£15,000 After Tax - UK Take-Home Pay (2026/27)
Visual PAYE Tax Breakdown & Flow Chart
If you earn £15,000 per year in the UK for 2026/27, this page shows your take-home pay after PAYE income tax, National Insurance, Pension and any Student Loan deductions. See exactly how your gross salary is split, with a clear visual breakdown of where your money goes. Prefer to calculate from an hourly wage? Use the toggle in the form or the dedicated hourly wage calculator . If you are planning from a target take-home amount instead, compare with the reverse calculator journey for £1,200 monthly take-home .
Salary Sankey - 2026/27
Yearly breakdown of a £15,000.00 gross annual salary in 2026/27
Salary Breakdown Table - 2026/27
| Metric | Yearly | Monthly | Weekly | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gross income | £15,000.00 | £1,250.00 | £288.46 | £57.69 |
| Personal allowance | £12,570.00 | £1,047.50 | £241.73 | £48.35 |
| Taxable income | £2,430.00 | £202.50 | £46.73 | £9.35 |
Deductions | £680.40 | £56.70 | £13.08 | £2.62 |
Income tax | £486.00 | £40.50 | £9.35 | £1.87 |
| Basic rate | £486.00 | £40.50 | £9.35 | £1.87 |
| National Insurance | £194.40 | £16.20 | £3.74 | £0.75 |
| Net take-home | £14,319.60 | £1,193.30 | £275.38 | £55.08 |
£15,000 take-home pay context for 2026/27
On the default assumptions above (no pension or student loan), a £15,000 salary works out to about £14,320 net per year ( £1,193 per month). That includes roughly £486 income tax and £194 National Insurance, for an effective tax rate near 4.54%.
At this level, most of taxable pay sits in the basic-rate band, so income tax and National Insurance tend to move in predictable steps as salary rises.
This salary is £35,270 below the £50,270 higher-rate threshold, so nearby pay rises still sit mostly in the basic-rate band.
Prefer an hourly view of nearby pay? Compare with £8 an hour after tax . Planning from take-home instead? Use the reverse calculator for £1,200 monthly take-home .
FAQ for a £15,000 UK salary
How much is £15,000 after tax each month?
With no pension or student loan selected, this page estimates about £1,193 take-home per month ( £14,320 per year) for 2026/27. Changing pension timing, contribution size, or student loan plans will move that monthly figure.
Why does take-home at £15,000 differ from a nearby salary page?
Nearby salary pages are not just round-number copies of each other. Income tax bands, National Insurance thresholds, and personal allowance tapering change the marginal cost of each extra pound, so a £1,000 pay difference rarely maps to a flat £1,000 take-home difference. This salary is £35,270 below the £50,270 higher-rate threshold, so nearby pay rises still sit mostly in the basic-rate band.
What should I check next after this salary page?
Compare adjacent salaries in the links below, validate the hourly equivalent on £8 an hour , then reverse-check the nearby net target on the £1,200 monthly take-home page or the top-level reverse calculator .