Money Worked Out vs The Salary Calculator
| Feature | Money Worked Out | The Salary Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Scottish income tax | Yes | Yes |
| Enter your own tax code | Yes | Yes |
| Choice of pension method | Yes | Not checked |
| Bonus | Yes | Yes |
| Overtime | Yes | Yes |
| Adverts | No | Yes |
| Third-party scripts | None | 4 found |
| Cookie banner | No | Yes |
| Shows the working | Yes | No |
| Tax year shown | 2026/27 | 2026/27 (dropdown 2022/23 to 2026/27) |
| Take-home on £35,000 | £28,721.40 | £28,719.60 |
Changing a pension contribution and changing your weekly hours are different questions. Choose the form whose inputs describe the change you are considering.
Compare the main salary forms
Both selected forms have Scottish tax, tax codes, bonus and overtime. Money Worked Out records an explicit choice of pension method. The Salary Calculator's main-form pension-method row remains unconfirmed in these saved facts; this does not say its other forms lack those choices.
Start with salary after deductions for an ordinary annual estimate. The pension-method tool explains how a deduction changes the tax or NI base.
Use a separate form for reduced hours
The part-time comparison checks The Salary Calculator's pro rata form separately. That form leads its five criteria, including Scottish settings and simultaneous loan types. Money Worked Out's hours-ratio form has fixed deduction assumptions.
Handle irregular pay with matching inputs
Enter a bonus separately when the question is the extra cash it adds. The bonus comparison and hourly pay tool state their own annualised assumptions. Neither main-form feature ranking verifies a specific payday's cumulative payroll.
How we checked
Each site's main calculator opened in Chrome and its HTML read on the check date. Features are true only when seen in the calculator, false when absent from the calculator, its menu and its sitemap, and unknown otherwise.
Test: £35,000 a year, England, no pension, no student loan, standard tax code, 2026/27. Small differences in the £35,000 test are expected. Money Worked Out uses the £12,579 of tax-free pay that the standard 1257L tax code gives on a payslip, as HMRC's own estimator does. A site that uses the £12,570 Personal Allowance instead shows £1.80 more Income Tax a year.
Checked on 3 October 2026.
Which main form ranks first here?
Money Worked Out meets all selected recorded criteria. An unconfirmed feature contributes no point, so the table preserves the uncertainty.
Can The Salary Calculator handle two salaries?
Its separate two-salaries form has both salary inputs, individual codes and per-job pension fields. That is distinct from the selected main form.
Why can the simple salary row differ?
The saved methods use different tax-free-pay assumptions. The scenario note identifies the narrow comparison; it cannot establish a universal payslip figure.
Does the pro rata ranking carry over to this table?
Each ranking applies to its chosen form and criteria. This table compares the main salary pages.