New parent money
GOING BACK TO WORK
After childcare, the money side
One part of going back to work is the money: what's left once childcare is paid for. This pictures just that part on your own numbers — the rest of the decision is yours. Nothing is saved.
Tell us your pay, the days you'd work and your childcare, and we'll picture what's left each month once childcare is covered. It's an illustration — it clears when you leave the page.
What we assumed
- Take-home worked out on your pay scaled to the days you'd work, using England, Wales & NI tax bands — an estimate, not a payslip.
- Net childcare cost from the childcare estimator: your monthly cost after funded hours and any Tax-Free Childcare top-up.
- Only the money side is shown — the many other reasons going back to work matters aren't in this figure.
Check on GOV.UK