United Kingdom Tax year 2026/27
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£12.71 an hour after tax 2026/27

£12.71 an hour over a 37.5-hour week is £24,784.50 a year, which takes home £21,365.02 a year, or £1,780.42 a month, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. You pay £2,442.80 income tax and £976.68 National Insurance.You take home £1,780.42 a month at £12.71 an hour over a 37.5-hour week.

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ScotlandStudent loanPensionTax code
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Year£21,365.02
Month£1,780.42
4 weeks£1,643.46
Week£410.87
Day£82.17
Hour£10.96
Tax code 1257L · no pension · no student loan · 37.5 hours a week · 2026/27 Same as 2025/26: the thresholds are frozen
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Where £12.71 an hour goes

Take-home 86.2%Income tax 9.9%National Insurance 3.9%
YearMonthWeek
Gross pay£24,784.50£2,065.38£476.63
Income tax−£2,442.80−£203.57−£46.98
National Insurance−£976.68−£81.39−£18.78
Take-home pay£21,365.02£1,780.42£410.87
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What a pay rise is worth at £12.71 an hourA pay rise at £12.71 an hour

Marginal rate28%Tax and NI on your next £1
A £1,000 rise adds£1,000 rise adds£719.96£60.00 a month
A 5% rise (£1,239) adds£892.30£74.36 a month
You’re £25,485 below the higher-rate threshold. The next £25,483 you earn keeps 72p in every pound — National Insurance changes first, at £4,189 a month. Pay rise calculator
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£12.71 an hour after tax in ScotlandIn Scotland

England, Wales, NI£21,365.02£1,780.42 a month
ScotlandTake-home a month£21,404.69£1,783.72£1,783.72 a month£39.67 more a year
Difference£39.67a year more in Scotland

At £24,784.50 the Scottish 19% starter band on the first £3,967.00 of taxable pay is the only difference, so you pay £39.67 less income tax than in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

With a student loan

PlanRepaid a yearTake-home a month
Plan 1£0.00£1,780.42
Plan 2£0.00£1,780.42
Plan 4£0.00£1,780.42
Plan 5£0.00£1,780.42
Postgraduate Loan£227.00£1,761.50

Paying into a pension by salary sacrifice

You sacrificeInto your pensionCost to take-homeTake-home a month
3%£743.54£535.22£1,735.82
5%£1,239.23£892.31£1,706.06
8%£1,982.76£1,427.52£1,661.46

Every £1 you sacrifice costs you 72p in take-home pay, because you save 20.0% tax and 8.0% NI.

Compared with othersBelow the UK median

The median full-time salary was £39,039 in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).

Cost to your employer£27,752.17 a year

Your salary plus £2,967.67 employer NI at 15% above £5,000, before any employer pension.

What £12.71 an hour took home in earlier years

2010/11£19,025.06
2015/16£19,940.76
2020/21£20,493.56
2026/27£21,365.02

The same £12.71 an hour now takes home more a year than in 2010/11. None of these figures is adjusted for inflation.

The sum, step by step

Worked calculationrules v2026.10 · yearly tax, monthly National Insurance
Gross salary£24,784.50
Personal Allowance (tax code 1257L)−£12,570.00Tax-free
Rounded down to a whole pound−£0.50Income tax only
Taxable pay£12,214.00
Basic rate 20% on £12,214.00£2,442.80Income tax
National Insurance 8% on £1,017.38 a month, £81.39 × 12£976.68Above £1,048
Take-home pay£21,365.02

Questions about £12.71 an hour

How much is £12.71 an hour after tax a month?

£1,780.42 a month in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, or £1,783.72 in Scotland, over a 37.5-hour week with tax code 1257L and no student loan or pension.

What is £12.71 an hour a year?

£24,784.50 a year before tax over a 37.5-hour week for every week of the year, which takes home £21,365.02 after income tax and National Insurance. Working fewer hours means a smaller yearly figure and, below the thresholds, less tax with it.

What is £12.71 an hour a week after tax?

A 37.5-hour week at £12.71 an hour is £476.63 before tax and £410.87 after income tax and National Insurance, spread evenly across the year. £10.96 of every hour reaches you.

Is £12.71 an hour a good wage in the UK?

That depends on where you live and what you spend, which is yours to judge. What we can tell you is that £12.71 an hour over a 37.5-hour week comes to £24,784.50 a year, which is below the UK median full-time salary of £39,039 for April 2025, and leaves about £1,780 a month in England, Wales and Northern Ireland — £1,780.42 to the penny.

Rules v2026.10 · checked against GOV.UK on 18 September 2026Two independent checks on every rate · 83 hand-verified cases, all passing, beside 19,925 generated · How we calculate · Changelog
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