Take-home pay is the pay that you receive from your employer, after they’ve taken off taxes and other deductions.

What your employer deducts from your salary:

• Income Tax
• National Insurance
• Student loan repayments
• and pension contributions

In other words, take-home pay is what you’re left with from your salary each month.

A few things you need to remember about your take-home pay:

• your employer deducts these through a system called PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
• how much Income Tax your employer deducts is calculated based on your tax code. The most common tax code in the 2020/21 tax year is 1250L – if your tax code is different, you might be overpaying or under paying tax. Check this tax code guide or talk to your employer.