Take-Home Pay Calculator
Calculate your net take-home pay as an employee under UK PAYE. Includes income tax, employee NI, student loan repayment and salary-sacrifice pension. Uses 2025/26 rates.
Take-Home Pay Calculator
Calculate your net take-home pay as an employee under UK PAYE. Includes income tax, employee NI, student loan repayment and salary-sacrifice pension. Uses 2025/26 rates.
Salary sacrifice pension reduces your pensionable pay before tax is calculated.
PAYE calculation only. Does not model HICBC, savings income or other sources.
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How UK PAYE works
Under PAYE, your employer deducts income tax, employee NI and student loan repayments before paying you. The personal allowance (£12,570 in 2025/26) is the amount you can earn before income tax starts.
Salary-sacrifice pension contributions reduce your taxable pay, saving both income tax and employee NI on the sacrificed amount.
Frequently asked questions
- What are the student loan thresholds?
- Plan 1 (pre-2012 English/Welsh loans): £24,990. Plan 2 (post-2012 English/Welsh): £27,295. Plan 4 (Scottish): £31,395. Plan 5 (post-Aug 2023): £25,000. Postgraduate: £21,000. All rates 9% except postgraduate at 6%.
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