£12.71 an hour is how much a year?
£12.71 an hour is £24,784.50 a year for a 37.5 hour week, before tax: £2,065.38 a month or £476.63 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.
Result
£12.71 an hour for 37.5 hours a week is £24,784.50 a year.
a year, before tax
| A year | £24,784.50 |
|---|---|
| A month | £2,065.38 |
| A week | £476.63 |
| A day | £95.33 |
| An hour | £12.71 |
That is at least the National Living Wage of £12.71 an hour for people aged 21 and over. Check the rate for your age.
Show the workings
| Step | Sum | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Pay for a year | £12.71 a hour × 37.5 hours a week × 52 weeks | £24,784.50 |
| A month | £24,784.50 ÷ 12 | £2,065.38 |
| A week | £24,784.50 ÷ 52 weeks | £476.63 |
| A day | £476.63 ÷ 5 days | £95.33 |
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
- Minimum hourly wage, aged 21 and over (National Living Wage): £12.71 an hour. Source: GOV.UK: National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates. Checked 13 November 2026.
£12.71 an hour for different hours
| Hours a week | A year | A month | A week |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | £10,574.72 | £881.23 | £203.36 |
| 20 | £13,218.40 | £1,101.53 | £254.20 |
| 30 | £19,827.60 | £1,652.30 | £381.30 |
| 35 | £23,132.20 | £1,927.68 | £444.85 |
| 37.5 | £24,784.50 | £2,065.38 | £476.63 |
| 40 | £26,436.80 | £2,203.07 | £508.40 |
After tax
On £24,784.50 a year, with tax code 1257L and no student loan or pension, you take home £21,366.24 a year, or £1,780.52 a month, after £2,441.10 Income Tax and £977.16 National Insurance. That is £10.96 an hour after tax. £25,000 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. £12.71 is at or above it. The rates for younger workers and apprentices are on the minimum wage calculator.