UK pay 2025/26

£10.00 an hour is how much a year?

£10.00 an hour on a 37.5-hour week over 52 weeks is £19,500 a year gross — £17,559.60 after tax, or £1,463.30 a month.

England · standard tax code · no student loan or pension
Gross / year
£19,500
Take-home / year
£17,559.60
Take-home / month
£1,463.30
Take-home / week
£337.68
Income Tax
£1,386.00
National Insurance
£554.40
Effective rate
10.0%
Net per hour
£9.00
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£10.00 an hour by contracted hours

Hours per weekGross / yrTake-home / yrTake-home / mo
16 hrs/week (part-time)£8,320£8,320.00£693.33
20 hrs/week£10,400£10,400.00£866.67
30 hrs/week£15,600£14,751.60£1,229.30
37.5 hrs/week (full-time)£19,500£17,559.60£1,463.30
40 hrs/week£20,800£18,495.60£1,541.30
45 hrs/week£23,400£20,367.60£1,697.30
UK Salary Calculator · 2025/26
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£17,559.60/ year
£1,463.30 / month · £337.68 / week · £67.54 / day · £9.00 / hour
Income Tax
£1,386.00
National Insurance
£554.40
Pension
£0.00
Effective rate
10.0%
Marginal rate
28%

Is £10.00 an hour a good wage in the UK?

The National Living Wage for over-21s is £12.21 an hour in 2025/26, and the UK median full-time hourly rate is roughly £18. At £10.00 an hour you earn £19,500 a year before tax, which puts every extra hour worth £7.20 in your pocket at your current marginal rate of 28%.

Overtime, holiday and unpaid weeks

If you are paid only for weeks worked (agency, zero-hours or term-time), multiply by the weeks you actually work rather than 52. On 46 paid weeks, £10.00 an hour is £17,250 gross a year.

See the equivalent salary after tax page or browse all UK salaries after tax.

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