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£18,000 After Tax (2026/27)

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If you earn £18,000 a year in the UK, your take-home pay for 2026/27 works out as follows after income tax and National Insurance.

YearlyMonthlyWeekly
Gross salary£18,000£1,500£346
Income tax−£1,086−£91−£21
National Insurance−£434−£36−£8
Take-home pay£16,480£1,373£317

That's about £63 per working day, or £8.45 per hour on a 37.5-hour week. Your effective deduction rate is 8.4%.

How it's worked out

Your personal allowance is £12,570. You pay 20% income tax on earnings above the allowance up to £50,270, 40% up to £125,140 and 45% beyond that. Employee National Insurance is 8% on earnings between £12,570 and £50,270 and 2% above. Student loans and pension contributions are not included here — use the full take-home pay calculator to add them.

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