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UK Salary Calculator 2026/27 — Take Home Pay After Tax

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Use this UK salary calculator to turn gross annual pay into take home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance. It is the main salary calculator UK page for wage calculator, pay calculator, tax calculator UK, net salary calculator UK, monthly salary calculator, annual salary calculator, salary calc, salary checker and salary calculator Scotland intent.

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Take-home pay for common UK salaries (2026/27)

The table below shows estimated take-home pay for a range of salaries using England/Wales/NI rates, standard tax code 1257L, for the 2026/27 tax year. This uses UK tax rates: personal allowance £12,570, basic rate 20% up to £50,270, higher rate 40% up to £125,140, and NI at 8% up to £50,270 then 2%.

Gross salaryIncome TaxNat. InsuranceAnnual netMonthly net
£20,000−£1,486−£594.4£17,919.6£1,493.3
£25,000−£2,486−£994.4£21,519.6£1,793.3
£30,000−£3,486−£1,394.4£25,119.6£2,093.3
£35,000−£4,486−£1,794.4£28,719.6£2,393.3
£40,000−£5,486−£2,194.4£32,319.6£2,693.3
£45,000−£6,486−£2,594.4£35,919.6£2,993.3
£50,000−£7,486−£2,994.4£39,519.6£3,293.3
£60,000−£11,432−£3,210.6£45,357.4£3,779.78
£75,000−£17,432−£3,510.6£54,057.4£4,504.78
£100,000−£27,432−£4,010.6£68,557.4£5,713.12

England/Wales/NI rates, tax code 1257L, 2026/27 tax year. Excludes pension and student loan deductions.

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This page is designed to be the main salary calculator for UK PAYE employees. It covers the same intent as a salary calculator UK search, UK salary calculator, take home pay calculator, take home pay calculator UK, take home calculator UK, take home salary calculator, salary take home calculator, net pay calculator, net salary calculator, net salary calculator UK, wage calculator, wage calculator UK, pay calculator, tax calculator, tax calculator UK and UK tax calculator.

If you need a different starting point, use the hourly wage calculator for hourly rates, the pro rata calculator for part-time work, or the net-to-gross calculator when you already know the take home pay you want. For Scotland, select Scotland in the region field to use this as a salary calculator Scotland or take home pay calculator Scotland estimate.

The tax-year selector also lets you compare previous years, so the same tool can help with salary calculator 2024 checks, current 2026/27 salary calc questions, and quick salary checker reviews before you accept a new job offer.

How this take-home pay calculator works

Enter your annual gross salary, choose the tax year, and select the correct region. The calculator applies your tax code to estimate your personal allowance, then calculates taxable income and applies the Income Tax bands for your region. This creates the annual Income Tax figure used in your breakdown.

Use the tax-year selector if you need a salary calculator 2024 comparison, a current UK salary calculator, or a quick way to work out take home pay from an offer letter, payslip, bonus-adjusted salary, or pay rise.

If your tax code starts with S or C, the calculator applies Scottish or Welsh rates automatically to keep the result aligned with your code.

National Insurance is calculated separately using the official Class 1 thresholds for the selected tax year. We then subtract Income Tax and National Insurance from your gross salary to estimate your net pay, showing annual, monthly, weekly, and daily figures alongside your effective tax rate.

What's included in the calculation

This calculator includes the core UK deductions that apply to most PAYE employees. It uses your personal allowance (from your tax code), the Income Tax bands for England/Wales/NI or Scotland, and Class 1 National Insurance thresholds for the selected tax year.

It does not include student loan repayments, pension contributions, salary sacrifice, benefits in kind, childcare vouchers, or employer-specific deductions. If you have any of these, your actual take-home pay will be lower than this estimate.

Assumptions and rounding rules

Results assume standard employment with no other income sources and the standard tax code when you leave the tax code blank. Personal allowance tapering above £100,000 is modelled using the standard £1 reduction for every £2 of income above the threshold. K codes are supported with a 50% cap on tax deducted, and W1/M1/X emergency indicators are treated as annualised estimates. The calculator uses 52 weeks and 260 working days for weekly and daily figures.

All calculations are rounded to the nearest penny internally and displayed as rounded currency figures. If your payslip uses different rounding or applies mid-year tax code changes, you may see small differences.

Worked examples

Example 1: A £30,000 gross salary in England/Wales/NI (standard 1257L tax code) produces about £3,486 Income Tax and £1,394 National Insurance, leaving an estimated net pay of roughly £25,120 per year (£2,093 per month).

Example 2: A £60,000 gross salary using Scotland bands results in approximately £13,182 Income Tax and £3,211 National Insurance, with net pay around £43,607 per year (£3,634 per month).

Example 3: A £90,000 gross salary in England/Wales/NI yields about £23,432 Income Tax and £3,811 National Insurance, leaving roughly £62,757 per year (£5,230 per month).

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