Rates and thresholds for employers 2022 to 2023
Source: gov.uk (2025-10-15)

Use these rates and thresholds when you operate your payroll or provide expenses and benefits to your employees.

The temporary 1.25 percent point increase in National Insurance rates were reversed with effect from 6 November 2022.

The introduction of a separate Health and Social Care Levy in April 2023 has been cancelled.

Unless otherwise stated, the following figures apply from 6 April 2022 to 5 April 2023.

PAYE tax and Class 1 National Insurance contributions

You normally operate PAYE as part of your payroll (https://www.gov.uk/paye-for-employers) so HMRC can collect Income Tax and National Insurance from your employees.

Your payroll software will work out how much tax and National Insurance to deduct from your employees’ pay. If you decide to run payroll yourself, you can find payroll software (https://www.gov.uk/payroll-software/overview).

Tax thresholds, rates and codes

The amount of Income Tax you deduct from your employees depends on their tax code (https://www.gov.uk/employee-tax-codes) and how much of their taxable income is above their Personal Allowance (https://www.gov.uk/income-tax-rates/current-rates-and-allowances).

England and Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Emergency tax codes

The emergency tax codes from 6 April 2022 are:
- 1257L W1
- 1257L M1
- 1257L X
Find out more about emergency tax codes (https://www.gov.uk/tax-codes/emergency-tax-codes).

Class 1 National Insurance thresholds

You can only make National Insurance deductions on earnings above the lower earnings limit.

Class 1 National Insurance rates

Employee (primary) contribution rates from 6 April 2022 to 5 November 2022

Deduct primary contributions (employee’s National Insurance) from your employees’ pay through PAYE.

Employer (secondary) contribution rates from 6 April 2022 to 5 November 2022

You pay secondary contributions (employer’s National Insurance) to HMRC as part of your PAYE bill. Find out more about running payroll and paying HMRC (https://www.gov.uk/running-payroll/paying-hmrc).

Pay employers’ PAYE tax and National Insurance (https://www.gov.uk/pay-paye-tax).

Employee (primary) contribution rates from 6 November 2022 to 5 April 2023

Deduct primary contributions (employee’s National Insurance) from your employees’ pay through PAYE.

Employer (secondary) contribution rates from 6 November 2022 to 5 April 2023

You pay secondary contributions (employer’s National Insurance) to HMRC as part of your PAYE bill. Find out more about running payroll and paying HMRC (https://www.gov.uk/running-payroll/paying-hmrc).

Pay employers’ PAYE tax and National Insurance (https://www.gov.uk/pay-paye-tax).

Directors — (primary) contribution rates

These rates apply for the whole tax year when not using the alternative calculation method.

If you use the alternative calculation method — at the end of the year you’ll need to recalculate your director’s National Insurance using the standard annual earnings period method. Use payroll software to work out if more contributions are due.

Deduct primary National Insurance contributions from your directors’ pay through PAYE.

Directors — employer (secondary) contribution rates

These rates apply for the whole tax year when not using the alternative calculation method.

If you use the alternative calculation method — at the end of the year you’ll need to recalculate your director’s National Insurance using the standard annual earnings period method. Use payroll software to work out if more contributions are due.

You pay secondary contributions (employer’s National Insurance) to HMRC as part of your PAYE bill. Find out more about running payroll and paying HMRC (https://www.gov.uk/running-payroll/paying-hmrc).

Pay employers’ PAYE tax and National Insurance (https://www.gov.uk/pay-paye-tax).

Class 1A National Insurance — expenses and benefits

You must pay Class 1A National Insurance on work benefits you give to your employees, for example a company mobile phone. You report and pay Class 1A on expenses and benefits at the end of each tax year.

The National Insurance Class 1A rate on expenses and benefits for 2022 to 2023 is 14.53%.

Find out more about expenses and benefits for employers (https://www.gov.uk/employer-reporting-expenses-benefits).

Class 1A National Insurance — termination awards and sporting testimonial payments

Class 1A National Insurance contributions are due on the amount of termination awards (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/income-tax-and-national-insurance-contributions-treatment-of-termination-payments) paid to employees which are over £30,000 and on the amount of sporting testimonial payments (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/sporting-testimonials-income-tax-and-national-insurance-payments) paid by independent committees which are over £100,000. You report and pay Class 1A on these types of payments during the tax year as part of your payroll.

The National Insurance Class 1A rate for all employees, including directors, on termination awards and sporting testimonial payments for 2022 to 2023 is:
- 15.05% on employee payments made 6 April 2022 to 5 November 2022
- 13.8% on employee payments made 6 November 2022 to 5 April 2023
Pay employers’ Class 1A National Insurance (https://www.gov.uk/pay-class-1a-national-insurance).

