Payslip generator
Enter the pay, watch the payslip build. Free to preview, as often as you like.
PAYE and National Insurance are worked out for you for 2026/27. See what we calculate
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Leeds
- Employee
- Priya Shah
- Pay period
- 1 – 30 Sept 2026
- Pay date
- 30 Sept 2026
- Pay frequency
- Monthly
- Tax year / period
- 2026-27 / Period 6
- Tax code / NI letter
- 1257L / A
Earnings
Deductions
Example net pay£1,983.84
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Enter the pay, watch the payslip build. Free to preview, as often as you like.
PAYE and National Insurance are worked out for you for 2026/27. See what we calculate
Example net pay£1,983.84
What’s on a payslip
A payslip (also called a wage slip, pay slip, salary slip or PAYE payslip) is the statement of pay and deductions an employee gets each payday. Every PayDocs payslip has the same six parts, in the order a reader looks for them.
- Employer and employee
- The business paying, the person being paid, and an optional payroll or works number.
- Tax period and pay date
- The period the pay covers and the date it was paid.
- Gross pay
- Salary for the period, or hours × rate, plus overtime, bonus or other earnings lines.
- Deductions
- PAYE income tax, National Insurance, pension contributions and anything else deducted, copied from your payroll record.
- Net pay
- Take-home pay: gross pay minus deductions, plus any expenses reimbursed.
- Year-to-date totals
- Running totals for the tax year, carried from the figures you enter.
Sample · fictional employer and employee
Hollins Road Household
Leeds
Payslip
Classic layout
| Earnings | This period | Year to date |
|---|---|---|
| SalaryMonthly | 2,450.00 | 14,700.00 |
| Gross pay | 2,450.00 | 14,700.00 |
| Deductions | ||
| Income tax (PAYE) | −280.50 | 1,683.00 |
| National Insurance | −112.16 | 672.96 |
| Workplace pension | −73.50 | 441.00 |
| Total deductions | −466.16 | 2,796.96 |
| Net pay | 1,983.84 | 11,903.04 |
What you have to give your employees
Employers must give employees and workers a payslip on or before payday. It can be printed or electronic. It has to show pay before and after deductions, the amount of any deductions that change each time (such as tax and National Insurance), and the hours worked if pay varies with time worked. Fixed deductions can be listed on the payslip or in a separate written statement.
GOV.UK notes that some payroll software won’t produce payslips. If yours doesn’t, make the payslip here from your payroll figures.
Do employers have to give payslips?Source: GOV.UK, Payslips. Not legal advice.
Making your own payslip: short answers
Can I make my own payslip?
Yes, if you are the employer. Small employers, including people who employ a nanny, carer or cleaner directly, can make payslips from their own payroll figures: enter the real pay, PAYE, National Insurance and other deductions, and the payslip adds them up. If you are the employee, ask your employer; they have to give you one.
Is it legal to make a payslip?
Yes, when it records pay that was really paid. GOV.UK says employers must give employees and workers a payslip on or before payday, and making one from your own payroll is how a small employer does that. A payslip with an invented employer or figures, used to get a mortgage, tenancy or benefit, is fraud.
Can ChatGPT make a payslip?
It can draft a layout, but it doesn't run payroll. PAYE and National Insurance depend on the tax code, the pay period and the tax year's running totals, and a chatbot can produce figures that look right and aren't. PayDocs works out PAYE and National Insurance from HMRC's published rules, shows how, and keeps every amount editable.
Can AI spot a fake payslip?
Often, yes. Lenders and letting agents check payslips against bank statements and with the employer, and automated checks look for tax, National Insurance and year-to-date totals that don't fit the tax code and pay period. A payslip made from real payroll passes because its figures are true. No layout makes invented figures pass, and PayDocs isn't built to.
Three steps in the generator
Who.
Your business and the person you are paying. The address and payroll number are optional.Pay.
Salary for the period, or hours × rate. The pay date and period fill themselves in. PAYE and National Insurance are one click; add other deductions from your payroll record.Check and download.
