How it works
Take-home pay is gross pay (basic plus allowances) minus the deductions you enter. We do not calculate tax for you: your payslip already shows what is deducted, and tax rules change each year.
Hours worked in a year = (scheduled hours + unpaid extra hours a week) × (52 − weeks of leave). Pay continues during leave, so leave raises your pay per hour worked.
Take-home per hour worked = take-home pay a year ÷ hours worked a year. Per scheduled hour uses scheduled hours only, which is how pay usually looks on paper.
Published pay scales. The starting points fill in basic pay only, exactly as stated in the official advertisement and listed, with its source and date, on our official pay data page. Allowances are paid on top and vary.
What this cannot tell you
- It does not estimate tax, and it does not know your allowances: use your own payslip.
- It ignores benefits that are not cash, such as housing, insurance, pension contributions or study leave.
- Pay per hour is one measure. Training value, workload intensity, location and people matter as much, and no calculator weighs those for you.
Every result comes from the formulas above, run in your browser. There is no AI and no server involved, and the same inputs always give the same answer. Figures are educational estimates, not individualised financial advice.