Accessibility Statement
Last updated: August 18, 2026
Our Commitment
Hourly Salaries is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people of all abilities. We strive to continually improve the user experience for everyone and apply the relevant accessibility standards to make our calculators and content usable by the widest possible audience.
Conformance Standard
We aim to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities, including those with visual, auditory, motor, speech, cognitive, language, learning, and neurological disabilities.
Accessibility Features
We have implemented the following accessibility features across the Site:
- Semantic HTML: Proper use of headings, landmarks, lists, and form labels to support screen readers and assistive technologies.
- Keyboard navigation: All interactive elements (buttons, dropdowns, links) are fully operable via keyboard with visible focus indicators.
- Skip to content link: The first element reachable by keyboard on every page is a "Skip to content" link. It is hidden until focused, and activating it moves past the navigation straight to the main content.
- Color contrast: We design to the WCAG AA contrast minimums — 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text. Text placed on tinted surfaces, such as solution boxes and callouts, uses a darkened text color chosen to clear that threshold rather than the lighter muted color used on plain backgrounds.
- Screen reader support: Calculator results sit in an
aria-liveregion, so a recalculated answer is announced without moving focus. The calculator you are currently on is marked in the navigation bar witharia-current="page". - Mathematical formulas: Formulas are prerendered as static SVG images and served as ordinary image files. Nothing is typeset in the browser at runtime. Each formula image is hidden from assistive technology and paired with a plain-English description that screen readers announce in its place, so a formula is read as a sentence instead of as an unlabeled graphic. This replaced an earlier runtime math renderer whose output was interpreted inconsistently across screen readers, and it is an improvement on that approach rather than a limitation of it.
- Responsive design: The Site is usable across screen sizes from mobile devices to large desktop monitors.
- Dark mode: A dark color scheme is applied automatically when your operating system or browser asks for one, to reduce eye strain and improve readability in low-light environments.
- Navigation: Site navigation is a bar at the top of every page, rendered as a semantic
<nav>element with an accessible label. It lists every calculator as a plain link in reading order, with no menu to open. The footer provides a second labeled navigation region.
Known Limitations
While we strive for full accessibility, some limitations may exist:
- Third-party content, including advertisements served by Google AdSense, may not fully conform to WCAG 2.1 AA standards. We do not control the accessibility of third-party ad content.
Feedback
We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Hourly Salaries. If you encounter any accessibility barriers or have suggestions for improvement, please contact us at aj@ajdesigner.com. We take accessibility feedback seriously and will make reasonable efforts to address reported issues.
Enforcement and Complaint Procedures
If you are not satisfied with our response to your accessibility concern, you may file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice or contact your local accessibility enforcement authority.