Minimum Wage
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21 and over |
£11.44 per hour |
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18-20 year olds |
£8.60 per hour |
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16-17year olds |
£6.40 per hour |
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Apprentice rate |
£6.40 per hour |
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Accommodation Rate: |
£9.99 per day or £69.93 per week |
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Accommodation Rate: |
£9.10 per day or £63.70 per week |
Lowering of NLW age
*As part of a two-step age threshold reduction, the NLW was extended to apply to workers aged 23 and 24 from 1st April 2021. It is expected that it will apply to those aged 21 and 22 by 2024.
Increases to National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage - 2025
The Government has accepted the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations to significantly increase the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates from next year, leading to over 3 million workers getting a pay rise. For the first time, the Low Pay Commission’s took into account the cost of living, including expected trends in inflation up to March 2026, when recommending the new rates.
The annual increases to the minimum wage and national living wage with effect from 1st April 2025 are as follows:
- 21 and over by 6.7% from £11.44 to £12.21 per hour
- 18- to 20-year-olds by 16.3% from £8.60 to £10.00 per hour
- 16- to 17-year-olds and apprentices by 18% from £6.40 to £7.55 per hour
The accommodation offset will be £10.66 per day (an increase of 6.7%).
This will be the largest ever increase in the minimum wage in cash terms.
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Over 23*-year-olds |
£10.42 per hour |
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21-22 year olds: |
£10.18 per hour |
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18-20 year olds: |
£7.49 per hour |
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16-17year olds: |
£5.28 per hour |
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Apprentice rate: |
£5.28 per hour |
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Accommodation Rate: |
£9.10 per day or £63.70 per week |