National minimum wage 2026: Statutory Terms Rates

The Statutory Terms Rates carries 24 published figures read from 5 sources' own pages; the 21 published figures given by floor run from 8 to 3,000,000 GBP, read 24 October 2026.

8 to 3,000,000 GBP Range by floor 21 published figures, not one market: read the rows
22 Published figures from 5 source pages, read 25 Oct 2026
10 of 13 Sources read that publish one 77% publish a figure at all
  1. HMRC CWG2 employer further guide 2026 to 20273,000,000 GBP
  2. GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202730,000 GBP
  3. GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 20271,048 GBP
  4. GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027967 GBP
  5. GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027967 GBP
  6. GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027967 GBP
  7. GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027559 GBP
  8. GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027417 GBP
  9. GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027242 GBP
  10. GOV.UK maternity pay and leave: pay194.32 GBP
  11. GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027194.32 GBP
  12. GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027129 GBP
Every published figure, highest first; the top 12 of 43.
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RowValue
HMRC CWG2 employer further guide 2026 to 20273,000,000 GBP
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202730,000 GBP
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 20271,048 GBP
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027967 GBP
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027967 GBP
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027967 GBP
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027559 GBP
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027417 GBP
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027242 GBP
GOV.UK maternity pay and leave: pay194.32 GBP
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027194.32 GBP
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027129 GBP
  1. 238 to 500,007
  2. 500,007 to 1,000,005
  3. 1,000,005 to 1,500,004
  4. 1,500,004 to 2,000,003
  5. 2,000,003 to 2,500,001
  6. 12,500,001 to 3,000,000
Where the 24 published figures fall, GBP, in six equal bands from the lowest to the highest.
Bands
BucketValue
8 to 500,00723 figures
500,007 to 1,000,0050 figures
1,000,005 to 1,500,0040 figures
1,500,004 to 2,000,0030 figures
2,000,003 to 2,500,0010 figures
2,500,001 to 3,000,0001 figure

10 of the 13 named sources read in full publish a figure; 3 publish none, read 24 October 2026.

By floor and time

BreakdownMedianRangeSources
floorstatutory annual leave5.6week5.6 to 5.6week1
floorStatutory Sick Pay, duration28week28 to 28week1
floorapprenticeship levy0.5%0.5 to 0.5%1
floorStatutory Maternity Pay, duration39week39 to 39week1
floorStatutory Maternity Pay, weekly rate194.32GBP194.32 to 194.32GBP1
floorstatutory paternity leave2week2 to 2week1
floorredundancy pay reference period12week12 to 12week1
floorNational Living Wage, 21 and over12.71GBP12.71 to 12.71GBP1
floorNational Minimum Wage, 18 to 2010.85GBP10.85 to 10.85GBP1
floorNational Minimum Wage, 16 to 178GBP8 to 8GBP1
floorapprentice rate8GBP8 to 8GBP1
flooraccommodation offset11.1GBP11.1 to 11.1GBP1
flooremployer National Insurance, category A15%15 to 15%1
floorapprenticeship levy, annual pay bill threshold3,000,000GBP3,000,000 to 3,000,000GBP1
floorStatutory Adoption Pay, duration39week39 to 39week1
floorStatutory Paternity Pay, duration2week2 to 2week1
floorStatutory Parental Bereavement Pay, duration2week2 to 2week1
floorStatutory Neonatal Care Pay, duration12week12 to 12week1
floorStatutory Sick Pay, weekly rate123.25GBP123.25 to 123.25GBP2
floorNI lower earnings limit129GBP129 to 129GBP1
floorNI primary threshold242GBP242 to 242GBP1
flooremployer NI secondary threshold96GBP96 to 96GBP1
flooremployer NI upper secondary threshold (under 21), weekly967GBP967 to 967GBP1
flooremployer NI apprentice upper secondary threshold (apprentice under 25), weekly967GBP967 to 967GBP1
flooremployer NI veterans upper secondary threshold, weekly967GBP967 to 967GBP1
flooremployer Class 1 NI rate (category A)15%15 to 15%1
flooremployer Class 1 NI rate up to apprentice upper secondary threshold (apprentice under 25)0%0 to 0%1
flooremployer Class 1 NI rate up to upper secondary threshold (under 21)0%0 to 0%1
flooremployer Class 1 NI rate up to veterans upper secondary threshold0%0 to 0%1
flooremployer Class 1A NI rate, expenses and benefits15%15 to 15%1

Every figure, with its source

One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.

