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£8.50 an hour is how much a year?

£8.50 an hour is £16,575 a year for a 37.5 hour week, before tax: £1,381.25 a month or £318.75 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.

£8.50 an hour for 37.5 hours a week is £16,575.00 a year.

a year, before tax

A year£16,575.00
A month£1,381.25
A week£318.75
A day£63.75
An hour£8.50

That is below 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£8.50 a hour × 37.5 hours a week × 52 weeks£16,575.00
A month£16,575.00 ÷ 12£1,381.25
A week£16,575.00 ÷ 52 weeks£318.75
A day£318.75 ÷ 5 days£63.75

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

£8.50 an hour for different hours

Hours a weekA yearA monthA week
16£7,072£589.33£136
20£8,840£736.67£170
30£13,260£1,105£255
35£15,470£1,289.17£297.50
37.5£16,575£1,381.25£318.75
40£17,680£1,473.33£340

After tax

On £16,575 a year, with tax code 1257L and no student loan or pension, you take home £15,455.40 a year, or £1,287.95 a month, after £799.20 Income Tax and £320.40 National Insurance. That is £7.93 an hour after tax. £17,000 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. £8.50 is below it. The rates for younger workers and apprentices are on the minimum wage calculator.

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