Work Calculators

£20 an hour is how much a year?

£20 an hour is £39,000 a year for a 37.5 hour week, before tax: £3,250 a month or £750 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.

£20.00 an hour for 37.5 hours a week is £39,000.00 a year.

a year, before tax

A year£39,000.00
A month£3,250.00
A week£750.00
A day£150.00
An hour£20.00

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£20.00 a hour × 37.5 hours a week × 52 weeks£39,000.00
A month£39,000.00 ÷ 12£3,250.00
A week£39,000.00 ÷ 52 weeks£750.00
A day£750.00 ÷ 5 days£150.00

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

£20 an hour for different hours

Hours a weekA yearA monthA week
16£16,640£1,386.67£320
20£20,800£1,733.33£400
30£31,200£2,600£600
35£36,400£3,033.33£700
37.5£39,000£3,250£750
40£41,600£3,466.67£800

After tax

On £39,000 a year, with tax code 1257L and no student loan or pension, you take home £31,601.40 a year, or £2,633.45 a month, after £5,284.20 Income Tax and £2,114.40 National Insurance. That is £16.21 an hour after tax. £39,000 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. £20 is at or above it. The rates for younger workers and apprentices are on the minimum wage calculator.

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