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UK National Minimum & Living Wage Rates (April 2026)
The statutory National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates in the UK from 1 April 2026, by worker-type band, with the previous year’s rate for context. Published by GOV.UK, alongside the ONS median full-time hourly earnings figure the rates can be compared against.
4 rate bands · HM Government · Open Government Licence v3.0
Key figures
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This dataset is available as machine-readable JSON — including provenance, columns, key figures and a verbatim sample of rows — and as a spreadsheet-ready CSV sample, for researchers, journalists and AI assistants. Every figure traces to the source below.
Methodology
Rates are the statutory hourly minimums copied verbatim from GOV.UK for the April 2026 uprating, with the April 2025 rate retained for context. The ONS median full-time gross hourly earnings figure (ASHE 2025) is included as a published comparison denominator. No rate is estimated.
How this snapshot is prepared & verified
- Source. Retrieved from GOV.UK — National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates (HM Government), the official publisher, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Reference period: April 2026.
- Verbatim capture. Every figure shown here is copied from, or computed directly from, that snapshot — nothing is estimated, rounded away or hand-entered.
- Verification. Column values are checked against the published source before release, and the licence and attribution are preserved exactly as issued.
- Re-publication. The snapshot is exposed as a citable page plus JSON and CSV downloads so it stays independently verifiable and quotable.
The JSON summary and CSV export contain a verbatim sample of the snapshot with full provenance. The complete dataset is available from the original source linked above.
Sample rows
A verbatim sample from the verified snapshot. Full data is in the JSON summary and on the source page.
| band | ageBand | rate2026 | rate2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Living Wage (21 and over) | 21 and over | 12.71 | 12.21 |
| National Minimum Wage (18 to 20) | 18 to 20 | 10.85 | 10 |
| National Minimum Wage (under 18) | Under 18 | 8 | 7.55 |
| Apprentice rate | Apprentices | 8 | 7.55 |
Provenance
- Source:
- GOV.UK — National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates
- Publisher:
- HM Government
- Coverage:
- United Kingdom — four statutory rate bands
- As of:
- April 2026
- Licence:
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Source: GOV.UK — National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Re-published by GeraJobs at https://gerajobs.com/data/uk-minimum-wage.