£55,500 After Tax

Guide to 'getting paid'

• Our salary calculator indicates that on a £55,500 salary (gross income of £55,500 per year) you receive take home pay of £40,879 (a net wage of £40,879).
• The total tax you owe as an employee to HMRC is £14,621 per our tax calculator. Your employer collects this through PAYE and pays it over to HMRC on your behalf.
• The total tax of £14,621 is made up of £9,632 income tax and £4,989 employee national insurance contributions.
• Your employer pays a separate tax to HMRC for employing you. This employer National Insurance contribution totals £6,439. This tax is not taken out of your pay. It is an additional cost to your employer on top of your salary of £55,500.
• The total cost of employing you to your employer is therefore £61,939 which is your salary plus the employer national insurance contribution.
• £55500 after tax is £40879.
• 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