Income
Employer Cost Calculator
See the true cost to employ someone — gross salary plus employer National Insurance, employer pension, and the apprenticeship levy estimate.
Employer cost · cost to employ you
Total cost to employerYour gross salary is £70,000. The rest covers employer
National Insurance, employer pension, and an estimated
apprenticeship levy.
£82,200/yr
+17.4% above your gross salaryCost breakdown
Gross Salary
Your contractual gross salary£70,000
85.2% of total
Employer NI
15% × earnings above £5,000 (Class 1 secondary)£9,750
11.9% of total
Employer Pension
Employer's % contribution on top of your pay£2,100
2.6% of total
Apprenticeship Levyif applicable
0.5% × salary (if employer's pay bill > £3M)£350
0.4% of total
What-if: cost of a pay riseA £5,000 pay rise costs your employer £5,925
once the additional employer NI is included.
£5,000
True cost to employer
£5,925
Salary efficiency
84.4%
of cost reaches your salarySalary sacrifice saves employer NI
£525/yr saved
On a salary-sacrifice pension, your employer's NI bill drops by £525/yr. Many employers share this saving as extra pension contributions — worth asking yours.