Pay calculator: what an apprenticeship pays after tax, travel and rent

Pick an employer and programme, or enter any pay, to see roughly what you'd take home each month after tax, and what's left after travel and rent.

Your age
Where you'd live

Where each month's pay goes

    Left for everything else

    Everything else means food, phone, bills, clothes and going out.

      Sources: Income Tax rates and Personal Allowances (GOV.UK); Scottish Income Tax (GOV.UK); National Insurance rates and categories (GOV.UK); Workplace pensions: what you, your employer and the government pay (GOV.UK); Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics (ONS); 16+ Zip Oyster photocard (TfL); Apprentice Oyster photocard (TfL); MD3517 July 2026 fare changes (Greater London Authority); Bus tickets (Transport for Greater Manchester); Under 19 bus-only travel (West Yorkshire Metro); MCard for 19-25s; Capped fares (Travel South Yorkshire); Young Persons' (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel (Transport Scotland); £1 bus fares for young people extended to March 2027 (Welsh Government); yLink (Translink).