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£30 an hour → £58,500 a year (UK, 2024/25)

£30/hour in the UK works out to £58,500 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£44,487
Take-home / month£3,707
Take-home / week£856
Gross / year£58,500

Where £58,500 goes (annual)

Gross salary£58,500
− Income Tax£10,832
− National Insurance£3,181
= Take-home£44,487

Effective total tax rate: 24.0%. Marginal rate on your next £1: 42.0%.

Add pension, student loan & other hours →

Different working patterns

Same hourly rate, different weekly hours changes the annual figure a lot. Here's £30/hour at three common UK full-time patterns:

Hours / weekGross / yearTake-home / yearTake-home / month
35 hrs (compressed)£54,600£42,225£3,519
37.5 hrs (standard)£58,500£44,487£3,707
40 hrs (extended)£62,400£46,749£3,896

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 £30/hour fall in?

At 37.5 hrs/week, £30/hour = £58,500/year, which sits in the higher-rate band. Basic-rate 20% + 8% NI on the first slice, then 40% Income Tax + 2% NI above £50,270. Marginal keep-rate is 58p per extra £1.

Nearby hourly rates

RateGross / year (37.5 hrs)Take-home / yearTake-home / month
£25/hr £48,750 £38,620 £3,218
£27/hr £52,650 £41,094 £3,425
£30/hr (this page) £58,500 £44,487 £3,707
£35/hr £68,250 £50,142 £4,179
£40/hr £78,000 £55,797 £4,650

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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