UK pay 2025/26

£24.00 an hour is how much a year?

£24.00 an hour on a 37.5-hour week over 52 weeks is £46,800 a year gross — £37,215.60 after tax, or £3,101.30 a month.

England · standard tax code · no student loan or pension
Gross / year
£46,800
Take-home / year
£37,215.60
Take-home / month
£3,101.30
Take-home / week
£715.68
Income Tax
£6,846.00
National Insurance
£2,738.40
Effective rate
20.5%
Net per hour
£19.08
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£24.00 an hour by contracted hours

Hours per weekGross / yrTake-home / yrTake-home / mo
16 hrs/week (part-time)£19,968£17,896.56£1,491.38
20 hrs/week£24,960£21,490.80£1,790.90
30 hrs/week£37,440£30,476.40£2,539.70
37.5 hrs/week (full-time)£46,800£37,215.60£3,101.30
40 hrs/week£49,920£39,462.00£3,288.50
45 hrs/week£56,160£43,130.20£3,594.18
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You take home england 30
£37,215.60/ year
£3,101.30 / month · £715.68 / week · £143.14 / day · £19.08 / hour
Income Tax
£6,846.00
National Insurance
£2,738.40
Pension
£0.00
Effective rate
20.5%
Marginal rate
28%

Is £24.00 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 £24.00 an hour you earn £46,800 a year before tax, which puts every extra hour worth £17.28 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, £24.00 an hour is £41,400 gross a year.

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

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