How do I convert fortnightly pay to an annual salary?

Multiply your fortnightly pay by 26. For example, £1,000/fortnight x 26 = £26,000/year gross. A fortnight is exactly two weeks, so there are 26 fortnights in a year.

How much tax do I pay on £1,000 a fortnight?

At £1,000/fortnight (£26,000/year), you pay approximately £2,686 Income Tax and £1,074 NI in England 2025-26, taking home around £22,240/year (£855/fortnight net).

Is fortnightly pay taxed differently to monthly pay?

No. HMRC calculates tax cumulatively regardless of pay frequency. A fortnightly-paid employee earning the same annual salary as a monthly-paid employee pays the same total tax. The main difference is that fortnightly payrolls apply a 1/26 fortnightly personal allowance rather than 1/12 monthly.

Fortnightly Pay After Tax UK 2025-26

Select your fortnightly salary to see annual take-home pay, income tax and NI breakdown. All figures use 2025-26 UK tax rates.

Under £1,000/fortnight

£200/fn £200/fn £225/fn £225/fn £250/fn £250/fn £275/fn £275/fn £300/fn £300/fn £325/fn £325/fn £350/fn £350/fn £375/fn £375/fn £400/fn £400/fn £425/fn £425/fn £450/fn £450/fn £475/fn £475/fn £500/fn £495/fn £525/fn £513/fn £550/fn £531/fn £575/fn £549/fn £600/fn £567/fn £625/fn £585/fn £650/fn £603/fn £675/fn £621/fn £700/fn £639/fn £725/fn £657/fn £750/fn £675/fn £775/fn £693/fn £800/fn £711/fn £850/fn £747/fn £900/fn £783/fn £950/fn £819/fn

£1,000 – £2,000/fortnight

£1,000/fn £855/fn £1,050/fn £891/fn £1,100/fn £927/fn £1,150/fn £963/fn £1,200/fn £999/fn £1,250/fn £1,035/fn £1,300/fn £1,071/fn £1,350/fn £1,107/fn £1,400/fn £1,143/fn £1,450/fn £1,179/fn £1,500/fn £1,215/fn £1,600/fn £1,287/fn £1,700/fn £1,359/fn £1,800/fn £1,431/fn £1,900/fn £1,503/fn £2,000/fn £1,566/fn

Above £2,000/fortnight

£2,100/fn £1,624/fn £2,200/fn £1,682/fn £2,300/fn £1,740/fn £2,400/fn £1,798/fn £2,500/fn £1,856/fn £2,600/fn £1,914/fn £2,700/fn £1,972/fn £2,800/fn £2,030/fn £2,900/fn £2,088/fn £3,000/fn £2,146/fn £3,250/fn £2,291/fn £3,500/fn £2,436/fn £3,750/fn £2,581/fn £4,000/fn £2,695/fn £4,250/fn £2,790/fn £4,500/fn £2,885/fn £4,750/fn £2,961/fn £5,000/fn £3,079/fn £5,500/fn £3,344/fn £6,000/fn £3,609/fn

How fortnightly salary converts to annual pay

Multiply your fortnightly salary by 26 to get your gross annual salary. For example, £1,000/fortnight = £26,000/year. After income tax and National Insurance, your take-home is lower — typically 70–80% of gross for most fortnightly amounts.

The UK National Living Wage from April 2025 is £12.21/hour — that's approximately £916/fortnight based on a 37.5-hour week (75 hours over two weeks).

See Scotland fortnightly salary after tax — Scottish income tax applies different bands from April 2016.

Also see: Weekly pay after tax · Monthly pay after tax · Daily rate after tax