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£30 an hour is how much a year?

£30 an hour is £58,500 a year for a 37.5 hour week, before tax: £4,875 a month or £1,125 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.

£30.00 an hour for 37.5 hours a week is £58,500.00 a year.

a year, before tax

A year£58,500.00
A month£4,875.00
A week£1,125.00
A day£225.00
An hour£30.00

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£30.00 a hour × 37.5 hours a week × 52 weeks£58,500.00
A month£58,500.00 ÷ 12£4,875.00
A week£58,500.00 ÷ 52 weeks£1,125.00
A day£1,125.00 ÷ 5 days£225.00

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

£30 an hour for different hours

Hours a weekA yearA monthA week
16£24,960£2,080£480
20£31,200£2,600£600
30£46,800£3,900£900
35£54,600£4,550£1,050
37.5£58,500£4,875£1,125
40£62,400£5,200£1,200

After tax

On £58,500 a year, with tax code 1257L and no student loan or pension, you take home £44,491 a year, or £3,707.58 a month, after £10,828.40 Income Tax and £3,180.60 National Insurance. That is £22.82 an hour after tax. £58,000 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. £30 is at or above it. The rates for younger workers and apprentices are on the minimum wage calculator.

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