Police Sergeant (PS) on £45,000 - Take-home pay & payslip breakdown
Monthly net pay for a UK police sergeant (ps) earning £45,000 gross, calculated against HMRC 2026/27 PAYE bands and Class 1 employee National Insurance. Assumes 5% of qualifying earnings (£6,240–£50,270) under a net-pay arrangement, so it comes out of gross pay before income tax but not before National Insurance.
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£2,864.10/month
£34,369 per year · £660.95 per week
Full deduction breakdown
Tax code 1257L cumulative, England/Wales/NI bands, 2026/27 HMRC rates. Assumes 5% of qualifying earnings (£6,240–£50,270) under a net-pay arrangement, so it comes out of gross pay before income tax but not before National Insurance. On a different arrangement or percentage?
| Item | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| Gross salary | £45,000 | £3,750.00 |
| Personal Allowance | £12,570 | £1,047.50 |
| Income Tax (PAYE) | -£6,098.40 | -£508.20 |
| National Insurance | -£2,594.40 | -£216.20 |
| Pension (5%) | -£1,938.00 | -£161.50 |
| Net take-home | £34,369 | £2,864.10 |
How does £45,000 compare?
£45,000 sits about 9% below the ONS ASHE 2024 median for a Police Sergeant (PS) (£49,215). This typically corresponds to early-career, part-time or trainee positions in the occupation.
It is also above the UK full-time national median of £37,430 (ONS ASHE 2024).
For context, the 25th percentile for this role sits at £49,215 and the 75th at £53,358 (ONS ASHE 2024). Quirk specific to this occupation: Sergeant pay runs £53,568 to £56,208 across pay points 2 to 4, in force from 1 September 2025; pay point 1 was removed in September 2020. The 13.88% pension contribution comes off before tax, so the top of the scale is taxed on £48,406 and no point reaches the 40% band: it is the contribution, not higher-rate tax, that makes promotion worth less in the hand than the headline gap suggests.
Effective deduction rate at this gross: 23.62%. Marginal rate (next pound earned): 28%.
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