National Insurance: upper earnings limit

Where the employee National Insurance rate drops to the additional rate.

Weekly	Monthly	Annual
£967.00	£4,189.00	£50,270.00

Corroborated Statutory Instrument Great Britain in force since 2021-04-06

Checked against its sources: statute verified 2026-09-21·guidance verified 2026-09-21

Scope: Frozen since 6 April 2021 and aligned with the higher-rate income tax threshold. Equal to the under-21 and apprentice upper secondary thresholds and the veterans' upper secondary threshold (all £967/week).

Current sources

Source A · LegislationThe Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2021, SI 2021/157 reg 6(2) (amending reg 10(b) of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001: upper earnings limit £962 -> £967; in force 6 April 2021)

retrieved 2026-07-25

Source B · Official guidancehttps://www.gov.uk/guidance/rates-and-thresholds-for-employers-2026-to-2027

retrieved 2026-07-29

History

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Weekly	Monthly	Annual
£967.00	£4,189.00	£50,270.00

2021-04-06

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Corroborated

Legislation: The Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2021, SI 2021/157 reg 6(2) (amending reg 10(b) of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001: upper earnings limit £962 -> £967; in force 6 April 2021) retrieved 2026-07-25
Official guidance: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rates-and-thresholds-for-employers-2026-to-2027 retrieved 2026-07-29

Receipt

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Compiler's notes

SI 2021/157 reg 6(2) substitutes the upper earnings limit (reg 10(b)) together with the under-21 (reg 10(e)) and apprentice (reg 10(f)) upper secondary thresholds in one sentence, £962 -> £967. The value has been frozen since; SI 2026/231 did not touch reg 10(b). The parser reports the combined substitution as one (regulation 10, None) amendment.