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Salary Sacrifice Calculator

Make your pension work harder.

See how moving part of your salary into a pension changes take home pay, Income Tax and National Insurance. Enter your gross salary and a monthly sacrifice amount.

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Updated for the 2026/27 tax year

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What does sacrifice change?

£

This models a pension contribution taken through salary sacrifice.

Estimated take home

£3,113per month

£37,360 a year after deductions

Take homePensionTax, NI & loan
Annual gross pay£50,000
Income tax−£6,886
National Insurance−£2,754
Pension sacrifice−£3,000
Student loan−£0

Estimate for standard PAYE, 2026/27. Actual payroll figures can vary by tax code and pay schedule.

Behind the number

What salary sacrifice means here

Contractual salary − pension salary sacrifice = pay used for Income Tax and employee NI.
  1. 01

    The calculator treats your contribution as a true salary sacrifice arrangement, where the sacrificed pay is not subject to Income Tax or employee NI.

  2. 02

    Your annual take home falls by less than the amount going into your pension because tax and NI may be lower.

  3. 03

    Employer pension contributions, scheme rules and any change to benefits are not included.

Salary sacrifice must be offered by your employer. This is a simplified estimate and does not test minimum wage restrictions or the effects on statutory benefits.

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