NHS Pay Bands After Tax 2026/27

See take home pay for every NHS Agenda for Change band.

Band 1£1,743-£1,743/mo Band 2£1,743-£1,834/mo Band 3£1,834-£1,979/mo Band 4£1,979-£2,143/mo Band 5£2,143-£2,601/mo Band 6£2,567-£3,056/mo Band 7£3,062-£3,452/mo Band 8a£3,478-£3,804/mo Band 8b£3,887-£4,374/mo Band 8c£4,440-£5,040/mo Band 8d£5,040-£5,757/mo Band 9£5,884-£6,357/mo

Changing Jobs This Tax Year?

Thinking about moving on? The PAYE side of changing employer is small, but getting it wrong costs real money for a few months.

P45 guide: the form you get when you leave a job →P60 explained — your end-of-tax-year summary →1257L — the standard tax code, explained →Emergency tax calculator — what the wrong code costs →

Other Public-Sector Pay Scales

The other statutory pay scales worth comparing against, each with monthly take-home:

Teacher pay scales 2026/27 — M1 to UPS3, after tax →Wales teacher pay 26/27 — main, upper and leadership points →Teaching salaries UK — how teaching compares →