2025/26 · After income tax, National Insurance & Plan 2 student loan
On a £100,000 salary with a Plan 2 student loan, your UK take-home pay is about £62,120 a year (£5,177/month) in 2025/26 — the loan takes £6,438 a year on top of tax and National Insurance.
| Item | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 💷 Gross salary | £100,000 | £8,333 |
| − Income tax | −£27,432 | −£2,286 |
| − National Insurance | −£4,011 | −£334 |
| − Student loan (Plan 2) | −£6,438 | −£536 |
| ✓ Take-home pay | £62,120 | £5,177 |
| Plan | Threshold | Repayment/yr | Take-home/yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plan 1 | £26,065 | −£6,654 | £61,903 |
| Plan 2 | £28,470 | −£6,438 | £62,120 |
| Plan 4 (Scotland) | £32,745 | −£6,053 | £59,173 |
| Plan 5 | £25,000 | −£6,750 | £61,807 |
| Postgraduate | £21,000 | −£4,740 | £63,817 |
Repayments are 9% of income above your plan's threshold (6% for postgraduate loans). Not sure which plan you're on? England & Wales starters from Aug 2023 are Plan 5; 2012–2023 are Plan 2; Scotland is Plan 4.
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Open UK Student Loan Calculator →A £100,000 salary is well above the UK median full-time wage of roughly £37,000 (ONS, 2025). At this level you pay higher-rate tax on part of your income, so salary sacrifice into a pension is one of the most effective ways to keep more of each pay rise.
Remember that workplace pension contributions (typically 5% employee under auto-enrolment) come out before tax, reducing the income-tax bill shown here — and for student loan holders, contributions also reduce loan repayments. Benefits in kind such as a company car or private medical insurance increase your taxable income. If your tax code is not the standard 1257L, your personal allowance — and therefore your take-home — will differ from these figures.
Uses 2025/26 HMRC rates (personal allowance £12,570, basic 20%, higher 40%, additional 45%; NI 8%/2%) plus 2025/26 student loan thresholds: Plan 1 £26,065, Plan 2 £28,470, Plan 4 £32,745, Plan 5 £25,000 (9%), Postgraduate £21,000 (6%). Headline figures assume Plan 2 and England/Wales tax bands, no pension contributions. The Plan 4 row uses Scottish 2025/26 income tax bands, since Plan 4 borrowers studied in Scotland. Repayments are collected via PAYE on income above the threshold. Estimates only — not financial advice.