The National Living Wage from April 2026 is £12.71 an hour at 21 and over: check your pay
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 16 Oct 2026.The National Living Wage is the minimum hourly rate for workers aged 21 and over: £12.71 from 1 April 2026, up from £12.21. At 37.5 hours a week that is £476.63 a week before tax, or £24,784.76 over 52 weeks. Type your hourly pay to see whether you are paid at least that.
2026-27 · Rates and rules read from GOV.UK, National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates on 16 Oct 2026; they may have changed since.
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The minimum wage is the least an employer may pay a worker for each hour. This page finds the rate for your age and apprenticeship, using the rates GOV.UK publishes, and compares your hourly pay with it.
The rates from April 2026. The National Living Wage, for workers aged 21 and over, is £12.71 an hour. The National Minimum Wage is £10.85 for ages 18 to 20 and £8 for under 18s, from school leaving age. The apprentice rate is £8. The rates change on 1 April every year.
What the page shows. Your minimum hourly rate, whether your pay meets it, and the difference an hour, a week and over 52 weeks. It also shows the minimum pay a week for your hours: at 37.5 hours on the National Living Wage that is £476.63.
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From 1 April 2026 the National Living Wage for workers aged 21 and over is £12.71 an hour. The National Minimum Wage is £10.85 for ages 18 to 20 and £8 for under 18s, and the apprentice rate is £8. The rates change on 1 April every year.
Workers aged 21 and over, since 1 April 2024. Before then the age was 23. Workers aged 20 and under get the National Minimum Wage rate for their age, which starts at school leaving age. An apprentice of 21 gets the apprentice rate only in the first year.
An apprentice gets £8 an hour from April 2026 when aged under 19, or aged 19 or over and in the first year of the apprenticeship. Once an apprentice aged 19 or over finishes the first year, the minimum wage for their age applies, so £12.71 at 21.
From April 2025 to March 2026 the rates were £12.21 at 21 and over, £10 for ages 18 to 20, and £7.55 for under 18s and apprentices. Choose 2025-26 on this page to check pay for that year, for example when looking at back pay.
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