What does the NHS pay award mean for you?

Impact of the government pay decision – English NHS

The table below shows the impact of the government pay decision on Agenda for Change pay spine in England.

IMPORTANT: Your actual take home pay will be lower than the increases below as these figures are gross increases to the spine and do not take into account the impact of national insurance, income tax, benefit thresholds or pensions contributions. To find out exactly what your pay will look like please contact your local payroll department in your employer.

		2021/22		2022/23
		Annual pay rates	Hourly rate	Annual Pay Increase	Hourly Pay Increase	Percentage	New Annual Pay rates	New Hourly Pay rates
Band 1*	1*	£18,870	£9.65	£1,400	£0.72	7.42%	£20,270	£10.37
Band 2	1*	£18,870	£9.65	£1,400	£0.72	7.42%	£20,270	£10.37
	2	£19,918	£10.19	£1,400	£0.72	7.03%	£21,318	£10.90
Band 3	3	£20,330	£10.40	£1,400	£0.72	6.89%	£21,730	£11.11
	4	£21,777	£11.14	£1,400	£0.72	6.43%	£23,177	£11.85
Band 4	5	£22,549	£11.53	£1,400	£0.72	6.21%	£23,949	£12.25
	6	£24,882	£12.73	£1,400	£0.72	5.63%	£26,282	£13.44
Band 5	7	£25,655	£13.12	£1,400	£0.72	5.46%	£27,055	£13.84
	8	£27,780	£14.21	£1,400	£0.72	5.04%	£29,180	£14.92
	9	£31,534	£16.13	£1,400	£0.72	4.44%	£32,934	£16.84
Band 6	10	£32,306	£16.52	£1,400	£0.72	4.33%	£33,706	£17.24
	11	£34,172	£17.48	£1,400	£0.72	4.10%	£35,572	£18.19
	12	£39,027	£19.96	£1,561	£0.80	4.00%	£40,588	£20.76
Band 7	13	£40,057	£20.49	£1,602	£0.82	4.00%	£41,659	£21.31
	14	£42,121	£21.54	£1,685	£0.86	4.00%	£43,806	£22.40
	15	£45,839	£23.44	£1,834	£0.94	4.00%	£47,672	£24.38
Band 8a	16	£47,126	£24.10	£1,400	£0.72	2.97%	£48,526	£24.82
	17	£53,219	£27.22	£1,400	£0.72	2.63%	£54,619	£27.93
Band 8b	18	£54,764	£28.01	£1,400	£0.72	2.56%	£56,164	£28.72
	19	£63,862	£32.66	£1,400	£0.72	2.19%	£65,262	£33.38
Band 8c	20	£65,664	£33.58	£1,400	£0.72	2.13%	£67,064	£34.30
	21	£75,874	£38.80	£1,400	£0.72	1.85%	£77,274	£39.52
Band 8d	22	£78,192	£39.99	£1,400	£0.72	1.79%	£79,592	£40.70
	23	£90,387	£46.23	£1,400	£0.72	1.55%	£91,787	£46.94
Band 9	24	£93,735	£47.94	£1,400	£0.72	1.49%	£95,135	£48.65
	25	£108,075	£55.27	£1,400	£0.72	1.30%	£109,475	£55.99

Note: *Band 1 has now been closed to new entrants and these figures include the increase to the lowest pay point to bring it in line with the statutory minimum wage.

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