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Take home pay calculator 2026/27

Type in your yearly pay and see what you take home in 2026/27 after Income Tax, National Insurance, student loans and your pension. Nothing you type leaves your browser.

1 · Your pay

Your salary for the year, before anything comes off.

2 · Student loans

3 · Pension

As a share of your pay. Leave at 0 if you do not pay into a workplace pension. Leave out what your employer adds.
Your payslip or pension provider will say which.

Your take home pay

Take home a month
Your pay for the year, step by step
For the year

Worked out for the whole year with a standard tax code. Your payslips can differ a little each month.

How it works

Salary sacrifice comes off your pay first, so Income Tax, National Insurance and student loans are worked out on what is left.

With relief at source you pay 80% of the contribution from your take home pay and the provider adds the other 20%. If you pay tax above 20%, you can claim the rest back from HMRC, so we show that separately. National Insurance and student loans are worked out on your full pay.

The Personal Allowance of £12,570 falls by £1 for every £2 of adjusted net income over £100,000. Student loans are 9% of pay over your plan threshold, and a Postgraduate Loan is 6% over £21,000.

The 2026/27 rates used

Rates and thresholds for 2026/27
Personal Allowance£12,570
England, Wales and Northern Ireland20% to £50,270, 40% to £125,140, 45% above
Scotland19% to £16,537, 20% to £29,526, 21% to £43,662, 42% to £75,000, 45% to £125,140, 48% above
Employee National Insurance8% from £12,570 to £50,270, 2% above
Student loan Plan 1, 2, 4, 59% over £26,900, £29,385, £33,795, £25,000
Postgraduate Loan6% over £21,000

The Scotland figures assume the full Personal Allowance.

Checked on 20 October 2026.

Questions

Is salary sacrifice better than relief at source?

Salary sacrifice also saves National Insurance and can lower student loan repayments, so take home pay is often higher. Change the setting to compare.

Does this work for Scotland?

Yes. Choose Scotland and the six Scottish Income Tax bands are used. National Insurance and student loans are the same across the UK.