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2026/27 TAX YEAR

UK Salary Sacrifice Calculator

Estimate tax savings from pension sacrifice

Calculate how salary sacrifice affects Income Tax, National Insurance, pension contributions and take-home pay.

Choose whether your salary is annual or monthly.

Your salary before tax and pension sacrifice.

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Choose whether your contribution is a percentage or fixed amount.

Enter how much salary you want to sacrifice.

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Common salaries:

Your estimated results

Gross Salary
£50,000.00
Pension
£2,500.00
Tax & NI Saving
£700.00
Take-home after sacrifice
£37,719.60
Monthly saving£58.33
Effective relief28.0%

Breakdown

Before Salary Sacrifice

Income Tax£7,486.00
National Insurance£2,994.40
Net Income£39,519.60

After Salary Sacrifice

Income Tax£6,986.00
National Insurance£2,794.40
Net Income£37,719.60

Savings

Income Tax Saving£500.00
NI Saving£200.00
Take-home Reduction£1,800.00

About the UK Salary Sacrifice Calculator

Use this salary sacrifice calculator to estimate how pension contributions can reduce your taxable pay, Income Tax, National Insurance, and take-home pay for the 2026/27 tax year.

Salary sacrifice is commonly used for workplace pension contributions. It can be tax efficient because your salary is reduced before Income Tax and employee National Insurance are calculated.

This means part of your pension contribution may be effectively funded by tax and NI savings.

This calculator is designed for UK employees who want a simple estimate of their tax saving from salary sacrifice pension contributions.

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