Class 1B National Insurance — PAYE Settlement Agreements (PSAs)

You pay Class 1B National Insurance if you have a PAYE Settlement Agreement (https://www.gov.uk/paye-settlement-agreements/overview). This allows you to make one annual payment to cover all the tax and National Insurance due on small or irregular taxable expenses or benefits for your employees.

The National Insurance Class 1B rate for 2022 to 2023 is 14.53%.

Pay Class 1B National Insurance (https://www.gov.uk/pay-psa).

National Minimum Wage

The National Minimum Wage is the minimum pay per hour almost all workers are entitled to by law. Find out more about who can get the minimum wage (https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage/who-gets-the-minimum-wage).

Use the National Minimum Wage calculator (https://www.gov.uk/minimum-wage-calculator-employers) to check if you’re paying a worker the National Minimum Wage or if you owe them payments from past years.

These rates apply from 1 April 2022.

Check National Minimum Wage rates for previous years (https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates).

Statutory Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared Parental and Parental Bereavement Pay

Use the maternity, adoption and paternity calculator for employers (https://www.gov.uk/maternity-paternity-calculator) to work out your employee’s:
- Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)
- paternity or adoption pay
- qualifying week
- average weekly earnings
- leave period
These rates apply from 3 April 2022.

Find out more information about:
- Statutory Maternity Pay (https://www.gov.uk/employers-maternity-pay-leave)
- Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) (https://www.gov.uk/employers-paternity-pay-leave)
- Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) (https://www.gov.uk/employers-adoption-pay-leave)
- Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) (https://www.gov.uk/shared-parental-leave-and-pay-employer-guide)
- Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) (https://www.gov.uk/employers-parental-bereavement-pay-leave)
- financial help with statutory pay (https://www.gov.uk/recover-statutory-payments) — proportion of your payments you can recover from HMRC
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)

The same weekly Statutory Sick Pay rate applies to all employees. However, the amount you must actually pay an employee for each day they’re off work due to illness (the daily rate) depends on the number of ‘qualifying days’ they work each week.

Use the Statutory Sick Pay calculator (https://www.gov.uk/calculate-statutory-sick-pay) to work out your employee’s sick pay, or use these rates.

7 qualifying days in a week

Use these rates to work out how much Statutory Sick Pay you need to pay an employee who works 7 qualifying days in a week.

6 qualifying days in a week

Use these rates to work out how much Statutory Sick Pay you need to pay an employee who works 6 qualifying days in a week.

5 qualifying days in a week

Use these rates to work out how much Statutory Sick Pay you need to pay an employee who works 5 qualifying days in a week.

4 qualifying days in a week

Use these rates to work out how much Statutory Sick Pay you need to pay an employee who works 4 qualifying days in a week.

3 qualifying days in a week

Use these rates to work out how much Statutory Sick Pay you need to pay an employee who works 3 qualifying days in a week.

2 qualifying days in a week

Use these rates to work out how much Statutory Sick Pay you need to pay an employee who works 2 qualifying days in a week.

1 qualifying day in a week

Use these rates to work out how much Statutory Sick Pay you need to pay an employee who works 1 qualifying day in a week.

Student loan and postgraduate loan recovery

If your employees’ earnings are above the earnings threshold, record their student loan and postgraduate loan deductions (https://www.gov.uk/new-employee/student-loans) in your payroll software. It will automatically calculate and deduct repayments from their pay.

Company cars — advisory fuel rates

Use advisory fuel rates to work out mileage costs if you provide company cars to your employees.

These rates apply from 1 September 2022.

Hybrid cars are treated as either petrol or diesel cars for this purpose.

Check advisory fuel rates for previous periods (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advisory-fuel-rates/advisory-fuel-rates-1-september-2011-to-29-february-2016).

Advisory electricity rate for fully electric cars from 1 December 2022

Amount per mile: 8 pence.

Electricity is not a fuel for car fuel benefit purposes.

Employee vehicles — mileage allowance payments

Mileage allowance payments are what you pay your employees for using their own vehicle for business journeys.

You can pay your employees an approved amount of mileage allowance payments each year without having to report them to HMRC. To work out the approved amount, multiply your employee’s business travel miles for the year by the rate per mile for their vehicle.

Find out more about reporting and paying mileage allowance payments (https://www.gov.uk/expenses-and-benefits-business-travel-mileage/rules-for-tax).

Employment Allowance

Employment Allowance allows eligible employers (https://www.gov.uk/claim-employment-allowance) to reduce their annual National Insurance liability by up to the annual allowance amount.

Apprenticeship Levy

Employers and connected companies with a total annual pay bill of more than £3 million, are liable to the Apprenticeship Levy (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pay-apprenticeship-levy), which is payable monthly. Employers who are not connected to another company or charity will have an annual allowance that reduces the amount of Apprenticeship Levy you have to pay. Apprenticeship Levy is charged at a percentage of your annual pay bill.