Two jobs · 2026/27

£50,000.00 + £10,000.00 across two UK jobs

Primary job on 1257L, second job on BR — the standard HMRC allocation. Deterministic 2026/27 numbers throughout.

Combined take-home

Combined gross

£60,000.00

Annual take-home

£47,519.60

Monthly take-home

£3,959.97

Income Tax

£9,486.00

National Insurance

£2,994.40

Effective rate

20.8%

You keep 79.2% of every combined pound.

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How it's calculated

Job 1 — £50,000.00

Tax code 1257L — Personal Allowance £12,570, then 20% up to £50,270 and 40% above (with the £100k+ PA taper if applicable).

Job 2 — £10,000.00

Tax code BR every £ taxed at 20% (Basic Rate). No Personal Allowance because Job 1 already used it.

National Insurance is calculated per employment, each with its own £12,570 Primary Threshold. That's why the two-job NI total (£2,994.40) differs from the single-employment equivalent below.

vs. earning the same £60,000.00 from a single employer

Single-employer take-home

£45,357

£3,780 / month

Two-job take-home

£47,519.60

£3,959.97 / month

  • Net difference: +£2,162.20/yr (two jobs vs one)
  • Income Tax difference: -£1,946.00
  • NI difference: -£216.20

The NI saving from two separate employer thresholds is why the two-job outcome typically keeps a little more here.

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Deterministic 2026/27 calculation using HMRC standard tax codes (1257L primary, BR secondary) and no student loan or pension. The interactive multi-job calculator at /calc lets you model salary sacrifice, student loans and non-standard codes. Not financial advice.