UK take-home pay calculator 2026/27

Enter your gross salary to see what you keep after Income Tax, National Insurance, student loan and pension. Results update as you type; every rate links to its official source. How we calculate

Your take-home pay

£28,720

Gross salary: £35,000
Income Tax: £4,486
National Insurance: £1,794
Effective tax rate: 17.9%; Share of your whole gross pay lost to deductions
Marginal rate: 28%; Share of your next pay rise lost to deductions

Keep82%

Tax Traps

What you really keep of your next £1 earned

Your marginal rate

28%

of each extra pound (Income Tax + NI, before pension)

Hidden thresholds spike your effective marginal rate — most sharply the £100k–£125,140 trap where the personal allowance tapers to a ~60% effective rate.

Shaded band: the £100,000–£125,140 personal-allowance taper

Income Tax

How income tax rates apply to your salary

A salary of £35,000 means an income tax bill of £4,486. Your marginal income-tax rate is 20%.

Income Comparison

Where your income ranks among UK taxpayers

61stpercentile

Your income of £35,000 is higher than about 61% of UK taxpayers. Based on HMRC Survey of Personal Incomes, 2023–24 (taxpayers only).

Government Spending

Where your income tax is spent

Income tax£4,486

Health (NHS)£888
State Pensions£520
Welfare & Social Protection£484
Education£480
National Debt Interest£413
Transport & Public Order£399
Defence£242
Other Public Services£1,059

Illustrative allocation in the style of HMRC’s Annual Tax Summary (HM Treasury PESA basis), applied to your income tax. Does not include National Insurance.

Inflation

The impact of rising prices on your salary

£45,193+29.1%

Your salaryNeeded to keep pace

Since 2021, CPI inflation has risen 29.1%. To match the purchasing power of £35,000 then, you’d need £45,193 today.

Student Loans

How much you repay on your student loan

Select a student loan plan to see your repayments.

Choose Plan 1/2/4/5 or Postgraduate on the left.

Childcare

How much Tax-Free Childcare could save you

£2,000top-up / yr

Govt top-up£2,000
You pay£8,000
Childcare cost£10,000

Tax-Free Childcare adds £2 for every £8 you pay (20% of cost), up to £2,000 per child a year. Example based on £10,000/yr — enter your childcare cost on the left.

Figures & sources

Tax rates are taken directly from official sources and covered by automated tests, including gov.uk’s own National Insurance worked example. Statistical figures are cited below with the date each was verified.

Income Tax & Personal Allowance (2026-27)
Verified 2026-10-27
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National Insurance (2026-27)
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Student loan thresholds (2026-27)
Verified 2026-10-27
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Total income before tax by percentile (HMRC SPI 2023–24)
Verified 2026-10-27
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CPI all-items index, 2015 = 100 (ONS D7BT)
Verified 2026-10-27
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How UK tax is spent (HMRC Annual Tax Summary style, 2025/26)illustrative
Verified 2026-10-27
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Tax-Free Childcare
Verified 2026-10-27
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