Paramedic salary and take-home pay 2026/27

A typical paramedic salary of £42,000 takes home £33,759.60 a year (£2,813.30 a month) after income tax and National Insurance for 2026/27 in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, with no pension or student loan.

Gross: £42,000
Take-home: £33,759.60
Monthly: £2,813.30
Weekly: £649.22
Income Tax: £5,886.00
Employee NI: £2,354.40
Effective rate: 19.6%
Marginal (IT+NI): 28.0%

Take-home at typical salaries

Gross	Tax	NI	Monthly	Take-home
£35,000	£4,486.00	£1,794.40	£2,393.30	£28,719.60
£42,000	£5,886.00	£2,354.40	£2,813.30	£33,759.60
£49,000	£7,286.00	£2,914.40	£3,233.30	£38,799.60

NHS pay bands — take-home

Point	Gross	Take-home	Page
Band 5	£32,073	£26,612.16	—
Band 6	£39,959	£32,290.08	—
Band 7	£49,387	£39,078.24	—

2025/26 AfC entry-point working set. Confirm the live 2026/27 AfC pay scales (published by NHS Employers) at ship time — SERPs disagree on exact figures. The live scale wins. Source: NHS Employers.

Sources

NHS Careers — paramedic (accessed 2026-08-14)

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