Take home salary calculator 2018-19



To calculate your take home salary

1. Enter your yearly take home salary for the year 2018-19 in the box below.

2. Click the 'Calculate Take Home Pay' button to calculate your tax liability and your take home salary for the year 2018-2019.


Tax Calculation Yearly Monthly Weekly
Salary £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Income tax £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
National Insurance(NI) £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Total tax £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Take Home £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
If you are Scottish tax payer, then your take home calculation will be as below.
Scottish Tax Calculation Yearly Monthly Weekly
Salary £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Income tax £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
National Insurance(NI) £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Total tax £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Take Home £0.00 £0.00 £0.00

Take home salary calculations are based on below data

Income tax bands for 2018-19 (except Scotland)
Tax Bands
£1 - £34,500 20.00%
£34,501 - £150,000 40.00%
£150,001 - and above 45.00%
Income tax bands for 2018-19 for Scotland
Scottish Tax Bands
£1 - £2,000 19.00%
£2,001 - £12,150 20.00%
£12,151 - £31,580 21.00%
£31,581 - £150,000 41.00%
£150,001 - and above 46.00%

Assumptions made by the take home salary calculator

Your take home salary depends on various factors like

  • Your PAYE tax code
  • You have a student loan or not
  • Your pension contributions
  • Your age
  • Any salary sacrifices
  • Gift aid donations
  • Child care vouchers
  • Your eligibilty for blind person allowance
  • If you are married and one of you was born before 6th April 1935
This calculator assumes that you have the general L PAYE code and do not have any other deductions apart from the income tax and National Insurance.

Your NI deductions depends on the category you are in. There are vaious National Insurance category letters like
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • H
  • J
  • M
  • Z
The calculator assumes your National Insurance category letter is A.


Complete list of rates and thresholds for take home calculation

If your PAYE code is not L or if your National Insurance category is not A, you can find the complete list of rates and thresholds for the year 2018 to 2019 to calculate your take home pay at this link.

If you have a query about calculating your take home pay or would like to know what your pay might be for other categories and scenarios, you can contact Whizzy accountants in Romford.