Minimum wage calculator
Work out the least you can be paid a week, month and year at the April 2026 minimum wage rates for your age and hours, and check whether your pay is enough.
- Minimum pay a year for 37.5 hours a week
- £24,784.50
- £12.71 an hour, the National Living Wage, from 1 April 2026
- An hour
- £12.71
- National Living Wage
- A week
- £476.63
- £12.71 × 37.5 hours
- A month
- £2,065.38
- a week × 52 ÷ 12
Rates from 1 April 2026: £12.71 an hour at 21 and over, £10.85 at 18 to 20, £8 under 18 and £8 for apprentices. They change every April. Your employer checks your pay over each pay period, so a month with more hours in it needs more pay. Tips and extra pay for unsocial hours don’t count towards the minimum. If your employer gives you somewhere to live, up to £11.10 a day of its value can count, which this doesn’t include.
What goes in
Choose your age band and whether you’re an apprentice, then enter your hours a week. To check your pay, enter it before tax with how often you’re paid, and any work costs you pay yourself, such as a uniform or tools your employer doesn’t refund.
What the result means
The headline is the least you can be paid in a year for your hours. At 37.5 hours a week and £12.71 an hour, that’s £476.63 a week, £2,065.38 a month and £24,784.50 a year.
The check works out your pay per hour. GOV.UK’s example is John, 27, who works 40 hours at £13 an hour and pays £15 a week for his uniform. Only £505 of his £520 counts, which works out at £12.625 an hour, below the minimum. His employer owes him the difference.
The April 2026 rates
From 1 April 2026 the National Living Wage for ages 21 and over is £12.71 an hour. The National Minimum Wage is £10.85 at 18 to 20 and £8 under 18. The apprentice rate is £8 for apprentices under 19, or 19 and over in their first year. After that they get the rate for their age. The rates change every April.
Income tax and National Insurance don’t reduce your pay for this check, but tips and extra pay for unsocial hours don’t count towards it. If your employer provides accommodation, up to £11.10 a day of it can count. Your employer checks each pay period separately, and a salaried month’s hours can vary, so the monthly figure is an average.