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Payslip checker by job

Payslip guides for 395 UK jobs, grouped by the sector you work in. Each page explains the pay lines, allowances and deductions you should expect to see for that role. To check your own figures, upload your payslip.

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NHS and healthcare

Most NHS staff other than doctors and dentists are paid on Agenda for Change bands; doctors are paid under separate national contracts. Each page explains the pay lines, enhancements, pension contributions and deductions on that role’s payslip.

Pay-scale and pension guides:NHS pay bands 2026/27Resident doctor payNHS consultant payNHS Pension Scheme

Schools, colleges and universities

Teachers in England are paid under the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document, school support staff are usually paid on local government pay scales, and university staff on the higher-education pay spine.

Pay-scale and pension guides:Teacher pay scales 2026/27Higher education pay spineTeachers’ Pension SchemeUSS pension

Armed forces

Regular service personnel are paid by rank and increment on scales set after the Armed Forces Pay Review Body reports. These pages cover individual ranks; the pay-scale guides hold the full tables.

Pay-scale and pension guides:RAF pay scales 2026/27Army pay scales 2026/27Royal Navy pay scales 2026/27Armed forces tax reliefs

Police, fire and emergency services

Police officer ranks, firefighter development stages and control-room roles. Police officers are paid on national pay points by rank; PCSOs and call handlers are police staff on separate staff pay scales.

Pay-scale and pension guides:Police pay scales 2026/27Police pension schemeFirefighters’ pension scheme

Local government

Council roles, most of them paid on the NJC pay spine or a local grading scheme, with membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.

Pay-scale and pension guides:Local Government Pension Scheme

Civil service, justice and government agencies

Civil Service grades from Administrative Officer to the Senior Civil Service, roles in HMRC, DWP and Border Force, and the prison, probation, court and coroner services. Most civil servants are members of the alpha pension scheme.

Pay-scale and pension guides:Civil Service alpha pensionMcCloud remedy

Private sector

Private employers set their own pay above the National Minimum Wage, so these pages focus on the payslip lines that vary by job: shift premiums, commission, tronc, CIS and umbrella arrangements.

Pay-scale and pension guides:National Minimum Wage 2026/27Holiday pay calculationIR35 and off-payroll workingTronc and tips

Payroll schemes that change the payslip

If you are paid under the Construction Industry Scheme, through a tronc, by an umbrella company or under an agricultural wages order, your payslip does not follow the usual pattern. Two more change nothing on the payslip and a great deal about what you get back: HMRC publishes a flat rate expense figure for dozens of named trades, and a qualifying seafarer pays no UK income tax on their sea earnings at all.

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