The middle salary for full-time employees in the UK is £40,911 a year (ONS, April 2026, provisional). Above it, you’re paid more than half of full-time employees; below it, less. Enter your salary to compare it with the median for your age and where you work, and to see where it ranks among UK taxpayers.
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The comparisons use gross pay, before tax. A salary that is good in one place or at one age can be ordinary in another, so the checker shows all three.
Salaries from £18,000 to £150,000
Each row compares a salary with the UK full-time median, gives its rank among UK taxpayers by total income before tax, and shows the take-home pay a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland with no pension or student loan deductions.
| Salary | Compared with the UK full-time median | Rank among UK taxpayers | Take-home a month |
|---|---|---|---|
| £18,000 | -56% | higher than about 17% | £1,373 |
| £20,000 | -51% | higher than about 23% | £1,493 |
| £22,000 | -46% | higher than about 28% | £1,613 |
| £24,000 | -41% | higher than about 34% | £1,733 |
| £26,000 | -36% | higher than about 40% | £1,853 |
| £28,000 | -32% | higher than about 45% | £1,973 |
| £30,000 | -27% | higher than about 50% | £2,093 |
| £32,000 | -22% | higher than about 55% | £2,213 |
| £34,000 | -17% | higher than about 59% | £2,333 |
| £36,000 | -12% | higher than about 62% | £2,453 |
| £38,000 | -7% | higher than about 66% | £2,573 |
| £40,000 | -2% | higher than about 68% | £2,693 |
| £45,000 | +10% | higher than about 75% | £2,993 |
| £50,000 | +22% | higher than about 80% | £3,293 |
| £55,000 | +34% | higher than about 84% | £3,538 |
| £60,000 | +47% | higher than about 87% | £3,780 |
| £65,000 | +59% | higher than about 89% | £4,021 |
| £70,000 | +71% | higher than about 90% | £4,263 |
| £75,000 | +83% | higher than about 92% | £4,505 |
| £80,000 | +96% | higher than about 93% | £4,746 |
| £85,000 | +108% | higher than about 93% | £4,988 |
| £90,000 | +120% | higher than about 94% | £5,230 |
| £95,000 | +132% | higher than about 95% | £5,471 |
| £100,000 | +144% | higher than about 95% | £5,713 |
| £110,000 | +169% | higher than about 96% | £6,030 |
| £120,000 | +193% | higher than about 97% | £6,346 |
| £130,000 | +218% | higher than about 97% | £6,724 |
| £140,000 | +242% | higher than about 97% | £7,166 |
| £150,000 | +267% | higher than about 98% | £7,607 |
Take-home pay is for 2026/27. A Scottish taxpayer’s take-home pay is different; take-home pay by salary has both, and the take-home pay calculator adds pension and student loan. If you know your take-home pay a month rather than your salary, find the nearest figure in the last column.
Hourly rates
These convert an hourly rate to a year at 37.5 hours a week for 52 weeks, then compare it the same way, with take-home pay for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The first row is the National Living Wage of £12.71 an hour for workers aged 21 and over.
| Hourly rate | A year at 37.5 hours a week | Compared with the UK full-time median | Rank among UK taxpayers | Take-home a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £12.71 | £24,785 | -39% | higher than about 36% | £1,780 |
| £15.00 | £29,250 | -29% | higher than about 48% | £2,048 |
| £18.00 | £35,100 | -14% | higher than about 61% | £2,399 |
| £20.00 | £39,000 | -5% | higher than about 67% | £2,633 |
| £25.00 | £48,750 | +19% | higher than about 78% | £3,218 |
| £30.00 | £58,500 | +43% | higher than about 86% | £3,707 |
| £40.00 | £78,000 | +91% | higher than about 92% | £4,650 |
| £50.00 | £97,500 | +138% | higher than about 95% | £5,592 |
For other hours or a weekly or monthly figure, use the hourly to salary calculator.
By age
Pay rises through your twenties and thirties and peaks for full-time employees in their forties: the median is £33,678 at 22 to 29 and £46,280 at 40 to 49. The checker compares your salary with the median for your age band, and median salary by age has every band.
By where you work
Across the UK’s nations and English regions, median full-time pay ranges from £36,460 for jobs in the North East to £53,132 in London. Living costs differ too, so a salary goes further in some places; see average salary by region and city and the salary needed to live in London.
For a household
The figures above are for one person’s pay. A household’s living standard depends on everyone’s income and on who it has to support, so a salary that is comfortable for a single person can be tight for a family. See average household income and am I middle class? for household comparisons.
What the figures measure
- The ONS median is for full-time employees on adult rates who have been in the same job for at least a year, in April 2026. It is provisional: ONS revises it a year later. Part-time and self-employed pay aren’t included. More in average salary UK.
- The taxpayer rank uses HMRC’s percentile points for total income before tax in 2023 to 2024, the latest year published. It covers everyone with some Income Tax to pay, including part-time workers and pensioners, and is for an earlier year, which is why the full-time median ranks higher than the middle. A salary between two points is placed by straight-line interpolation and rounded down. The income percentile calculator gives the full table, after tax too.
- Graduates and jobs: average salary by education and average salary by job compare pay within a field.
More benchmarks are in the salary benchmarks section.