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Hourly rate calculator

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Turn an annual salary into an hourly figure — both on paid hours and on the hours you actually work.

Tax year 2025/26 · rules last reviewed 22 August 2026 · engine v1.0.0 · calculated 16 October 2026

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Include bank holidays if they are part of your entitlement.

Scotland has its own income tax bands. Rates for the rest of the UK are the same.

Gross hourly rate (paid hours)

£17.95

£14.73 an hour after estimated deductions

Gross per hour
£17.95
Gross per day
£150.86
Gross per week
£673.08
Gross per month
£2,917

Paid hours versus hours worked

Paid hours per year1,950 hrs
Hours actually worked1,740 hrs
Rate per paid hour£17.95
Rate per worked hour£20.11

After estimated deductions

Estimated take-home a year£28,719.60
Net per month£2,393.30
Net per paid hour£14.73
Net per worked hour£16.51

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How this calculator works

  • Paid hours are your weekly hours across 52 weeks.
  • Worked hours remove your paid holiday, which raises the effective rate for hours actually worked.
  • The net figures run the salary through the full deduction calculation first, then divide.

Assumptions

  • A paid year is treated as 52 weeks.
  • Holiday days are treated as paid, so they reduce hours worked without reducing pay.
  • You are aged under State Pension age and pay Class 1 employee National Insurance where relevant.
  • You have the standard tax code with no adjustments, restrictions or underpayments carried forward.
  • Income is spread evenly across the tax year, so no month-by-month PAYE smoothing effects are modelled.
  • No other taxable income, taxable benefits in kind, salary sacrifice arrangements or Marriage Allowance transfers are included unless entered.
  • Pension contributions are treated as a net pay (salary sacrifice equivalent) deduction taken before income tax is applied.

Limitations

  • Unpaid breaks, shift premiums, on-call time and rounded rota hours are not modelled.
  • National Minimum and Living Wage compliance is not checked here.

Sources for 2025/26

This calculator estimates figures from what you entered and the published rates for 2025/26. Your actual position depends on your tax code, your employer's payroll, other income and reliefs. This is not tax advice — you may wish to seek professional advice. See our calculation methodology.

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