£10 an hour is how much a year?

£10 an hour is £19,500 a year for a 37.5 hour week, before tax: £1,625 a month or £375 a week.

Pay before tax over 52 weeks. Take-home pay uses HMRC's 2026 to 2027 rates for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, checked 13 November 2026.

Paid hours, not counting unpaid breaks.

Result

£10.00 an hour for 37.5 hours a week is £19,500.00 a year.

a year, before tax

A year£19,500.00
A month£1,625.00
A week£375.00
A day£75.00
An hour£10.00

That is below the National Living Wage of £12.71 an hour for people aged 21 and over. Check the rate for your age.

Show the workings
StepSumAnswer
Pay for a year£10.00 a hour × 37.5 hours a week × 52 weeks£19,500.00
A month£19,500.00 ÷ 12£1,625.00
A week£19,500.00 ÷ 52 weeks£375.00
A day£375.00 ÷ 5 days£75.00

What this leaves out or assumes

  • A year is 52 weeks, the usual way to convert pay. A month is a twelfth of a year.
  • These are amounts before tax and National Insurance.

Where the figures come from

£10 an hour for different hours

Hours a weekA yearA monthA week
16£8,320£693.33£160
20£10,400£866.67£200
30£15,600£1,300£300
35£18,200£1,516.67£350
37.5£19,500£1,625£375
40£20,800£1,733.33£400

After tax

On £19,500 a year, with tax code 1257L and no student loan or pension, you take home £17,561.40 a year, or £1,463.45 a month, after £1,384.20 Income Tax and £554.40 National Insurance. That is £9.01 an hour after tax. £19,000 after tax breaks it down further, and the take-home pay calculator works out your own.

Against the minimum wage

From 1 April 2026 the National Living Wage for people aged 21 and over is £12.71 an hour. £10 is below it. The rates for younger workers and apprentices are on the minimum wage calculator.

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