£20 an hour is how much a year?
A year before tax
£39,000
At £20 an hour for 37.5 hours a week, you earn £39,000 a year before tax, or £3,250 a month.
At £20 an hour on a 37.5 hours week, the yearly salary is £39,000, almost exactly the median full-time salary in April 2025. Monthly pay is £3,250 and weekly pay £750. Take-home in England is £31,601.40 a year.
| Hours a week | A week | A month | A year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | £400.00 | £1,733.33 | £20,800.00 |
| 35 | £700.00 | £3,033.33 | £36,400.00 |
| 37.5 | £750.00 | £3,250.00 | £39,000.00 |
| 40 | £800.00 | £3,466.67 | £41,600.00 |
| England, Wales and Northern Ireland | Scotland | |
|---|---|---|
| A year | £31,601.40 | £31,546.42 |
| A month | £2,633.45 | £2,628.87 |
| A week | £607.72 | £606.66 |
A salary right at the middle
Half of full-time workers earned more than the median in April 2025 and half earned less. A full-time job at £20 an hour sits just below that line, so it gives a fair picture of a middle full-time salary in the UK.
The salary after tax page for the same yearly figure gives the full working, with student loans and pension choices. On a 40 hours week the pay rises to £41,600, clearly above the median.
Tax, National Insurance and take-home
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland the income tax on a full-time year at £20 is £5,284.20. National Insurance is £2,114.40. Together they take roughly a fifth of gross pay, leaving £2,633.45 a month.
The top of the basic rate band is still more than ten thousand pounds of salary away. Scottish take-home on the same hours is £31,546.42, which is lower because Scottish workers pay the intermediate rate of 21% on a wide slice of this pay. The take-home pay calculator shows the full sum for either nation.
Longer and shorter weeks at £20 an hour
On 40 hours a week, take-home at £20 becomes £33,473.40. That is a rise of two and a half paid hours a week, all taxed at the basic rate. On 20 hours a week the gross pay is £20,800 a year. The page for a pound more an hour shows where a longer week starts to reach the Scottish higher rate.
Questions
How much is £20 an hour per year?
It is £39,000 a year for a 37.5 hours week, before tax. For a 40 hours week it is £41,600. Holidays are counted as paid weeks in both figures.
What is £20 an hour after tax per month?
Take-home is £2,633.45 a month on a 37.5 hours week in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with no pension or student loan and the standard tax code.
Is £20 an hour an average wage?
On a standard full-time week it is very close to the median full-time salary in April 2025, which is the figure with half of full-time workers above it and half below.