£12.71 an hour is how much a year?
£12.71 an hour is £24,785 a year at a full-time 37.5-hour week, £2,065.38 a month before tax, and about £1,780.37 a month in your pocket after income tax and National Insurance. £12.71 is the National Living Wage, the legal minimum for workers aged 21 and over from 1 April 2026. These figures use the 2026/27 UK tax year's HMRC rates (checked 2026-08-28), England, Wales and Northern Ireland bands, the standard 1257L tax code, 52 paid weeks (employees are paid for holiday), and no pension or student loan, a different tax code, Scottish bands or a loan plan changes the take-home, and the full hourly calculator handles all of those. The table below shows the same £12.71 rate across 20, 30, 37.5 and 40-hour weeks, gross and after tax.
£12.71/hour by working week
| Hours/week | Annual gross | Monthly gross | Take-home / year | Take-home / month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | £13,218.40 | £1,101.53 | £13,036.85 | £1,086.40 |
| 30 | £19,827.60 | £1,652.30 | £17,795.47 | £1,482.96 |
| 37.5 | £24,784.50 | £2,065.38 | £21,364.44 | £1,780.37 |
| 40 | £26,436.80 | £2,203.07 | £22,554.10 | £1,879.51 |
52 paid weeks (holiday is paid for employees), England bands, standard 1257L code, no pension or student loan. At 37.5 hours you keep 86.2% of gross, each hour is worth £10.96 after tax against the £12.71headline.
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2026/27 HMRC rates, checked 2026-08-28.