2026/27 tax year
£30 an hour is how much a year?
£30 an hour works out to £58,500 a year before tax, based on a 37.5-hour week and 52 paid weeks a year. After Income Tax and National Insurance, that's £44,487 take-home in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, or £42,767 in Scotland.
Work different hours? Adjust your hours per week and weeks per year to get an exact annual figure, then use that on the full calculator to add a pension or student loan. The closest ready-made salary breakdown to this is £58,000 after tax.
England, Wales & NI — take-home
£44,487 /yr
Gross salary£58,500
Income Tax−£10,832
National Insurance−£3,181
Take-home pay£44,487
Per month£3,707
Per week£856
Effective rate24.0%
Scotland — take-home
£42,767 /yr
Gross salary£58,500
Income Tax−£12,552
National Insurance−£3,181
Take-home pay£42,767
Per month£3,564
Per week£822
Effective rate26.9%
Common questions about £30 an hour
- How much is £30 an hour a year?
- £58,500 a year gross, assuming a 37.5-hour working week for 52 weeks (i.e. paid holiday included, no unpaid leave). Work fewer or more hours or weeks and the figure scales directly — £30 × your actual hours.
- What is £30 an hour after tax?
- £44,487 a year take-home in England, Wales or Northern Ireland (£3,707 a month), or £42,767 a year in Scotland (£3,564 a month) — for 2026/27, with no pension or student loan deductions.
- What is £30 an hour per month?
- £3,707 a month take-home in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, or £3,564 a month in Scotland.