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£21 an hour is how much a year?

£21 an hour is £40,950 a year for a 37.5 hour week, before tax: £3,412.50 a month or £787.50 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.

£21.00 an hour for 37.5 hours a week is £40,950.00 a year.

a year, before tax

A year£40,950.00
A month£3,412.50
A week£787.50
A day£157.50
An hour£21.00

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£21.00 a hour × 37.5 hours a week × 52 weeks£40,950.00
A month£40,950.00 ÷ 12£3,412.50
A week£40,950.00 ÷ 52 weeks£787.50
A day£787.50 ÷ 5 days£157.50

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

£21 an hour for different hours

Hours a weekA yearA monthA week
16£17,472£1,456£336
20£21,840£1,820£420
30£32,760£2,730£630
35£38,220£3,185£735
37.5£40,950£3,412.50£787.50
40£43,680£3,640£840

After tax

On £40,950 a year, with tax code 1257L and no student loan or pension, you take home £33,005.40 a year, or £2,750.45 a month, after £5,674.20 Income Tax and £2,270.40 National Insurance. That is £16.93 an hour after tax. £41,000 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. £21 is at or above it. The rates for younger workers and apprentices are on the minimum wage calculator.

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