Apprentice pay calculator
See the least an employer can legally pay you as an apprentice, from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. Many schools and nurseries pay more, and each advert shows its own wage.
Apprentice rate
£8.00 an hour
£240.00 a week for 30 hours
Before tax and National Insurance. Time spent training counts as paid working time.
Minimum rates from 1 April 2026
| Apprentice rate (under 19, or first year) | £8.00 |
| Under 18 | £8.00 |
| 18 to 20 | £10.85 |
| 21 and over | £12.71 |
Source: GOV.UK National Minimum Wage rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.