# Take-Home Compass

> 99 salaries across 1 jurisdiction, each worked out after statutory deductions on rates quoted from official pages, last checked 2026-09-03.

## Key facts

- Every figure is computed on the statutory rates the government publishes, read and quoted verbatim with the retrieval date.
- 99 salary figures across 1 jurisdiction, each with its deductions line by line and a per-period view.
- The calculator on each jurisdiction page runs the same rules the figure pages were built from.

## Key pages

- [The take-home index](https://takehomecompass.com/take-home/): every jurisdiction, with its salary table and calculator
- [Calculate my take home pay](https://takehomecompass.com/calculate-my-take-home-pay/): a guide to the method, with the sources
- [IR35 rules](https://takehomecompass.com/ir35-rules/): a guide to the method, with the sources
- [Inside IR35](https://takehomecompass.com/inside-ir35/): a guide to the method, with the sources
- [Outside IR35](https://takehomecompass.com/outside-ir35/): a guide to the method, with the sources
- [Inside vs outside IR35](https://takehomecompass.com/inside-vs-outside-ir35/): a guide to the method, with the sources
- [IR35 calculator](https://takehomecompass.com/ir35-calculator/): a guide to the method, with the sources
- [IR35 check and CEST](https://takehomecompass.com/ir35-check/): a guide to the method, with the sources
- [Contractor take-home](https://takehomecompass.com/contractor-take-home-pay-calculator/): a guide to the method, with the sources
- [Day rate calculator](https://takehomecompass.com/day-rate-calculator-uk/): a guide to the method, with the sources
- [Trade day rates](https://takehomecompass.com/plumber-day-rate/): a guide to the method, with the sources
- [Contract salary figures](https://takehomecompass.com/40k-take-home-pay-uk/): a guide to the method, with the sources
- [IR35 news and changes](https://takehomecompass.com/ir35-news/): a guide to the method, with the sources
- [United Kingdom](https://takehomecompass.com/take-home/united-kingdom/): the jurisdiction's calculator and every salary worked out
- [Ask a question](https://takehomecompass.com/quote/): a form for questions about a specific payslip or payroll

## Data

- Download (CSV, the whole take-home index): https://takehomecompass.com/take-home/take-home-index.csv
- Download (CSV, United Kingdom coverage): https://takehomecompass.com/take-home/united-kingdom.csv
- Methodology: This hub ships no vendor catalog: its plan measures no software demand, and a vendor index aimed at nothing does not ship. The figures are computed by the estate's payroll engine over statutory rates quoted verbatim from the official pages listed here (packages/hub-kit/src/payroll/rules), re-verified against the live page.
- Source: GOV.UK: Income Tax rates and Personal Allowances, current rates and allowances: https://www.gov.uk/income-tax-rates
- Source: GOV.UK: National Insurance rates and categories, contribution rates: https://www.gov.uk/national-insurance-rates-letters
- Source: GOV.UK: Rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027, Class 1 National Insurance thresholds: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rates-and-thresholds-for-employers-2026-to-2027
- Source: GOV.UK: Repaying your student loan, what you pay: https://www.gov.uk/repaying-your-student-loan/what-you-pay
- Source: GOV.UK: Workplace pensions, what you, your employer and the government pay: https://www.gov.uk/workplace-pensions/what-you-your-employer-and-the-government-pay
- Source: HMRC: Income Tax rates and allowances for current and past years, tax rates and bands (income after allowances): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-and-allowances-income-tax/income-tax-rates-and-allowances-current-and-past

## Citation

Cite as: "Take-Home Compass Take-Home Index", https://takehomecompass.com/take-home/ (updated 2026-09-03).

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