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£9.50 an hour is how much a year?

£9.50 an hour is £18,525 a year for a 37.5 hour week, before tax: £1,543.75 a month or £356.25 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.

£9.50 an hour for 37.5 hours a week is £18,525.00 a year.

a year, before tax

A year£18,525.00
A month£1,543.75
A week£356.25
A day£71.25
An hour£9.50

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£9.50 a hour × 37.5 hours a week × 52 weeks£18,525.00
A month£18,525.00 ÷ 12£1,543.75
A week£18,525.00 ÷ 52 weeks£356.25
A day£356.25 ÷ 5 days£71.25

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

£9.50 an hour for different hours

Hours a weekA yearA monthA week
16£7,904£658.67£152
20£9,880£823.33£190
30£14,820£1,235£285
35£17,290£1,440.83£332.50
37.5£18,525£1,543.75£356.25
40£19,760£1,646.67£380

After tax

On £18,525 a year, with tax code 1257L and no student loan or pension, you take home £16,859.40 a year, or £1,404.95 a month, after £1,189.20 Income Tax and £476.40 National Insurance. That is £8.65 an hour after tax. £19,000 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. £9.50 is below it. The rates for younger workers and apprentices are on the minimum wage calculator.

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