Redundancy Pay Calculator
UK statutory redundancy pay from your age, full years of service and weekly pay, with the weekly cap from 6 April 2026, or a contractual package at so many weeks a year.
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How it's calculated
Weeks = Σ over the last full years of service (at most 20): 0.5 for a year under 22, 1 for a year aged 22 to 40, 1.5 for a year aged 41 or over Statutory pay = weeks × min(weekly pay, cap); nothing under 2 full years Cap from 6 April 2026: 751 a week (England, Scotland, Wales), 783 (Northern Ireland) Contractual = years × weeks per year × weekly pay (with the scheme's own caps), and never less than statutory
Works out UK statutory redundancy pay the way GOV.UK and nidirect describe it: half a week's pay for each full year of service under 22, one week for each year aged 22 to 40, and one and a half weeks for each year aged 41 or over, counting back from the redundancy date and capping service at 20 years. You need 2 full years with the employer. Weekly pay is capped for redundancies on or after 6 April 2026 at 751 in England, Scotland and Wales (a maximum of 22,530) and at 783 in Northern Ireland (a maximum of 23,490). A contractual mode multiplies your years by the weeks of pay your employer's scheme gives, with its own caps if it has any, and shows it next to the statutory minimum it can't go below.
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About the Redundancy Pay calculator
This redundancy pay calculator works out the statutory redundancy pay an employee in the UK is owed, and lets you compare it with a contractual scheme from your employer. Statutory pay depends on three things: your age, your full years of service (up to 20) and your weekly pay, which is capped. For redundancies on or after 6 April 2026 the cap is 751 a week in England, Scotland and Wales and 783 in Northern Ireland, as GOV.UK and nidirect state. The calculator counts back through each year of service, gives half, one or one and a half weeks' pay for it by your age that year, and shows the total. In contractual mode you enter how many weeks' pay per year your employer offers, and it shows the larger of that and the statutory minimum. Other countries have their own severance rules. To turn the weekly figure into an hourly one, see the salary to hourly calculator.
How to use it
- Choose “Work out”: Statutory, or Contractual for your employer's own scheme.
- Pick “Where you work”, since Northern Ireland has a different weekly cap.
- Enter your “Age when made redundant” and your “Full years of service”.
- Enter your “Weekly pay before tax”, the average over the 12 weeks before your notice.
- For a contractual scheme, add the “Weeks' pay per year of service” and any cap the scheme uses.
Worked example
A 45-year-old with 15 full years of service on 650 a week: the last 4 years were at age 41 or over (4 × 1.5 = 6 weeks) and the other 11 at 22 to 40 (11 weeks), so 17 weeks × 650 = 11,050 statutory redundancy pay. A contractual scheme of 2 weeks a year gives 15 × 2 × 650 = 19,500, which is more than the statutory minimum, so it applies.
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Questions people ask
How is statutory redundancy pay calculated?
Half a week's pay for each full year you were under 22, one week for each full year aged 22 to 40, and one and a half weeks for each full year aged 41 or over, for at most 20 years. The weeks are multiplied by your weekly pay, up to the cap.
What is the maximum statutory redundancy pay in 2026?
For redundancies on or after 6 April 2026 it is 22,530 in England, Scotland and Wales (30 weeks × 751) and 23,490 in Northern Ireland (30 weeks × 783), from GOV.UK and nidirect.
Do I get redundancy pay with less than 2 years' service?
Not statutory redundancy pay: you need at least 2 full years with the employer. Your contract may still give you something, so check it.
What is a common mistake when working out redundancy pay?
Counting part years. Only full years of service count, and the years are counted back from the date your job ends, so the age band for each year depends on how old you were during it.
Is redundancy pay taxed?
nidirect says redundancy pay under 30,000 is not taxable. Pay in lieu of notice, holiday pay and wages owed are treated differently, so check with HMRC.
Can I rely on this figure?
It follows the published statutory rules, but your contract, notice pay and the exact end date can change what you are owed. For your own case, ask Acas, the Labour Relations Agency in Northern Ireland, or an employment adviser.