator"
        }
    ],
    "disclaimer": null,
    "publisher": "GM¹X CalcVerse"
}