The National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage

Check your paid correctly

The National Living and Minimum Wage will increase on 1 April 2025, giving a pay rise to over 3 million workers across the UK, including apprentices. 

The new rates apply to everyone and are different based on your age, including whether you are in an apprenticeship role.

It doesn’t matter if you’re in a full time, part time or temporary role, your employer should pay you the correct hourly rate for your age. It’s the law.

Rates for workers

Are you being paid properly?

Follow our helpful step-by-step guide to check if you are being paid correctly, including how to report this if you’re not.

Find out some of the most common wage payment mistakes.

Calculate your pay

Find out if you are being paid correctly by using our National Minimum Wage and Living Wage calculator. Answer some questions to check if:

  • you’re getting paid the National Minimum Wage
  • you’re getting paid the National Living Wage
  • your employer owes you past payments from the previous year because of underpayment

Online calculator

Think you’re being underpaid?

Find out how to report this to HMRC.

This only takes 5 minutes, and you can anonymously report your employer, even if you no longer work for them.