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UK Take-Home Pay Calculator
Enter your salary to see your take-home pay after tax, National Insurance, pension, and student loan. Use it for straightforward salaries, salary sacrifice planning, or irregular income where commission or bonuses change the picture.
Have more than one job? Use the two-job calculator to enter each job separately and compare the combined take-home pay.
General2026/27 / England / Standard code
2026/27
2026/27 / England / Standard code
PensionNo pension contribution entered
No pension contribution entered
Percentage uses your full salary. If your pension uses qualifying earnings (only part of your pay), choose Fixed (£) and enter your monthly employee contribution.
For relief at source, enter what you pay before the provider adds tax relief. For net pay, enter your contribution before tax relief; for salary sacrifice, enter the salary you give up. Exclude your employer's separate contribution.
Check qualifying earnings and contribution amounts · Compare pension methods
Student loanNo student loan
No student loan
AllowancesNo extra allowances or NI changes selected
No extra allowances or NI changes selected
Family0 children selected
0 children selected
Ready when you are
Enter your salary to build your take-home pay view
You can model tax, pension, student loan, and salary-sacrifice choices in one place.
- Your take-home pay after tax, NI, pension and student loan
- A branded payslip explainer in a familiar format
- Your effective and marginal tax rates
- Salary-sacrifice modelling for bikes, holiday buy, EVs and pension increases
How the calculator is modelled
This calculator runs on the same tax-year engine used across salary pages and the payslip checker, so the headline numbers and the explanatory content stay aligned.
- Uses HMRC-based PAYE, NI, pension, and student-loan assumptions
- Updated for the 2026/27 tax year, including Scottish rate support
- Useful for salary sacrifice planning because it shares the same assumptions as the guide content
Guides that pair with this calculator
Check which pension amount to enter, compare contribution methods, or understand how tax codes and irregular income affect your take-home pay.