SourceFigureBreakdownRead
HMRC CWG2 employer further guide 2026 to 20273,000,000GBPapprenticeship levy, annual pay bill threshold2026-10-24
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202730,000GBPClass 1A NI threshold on termination awards2026-10-19
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 20271,048GBPmonth2026-10-19
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027967GBPemployer NI upper secondary threshold (under 21), weekly2026-10-19
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027967GBPemployer NI apprentice upper secondary threshold (apprentice under 25), weekly2026-10-19
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027967GBPemployer NI veterans upper secondary threshold, weekly2026-10-19
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027559GBPmonth2026-10-19
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027417GBPmonth2026-10-19
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027242GBPNI primary threshold2026-10-19
GOV.UK maternity pay and leave: pay194.32GBPStatutory Maternity Pay, weekly rate2026-10-24
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027194.32GBPStatutory Paternity Pay, weekly rate2026-10-19
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027129GBPNI lower earnings limit2026-10-19
Acas statutory sick pay123.25GBPStatutory Sick Pay, weekly rate2026-10-24
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027123.25GBPStatutory Sick Pay, weekly rate2026-10-19
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202796GBPemployer NI secondary threshold2026-10-19
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202790%Statutory Maternity Pay, first 6 weeks rate2026-10-19
GOV.UK maternity pay and leave: pay39weekStatutory Maternity Pay, duration2026-10-24
HMRC CWG2 employer further guide 2026 to 202739weekStatutory Adoption Pay, duration2026-10-24
GOV.UK Statutory Sick Pay28weekStatutory Sick Pay, duration2026-10-23
GOV.UK National Insurance rates and categories15%employer National Insurance, category A2026-10-19
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202715%employer Class 1 NI rate (category A)2026-10-19
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202715%employer Class 1A NI rate, expenses and benefits2026-10-19
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202715%employer Class 1A NI rate, termination awards2026-10-19
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202715%employer Class 1B NI rate (PSAs)2026-10-19
GOV.UK: LPC recommendations take the National Living Wage to £12.7112.71GBPNational Living Wage, 21 and over2026-10-24
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202712.71GBPNational Living Wage, hourly (aged 21 and over)2026-10-19
GOV.UK redundancy pay12weekredundancy pay reference period2026-10-24
HMRC CWG2 employer further guide 2026 to 202712weekStatutory Neonatal Care Pay, duration2026-10-24
GOV.UK: LPC recommendations take the National Living Wage to £12.7111.1GBPaccommodation offset2026-10-24
GOV.UK: LPC recommendations take the National Living Wage to £12.7110.85GBPNational Minimum Wage, 18 to 202026-10-24

The sentence each figure was read from (43)

Read in full, publishes no figure

3 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.

Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).

10 of the 13 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 3 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 2 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.

The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 22 figures, never sentences; 270 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.

The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per statutory floor per tax year, quoted from the authority with its effective date, and the year-on-year delta the authority does not publish in one place: what the same contract costs an employer at the new rates versus the old, per hour, per week and per employee per year

270 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.

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The Statutory Terms Rates carries 24 published figures read from 5 sources' own pages; the 21 published figures given by floor run from 8 to 3,000,000 GBP, read 24 October 2026.

10 of the 13 named sources read in full publish a figure; 3 publish none, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor statutory annual leave: median 5.60 week across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor Statutory Sick Pay, duration: median 28 week across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor apprenticeship levy: median 0.50 percent across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor Statutory Maternity Pay, duration: median 39 week across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor Statutory Maternity Pay, weekly rate: median 194.32 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor statutory paternity leave: median 2 week across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor redundancy pay reference period: median 12 week across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor National Living Wage, 21 and over: median 12.71 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor National Minimum Wage, 18 to 20: median 10.85 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor National Minimum Wage, 16 to 17: median 8 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor apprentice rate: median 8 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor accommodation offset: median 11.10 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor employer National Insurance, category A: median 15 percent across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor apprenticeship levy, annual pay bill threshold: median 3,000,000 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor Statutory Adoption Pay, duration: median 39 week across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor Statutory Paternity Pay, duration: median 2 week across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay, duration: median 2 week across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor Statutory Neonatal Care Pay, duration: median 12 week across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor Statutory Sick Pay, weekly rate: median 123.25 GBP across 2 sources, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor NI lower earnings limit: median 129 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor NI primary threshold: median 242 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor employer NI secondary threshold: median 96 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor employer NI upper secondary threshold (under 21), weekly: median 967 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor employer NI apprentice upper secondary threshold (apprentice under 25), weekly: median 967 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor employer NI veterans upper secondary threshold, weekly: median 967 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor employer Class 1 NI rate (category A): median 15 percent across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor employer Class 1 NI rate up to apprentice upper secondary threshold (apprentice under 25): median 0 percent across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor employer Class 1 NI rate up to upper secondary threshold (under 21): median 0 percent across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor employer Class 1 NI rate up to veterans upper secondary threshold: median 0 percent across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor employer Class 1A NI rate, expenses and benefits: median 15 percent across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor Class 1A NI threshold on termination awards: median 30,000 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor employer Class 1A NI rate, termination awards: median 15 percent across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor employer Class 1B NI rate (PSAs): median 15 percent across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor National Living Wage, hourly (aged 21 and over): median 12.71 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor National Minimum Wage, hourly (aged 18 to 20): median 10.85 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor National Minimum Wage, hourly (under 18): median 8 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor National Minimum Wage, hourly (apprentice rate): median 8 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor Statutory Maternity Pay, first 6 weeks rate: median 90 percent across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, floor Statutory Paternity Pay, weekly rate: median 194.32 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

Statutory Terms Rates, time month: median 559 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

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8 to 3,000,000 GBP

21 of 24 published figures (floor), Statutory Terms Rates, across 5 sources, read 24 October 2026

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