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What is my take-home pay on £80,000 with a Plan 1 student loan in 2026/27?

On a £80,000 salary with a Plan 1 student loan in 2026/27, you pay £19,432 Income Tax, £3,610.60 National Insurance and £4,779 student loan repayment, leaving £52,178.40 take-home pay -- about £4,348.20 a month.

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For a £80,000 salary in 2026/27, taxable income after the £12,570 Personal Allowance is £67,430, with £37,700 taxed at 20% (£7,540) and the remaining £29,730 taxed at 40% higher rate (£11,892), giving total Income Tax of £19,432. National Insurance is 8% of £37,700 (£3,016) plus 2% on the £29,730 above the Upper Earnings Limit (£594.60), giving £3,610.60. Plan 1 student loans repay 9% of income above a £26,900 threshold for 2026/27 -- at £80,000 salary, the £53,100 above the threshold generates a repayment of £4,779. Combined deductions of £27,821.60 leave £52,178.40 take-home pay a year, around £4,348.20 a month or £1,003.42 a week. Plan 1 borrowers who reach a higher-rate salary like this while still repaying often find they are close to clearing their original loan balance, since Plan 1 loans are written off 25 years after the April repayment began (or when the borrower turns 65 if they took out the loan before 2006), and the combination of a higher salary and Plan 1's relatively low interest rate means the balance falls faster than for Plan 2 or Plan 5 borrowers on the same income.