Work Calculators

£24 an hour is how much a year?

£24 an hour is £46,800 a year for a 37.5 hour week, before tax: £3,900 a month or £900 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.

£24.00 an hour for 37.5 hours a week is £46,800.00 a year.

a year, before tax

A year£46,800.00
A month£3,900.00
A week£900.00
A day£180.00
An hour£24.00

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£24.00 a hour × 37.5 hours a week × 52 weeks£46,800.00
A month£46,800.00 ÷ 12£3,900.00
A week£46,800.00 ÷ 52 weeks£900.00
A day£900.00 ÷ 5 days£180.00

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

£24 an hour for different hours

Hours a weekA yearA monthA week
16£19,968£1,664£384
20£24,960£2,080£480
30£37,440£3,120£720
35£43,680£3,640£840
37.5£46,800£3,900£900
40£49,920£4,160£960

After tax

On £46,800 a year, with tax code 1257L and no student loan or pension, you take home £37,217.40 a year, or £3,101.45 a month, after £6,844.20 Income Tax and £2,738.40 National Insurance. That is £19.09 an hour after tax. £47,000 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. £24 is at or above it. The rates for younger workers and apprentices are on the minimum wage calculator.

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