UK Income Percentile Calculator

UK Income Percentile Thresholds (Latest Official Data)

From the latest official data (ONS: pay of UK employee jobs, April 2025; HMRC: income taxpayers' total income, 2023-24):

Top 50% (median): £32,890 a year for all employee jobs (£39,039 full-time)

Top 25%: £48,283+ a year (£54,009+ full-time)

Top 10%: £69,381+ a year (£76,903+ full-time)

Top 5%: £93,600+ of total income (HMRC, taxpayers)

Top 1%: £207,000+ of total income (HMRC, taxpayers)

The ONS figures cover employees' pay, part-time jobs included (full-time figures in brackets); the HMRC figures cover the total income of income taxpayers, including self-employment and pensions. Household income gives different positions.

How This Calculator Works

Up to the 90th percentile the calculator uses the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (April 2025, Table 6.7a): the published percentiles of gross annual pay for all UK employee jobs, interpolated between ONS's points. Above that it uses HMRC's Survey of Personal Incomes (2023-24, Table 3.1a) percentile points for taxpayers' total income. ONS publishes nothing below the 10th percentile (£11,425), so lower salaries show as "bottom 10%". Take-home uses 2026/27 income tax and National Insurance.

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