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Updated for the 2026/27 tax year.

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Compare Two Salaries

Comparing job offers or thinking about a pay rise? Estimate how much more you’d take home.

Annual gross salary

Annual gross salary

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See the difference in take-home pay, tax, and National Insurance side by side.

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What this comparison is good for

Use this page to compare net outcomes between two salaries before you dig into detailed salary-page breakdowns. It is particularly useful for pay-rise, promotion, and job-offer decisions.

  • Compares the same PAYE engine output on both salaries, not simplified multipliers
  • Useful for spotting where a gross increase is softened by tax and NI
  • Best paired with salary pages when you want a full breakdown at one specific salary point

Guides for interpreting the result

These reads help when a salary increase looks smaller than expected after PAYE, or when you want to understand why a higher gross does not fully reach take-home pay.