£26,000 after tax results in take home pay calculated below. The tax you pay and your net wage are broken down in Your Results and in more detail in Full Results.
Guide to 'getting paid'
- Our salary calculator indicates that on a £26,000 salary (gross income of £26,000 per year) you receive take home pay of £20,960 (a net wage of £20,960).
- The total tax you owe as an employee to HMRC is £5,040 per our tax calculator. Your employer collects this through PAYE and pays it over to HMRC on your behalf.
- The total tax of £5,040 is made up of £2,900 income tax and £2,140 employee national insurance contributions.
- Your employer pays a separate tax to HMRC for employing you. This employer National Insurance contribution totals £2,461. This tax is not taken out of your pay. It is an additional cost to your employer on top of your salary of £26,000.
- The total cost of employing you to your employer is therefore £28,461 which is your salary plus the employer national insurance contribution.
- £26000 after tax is £20960.
- Gross income - The total salary / wage / pay before any deductions or taxes
- Income tax - A tax on an employee for being employed. Collected through PAYE by the employer
- National insurance - A contribution an employee makes for certain benefits including the state pension. Collected through PAYE by the employer
- PAYE (Pay As You Earn) - A process by which HMRC collects employee taxes directly from the employer
- Net pay - Also known as net salary or net income. This is the take home pay received after any deductions or taxes have been subtracted from Gross income
Your Results
| Gross Pay | £26,000.00 |
| Tax Free Allowance | £11,500.00 |
| Total Taxable | £14,500.00 |
| Income Tax Paid | £2,900.00 |
| National Insurance | £2,140.32 |
| Student Loan | £0.00 |
| Total Deductions | £5,040.32 |
| Net Wage | £20,959.68 |
| NI Employer | £2,461.37 |
Full Results
Full results provided by Income Tax Calculator.
| Yearly | Monthly | Weekly | |
| Salary / Gross Pay | £26,000 | £2,167 | £500 |
| Tax Free Allowance | £11,500 | £958 | £221 |
| Total Taxable | £14,500 | £1,208 | £279 |
| Income Tax Paid | £2,900 | £242 | £56 |
| National Insurance | £2,140 | £178 | £41 |
| Student Loan | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total PAYE Deductions | £5,040 | £420 | £97 |
| Net Wage / Take Home Pay | £20,960 | £1,747 | £403 |
| NI Employer | £2,461 | £205 | £47 |