£38,000 After Tax

Guide to 'getting paid'

• Our salary calculator indicates that on a £38,000 salary (gross income of £38,000 per year) you receive take home pay of £29,221 (a net wage of £29,221).
• The total tax you owe as an employee to HMRC is £8,779 per our tax calculator. Your employer collects this through PAYE and pays it over to HMRC on your behalf.
• The total tax of £8,779 is made up of £5,230 income tax and £3,549 employee national insurance contributions.
• Your employer pays a separate tax to HMRC for employing you. This employer National Insurance contribution totals £4,081. This tax is not taken out of your pay. It is an additional cost to your employer on top of your salary of £38,000.
• The total cost of employing you to your employer is therefore £42,081 which is your salary plus the employer national insurance contribution.
• £38000 after tax is £29221.
• 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