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£18 an hour is how much a year?

£18 an hour is £35,100 a year for a 37.5 hour week, before tax: £2,925 a month or £675 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.

£18.00 an hour for 37.5 hours a week is £35,100.00 a year.

a year, before tax

A year£35,100.00
A month£2,925.00
A week£675.00
A day£135.00
An hour£18.00

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
StepSumAnswer
Pay for a year£18.00 a hour × 37.5 hours a week × 52 weeks£35,100.00
A month£35,100.00 ÷ 12£2,925.00
A week£35,100.00 ÷ 52 weeks£675.00
A day£675.00 ÷ 5 days£135.00

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

£18 an hour for different hours

Hours a weekA yearA monthA week
16£14,976£1,248£288
20£18,720£1,560£360
30£28,080£2,340£540
35£32,760£2,730£630
37.5£35,100£2,925£675
40£37,440£3,120£720

After tax

On £35,100 a year, with tax code 1257L and no student loan or pension, you take home £28,793.40 a year, or £2,399.45 a month, after £4,504.20 Income Tax and £1,802.40 National Insurance. That is £14.77 an hour after tax. £35,000 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. £18 is at or above it. The rates for younger workers and apprentices are on the minimum wage calculator.

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