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Class 4 National Insurance is one of the two types of National Insurance (NI) that you pay if you’re self-employed. The other type is Class 2.
You start paying Class 4 NI once you earn over £9,568 a year from all your combined income sources. It’s calculated at 9% of your self-employment profits between £9,568 and £50,270, and 2% on anything above £50,270.
We’re glad you asked. Take a look at the below table to see how it compares with the other classes of National Insurance:
| Employment status | What do I pay? |
| Employed and earning <£120 – but not eligible for National Insurance credits | Class 3 |
| Self-employed with profits <£6,515 | Class 2 or Class 3 (depending on the benefits you want to be eligible for) |
| You’re employed and have a side-hustle but with low earnings and small profits | Contact HMRC on 0300-200-3519 |
| You’re a self-employed examiner, religious minister or have an investment, land or property business | Class 2 or Class 3 (depending on the benefits you want to be eligible for) |
| You live and work abroad | Class 3 – if you’ve lived in the UK for 3 consecutive years/paid 3 years of contributions |
| Unemployed but not claiming benefits | Class 3 |
| A married woman or widow no longer paying reduced rates | Class 3 |
| Living (but not working) abroad | Class 3 – if you’ve lived in the UK for 3 consecutive years/paid 3 years of contributions |
For more information, you can use this employed and self-employed calculator to see how much NI you should pay.
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