Leave Entitlement CalculatorUK holiday pay calculator
Work out what a week of paid leave should be worth when your pay varies, using the average of up to 52 paid weeks.
How is holiday pay calculated in the UK?
If your pay is the same every week, a week of holiday is paid at that normal weekly rate. If it varies, holiday pay is the average of your pay over the last 52 weeks in which you were paid something, skipping unpaid weeks and going back up to 104 weeks to find them.
Divide that weekly average by the days you normally work to get a day's holiday pay. Entitlement (how much leave you get) is a separate calculation from pay.
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How holiday pay is worked out
If your pay does not change from week to week, a week of holiday is simply paid at your normal weekly rate. If your pay varies — because of shifts, regular overtime, commission or bonuses tied to work done — holiday pay is based on your average weekly pay over a reference period of up to 52 paid weeks. Weeks with no pay are skipped, and an earlier paid week is used instead, going back as far as 104 weeks.
Example: £18,200 of gross pay across 52 paid weeks gives an average of £350 a week. For someone working five days a week, one day of leave is worth £70.
Common questions
- Which weeks go into the 52-week average?
- The last 52 weeks in which you were paid something for work. Weeks with no pay at all are skipped and replaced by earlier paid weeks, looking back up to 104 weeks. If you have worked for less than 52 weeks, the average uses however many paid weeks you have.
- Does overtime count towards holiday pay?
- Regular overtime, commission and work-related bonuses count towards the first four weeks of statutory leave. The remaining 1.6 weeks can lawfully be paid at basic pay, which is why a payslip can differ from one single average.
- How much is a day's holiday pay?
- The weekly average divided by the days you normally work in a week. On a £350 average over five days, a day is £70 gross.
- Is rolled-up holiday pay allowed?
- For irregular-hours and part-year workers in Great Britain, employers may pay an extra 12.07% with each payslip instead of paying at the time leave is taken. For everyone else, holiday pay is due when the leave is taken.
Limitations
- This uses one average across the weeks you enter. It cannot tell which individual weeks were unpaid — leave those out and count an earlier paid week instead.
- Figures are gross, before tax and National Insurance. It is not a payslip check.
- Only the first 4 weeks of statutory leave must include regular overtime and commission; the remaining 1.6 weeks can legally be paid at basic pay. This calculator gives one average figure, so compare it with your contract.
To find out how many days or hours of leave you are owed in the first place, use the entitlement calculator.