Part-Time Pay Calculator
Enter your hourly rate and the hours you work each week to see your take-home pay after Income Tax, National Insurance, pension and student loan.
Your part-time job
- Take-home 97%
- Income Tax 2%
- NI <1%
See take-home for every pay period
- Yearly
- £13,590.96
- Monthly
- £1,132.58
- 4-weekly
- £1,045.46
- Fortnightly
- £522.73
- Weekly
- £261.36
- Daily (5-day week)
- £52.27
- Hourly
- £13.07
Paid weekly? Payroll works week by week, so your payslip can differ from these figures by a few pence.
How part-time pay is worked out
Pay a year = hourly rate × hours a week × 52
Income Tax and National Insurance are then taken from the part above the tax-free thresholds, the same way as for a full-time job. Working fewer hours does not change the rates. It just means more of your pay can fall inside the tax-free allowance.
Worked example
£13.45 an hour for 18 hours a week is £242.10 a week, or £12,589.20 a year. That is only £19.20 over the £12,570 allowance:
- Main job: about 7p tax and 3p National Insurance a week, so you take home about £242.00 a week.
- Second job (code BR): 20% tax on all of it, £48.42 a week, so you take home about £193.65 a week.
- Main job with a 5% workplace pension: the pension takes about £6.10 a week (5% of pay above £120), leaving about £235.97 a week.
National Living Wage (£12.71), main job
| Hours a week | Pay a week | Take-home a week | Take-home a month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | £203.36 | £203.36 | £881.23 |
| 20 | £254.20 | £250.71 | £1,086.40 |
| 22.5 | £285.98 | £273.59 | £1,185.54 |
| 30 | £381.30 | £342.22 | £1,482.96 |
Thinking of going part-time from a full-time job? Use the pro-rata salary calculator. For a full salary, use the take-home pay calculator.
Sources
Figures are checked against these official sources. Last reviewed 7 November 2026.
Common questions
Do I pay tax on a part-time job?
Only on what you earn above your tax-free Personal Allowance of £12,570 a year, if this is your only or main job. That is about £241.73 a week. Many part-time jobs earn less than this, so no Income Tax is due.
When do I start paying National Insurance?
Employees pay National Insurance at 8% on earnings above £242 a week (£12,570 a year). Below that you pay none, but you still build up State Pension entitlement if you earn at least £129 a week.
How is a second job taxed?
Your tax-free allowance usually goes to your main job, so a second job normally gets tax code BR. That means 20% Income Tax on every pound you earn there. National Insurance is worked out separately for each job, so a small second job may have none.
Do part-time workers get a workplace pension?
Your employer must enrol you automatically if you are 22 or over and earn more than £10,000 a year. Contributions are usually taken from pay above £6,240 a year (about £120 a week), not from all of it. If you earn less, you can still ask to join.
Is my take-home the same every week?
Nearly. Payroll works out tax and National Insurance week by week, so the figures on your payslip can differ from a yearly estimate by a few pence, and a week with extra hours will have more deducted.