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£22 an hour is how much a year?

£22 an hour is £42,900 a year for a 37.5 hour week, before tax: £3,575 a month or £825 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.

£22.00 an hour for 37.5 hours a week is £42,900.00 a year.

a year, before tax

A year£42,900.00
A month£3,575.00
A week£825.00
A day£165.00
An hour£22.00

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£22.00 a hour × 37.5 hours a week × 52 weeks£42,900.00
A month£42,900.00 ÷ 12£3,575.00
A week£42,900.00 ÷ 52 weeks£825.00
A day£825.00 ÷ 5 days£165.00

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

£22 an hour for different hours

Hours a weekA yearA monthA week
16£18,304£1,525.33£352
20£22,880£1,906.67£440
30£34,320£2,860£660
35£40,040£3,336.67£770
37.5£42,900£3,575£825
40£45,760£3,813.33£880

After tax

On £42,900 a year, with tax code 1257L and no student loan or pension, you take home £34,409.40 a year, or £2,867.45 a month, after £6,064.20 Income Tax and £2,426.40 National Insurance. That is £17.65 an hour after tax. £43,000 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. £22 is at or above it. The rates for younger workers and apprentices are on the minimum wage calculator.

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