Description
Take Home Pay Calculator lets you embed a fully working UK take-home pay calculator on any WordPress page or post using a single shortcode — no coding required.
Built for healthcare staff pages, recruitment sites, union and staff-side resources, and payroll or HR blogs, the calculator estimates take-home pay across all NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) pay bands and covers:
- All AfC pay bands (Band 2 to Band 9) with entry/mid/top pay points
- Separate pay scales for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
- High Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) — Inner London, Outer London and Fringe weighting
- NHS Pension Scheme contribution tiers (2015 CARE, 2008 Section, 1995 Section, or opted out)
- Unsocial hours enhancements (Saturday/night and Sunday/bank holiday rates by band)
- Overtime pay (time-and-a-half and double time) for eligible bands
- UK Income Tax (including separate Scottish Income Tax bands) and National Insurance
- Student loan repayments (Plan 1, 2, 4, 5 and Postgraduate)
- Salary sacrifice adjustments
- A “Pay Rise” tab that projects the effect of a future pay award on take-home pay
The calculator runs entirely in the visitor’s browser with plain JavaScript — no external API calls, no data collection, and no server-side processing of any figures the visitor enters.
This plugin is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to NHS England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, the Department of Health and Social Care, or any NHS trust. Pay band references describe the publicly published Agenda for Change pay structure that the calculator is built around.
How it works
Add the shortcode [take_home_pay_calculator] to any page or post. The calculator’s stylesheet and script only load on pages where the shortcode is present, so it adds no extra weight anywhere else on your site.
Data sources
Pay scales, pension contribution tiers and unsocial hours rates are based on the published Agenda for Change pay circulars and NHS Pension Scheme member contribution tables. Figures are estimates for guidance only and should not be treated as a substitute for an official payslip.
This plugin is developed and maintained by the team behind Take Home Pay NHS: https://takehomepaynhs.co.uk/ — where you’ll find further pay guides, band-by-band breakdowns and the same calculator kept up to date online.
Installation
- In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins Add New.
- Search for Take Home Pay Calculator.
- Click Install Now, then Activate.
- Edit any page or post and add the shortcode
[take_home_pay_calculator]in a Shortcode or Custom HTML block. - Publish or update the page — the calculator will appear where you placed the shortcode.
Manual installation
- Upload the
take-home-pay-calculatorfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
- Add the shortcode
[take_home_pay_calculator]to a page or post.
FAQ
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Do I need to know how to code to use this?
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No. Install the plugin, then paste
[take_home_pay_calculator]into any page or post. -
Can I use the shortcode more than once on the same page?
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The calculator is designed for one instance per page. Using it twice on the same page isn’t currently supported.
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Does this calculator send any data to an external server?
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No. All calculations happen locally in the visitor’s browser using JavaScript. Nothing the visitor types into the calculator is transmitted anywhere.
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Will this slow down my site?
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The calculator’s CSS and JavaScript only load on pages/posts where you’ve actually added the shortcode, so it has no effect on the rest of your site.
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How often are the pay scales updated?
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Pay scales are reviewed against the current Agenda for Change pay circular. Check the changelog for the version’s “as of” date.
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Is this an official NHS tool?
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No. This is an independent calculator based on publicly published pay and pension data. It is not affiliated with NHS England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, or the Department of Health and Social Care.
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Contributors & Developers
“Take Home Pay Calculator” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release: take-home pay calculator shortcode covering all Agenda for Change bands, England/Scotland/Wales/NI pay scales, HCAS, unsocial hours, overtime, pension scheme tiers, student loans and income tax.