UK pay 2025/26
£8.25 an hour is how much a year?
£8.25 an hour on a 37.5-hour week over 52 weeks is £16,088 a year gross — £15,102.96 after tax, or £1,258.58 a month.
England · standard tax code · no student loan or pension
Gross / year
£16,088
Take-home / year
£15,102.96
Take-home / month
£1,258.58
Take-home / week
£290.44
Income Tax
£703.60
National Insurance
£281.44
Effective rate
6.1%
Net per hour
£7.75
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£8.25 an hour by contracted hours
| Hours per week | Gross / yr | Take-home / yr | Take-home / mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 hrs/week (part-time) | £6,864 | £6,864.00 | £572.00 |
| 20 hrs/week | £8,580 | £8,580.00 | £715.00 |
| 30 hrs/week | £12,870 | £12,786.00 | £1,065.50 |
| 37.5 hrs/week (full-time) | £16,088 | £15,102.96 | £1,258.58 |
| 40 hrs/week | £17,160 | £15,874.80 | £1,322.90 |
| 45 hrs/week | £19,305 | £17,419.20 | £1,451.60 |
You take home england 30
£15,102.96/ year
£1,258.58 / month · £290.44 / week · £58.09 / day · £7.75 / hour
Income Tax
£703.60
National Insurance
£281.44
Pension
£0.00
Effective rate
6.1%
Marginal rate
28%
Is £8.25 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 £8.25 an hour you earn £16,088 a year before tax, which puts every extra hour worth £5.94 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, £8.25 an hour is £14,231 gross a year.
See the equivalent salary after tax page or browse all UK salaries after tax.
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