£16 an hour is how much a year in the UK?

At 37.5 hours per week (standard UK full-time), £16/hour works out to £31,200 gross per year. At a 40-hour week that rises to £33,280. This is before Income Tax and National Insurance.

£16 an hour after tax UK — what is the take-home?

A gross salary of £31,200 (£16/hour × 37.5 hrs × 52 weeks) leaves you with £25,984 a year — £2,165 a month or £500 a week after tax and NI (2024/25, rest-of-UK bands, no pension).

£16 an hour is how much a month?

Gross: £2,600 per month at 37.5 hrs/week. Net (take-home): approximately £2,165 per month after Income Tax and National Insurance.

£16 an hour → £31,200 a year (UK, 2024/25)

£16/hour in the UK works out to £31,200 gross per year at 37.5 hours per week (standard UK full-time). This page shows exact take-home after Income Tax and National Insurance for the 2024/25 tax year, plus how the answer changes at 35 or 40 hours a week.

Take-home summary (37.5 hrs/week)

Take-home / year£25,984

Take-home / month£2,165

Take-home / week£500

Gross / year£31,200

Where £31,200 goes (annual)

Gross salary	£31,200
− Income Tax	£3,726
− National Insurance	£1,490
= Take-home	£25,984

Effective total tax rate: 16.7%. Marginal rate on your next £1: 28.0%.

Add pension, student loan & other hours →

Different working patterns

Same hourly rate, different weekly hours changes the annual figure a lot. Here's £16/hour at three common UK full-time patterns:

Hours / week	Gross / year	Take-home / year	Take-home / month
35 hrs (compressed)	£29,120	£24,486	£2,041
37.5 hrs (standard)	£31,200	£25,984	£2,165
40 hrs (extended)	£33,280	£27,481	£2,290

Assumes 52 paid weeks per year. Most UK full-time contracts sit at 37.5 hours — hospitality and retail often run 40, professional services often 35.

What tax band does £16/hour fall in?

At 37.5 hrs/week, £16/hour = £31,200/year, which sits in the basic-rate band. You keep the first £12,570 tax-free, then pay 20% Income Tax + 8% National Insurance on earnings above that. Every extra £1 you earn keeps 72p.

Nearby hourly rates

Rate	Gross / year (37.5 hrs)	Take-home / year	Take-home / month
£14/hr	£27,300	£23,176	£1,931
£15/hr	£29,250	£24,580	£2,048
£16/hr (this page)	£31,200	£25,984	£2,165
£17/hr	£33,150	£27,388	£2,282
£18/hr	£35,100	£28,792	£2,399

What's included and what's not

Included: UK Income Tax (rest-of-UK bands), National Insurance Class 1 (employee), personal allowance and its £100k taper, 52 paid weeks per year.
Excluded by default: student loan repayments, pension contributions, salary sacrifice, benefits in kind, unpaid holiday, overtime. Add those on the full UK take-home calculator.
Scotland: Scottish taxpayers pay different Income Tax bands — use the Scottish take-home calculator.

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