Pick one of six layouts, read the payslip line by line and download the PDF for £3.99.
Is the payslip generator free?
Making and previewing a payslip is free, as many times as you like, with no account or card. You pay only for the finished PDF without the watermark.
It costs £3.99, or a pack of 4 for £11.99 or 12 for £27.99 if you pay someone every week or month. Pack credits never expire. No subscription.
See pricingPayslip generator: common questions
How do I make a payslip?
Enter the employer and employee details, the pay period, then the earnings and deductions from your payroll record. The payslip builds in the preview as you type. Pick one of six layouts and review it before you finish.
Is the payslip generator free?
Creating and previewing a payslip is free, with no account or card. The finished PDF, without the watermark, is £3.99.
Does PayDocs calculate PAYE and National Insurance?
Yes, for pay dates from 6 April 2026 to 5 April 2027: PayDocs can calculate PAYE income tax from the tax code, employee National Insurance, National Insurance for every category letter, student loan (Plans 1, 2, 4 and 5) and Postgraduate Loan deductions, workplace pension contributions (net pay, relief at source, salary sacrifice), company directors' National Insurance and statutory sick, maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and bereavement pay, from the published rules named on each result. Every calculated line stays editable. You enter other deductions, such as salary advances or union fees from your own payroll records.
Is a wage slip the same as a payslip?
Yes. Wage slip, pay slip, salary slip and PAYE payslip are other names for the same document: the statement of pay before and after deductions an employee gets each payday. This generator makes all of them.
Can I make payslips for hourly workers?
Yes. Choose hourly pay and enter the hours and rate; add an extra rate for overtime and any other earnings as separate lines. Each line is worked out as hours × rate for you.
Does the payslip show year-to-date totals?
Yes. Enter the totals from the tax year so far before this payment, and PayDocs adds this period to them.
Which payslip templates can I choose from?
Six: Classic, Modern, Compact, Executive, Bold and Minimal. You can switch layout at any point while you create, and the figures stay the same.
What must a UK payslip show?
GOV.UK says a payslip must show pay before and after deductions, the deductions that can change each payday such as tax and National Insurance, and the hours worked if pay depends on time worked. It must be given on or before payday.
Do I have to give my employees payslips?
Yes. GOV.UK says employees and workers must get a payslip on or before payday, printed or electronic. Contractors and freelancers are not covered. If you employ a nanny, carer or cleaner directly, that includes you.
Can I use a PayDocs payslip as proof of income?
No. PayDocs lays out figures you provide. It does not verify employment, certify income, or guarantee that anyone will accept the document. Only enter real figures from payroll you are authorised to prepare.
Do I need an account?
Not to create or preview. You need a free account to save drafts, keep your employees and documents, and duplicate a document for the next pay period. An unsaved draft is kept only in the browser tab you work in: refreshing the page offers to restore it, and closing the tab clears it.
Before you start
UK payslips
- Your payslip explained, line by lineUnderstanding your payslip: what each part of a UK payslip means, from tax code and NI number to gross pay, deductions, net pay and year-to-date totals.
- What is net pay? Take-home pay on a UK payslipNet pay is what an employee receives after Income Tax, National Insurance, pension and other deductions. A £30,000 example for 2026/27 and the payslip.
- Do employers have to give payslips?Yes: UK employers must give employees a payslip on or before payday. What it must show, electronic payslips, and who is not covered, from GOV.UK.
PAYE and tax codes
- What is PAYE on a payslip?PAYE on a payslip is the Income Tax your employer takes from your pay for HMRC. What it means, how your tax code affects it, and more.
- UK tax codes on a payslipWhat the tax code on your payslip means: the numbers, the letters (L, M, N, T, BR, D0, D1, NT, K, S, C) and emergency codes, as defined by GOV.UK.
- Tax code 1257L explainedWhat tax code 1257L means, how much tax-free pay it gives, and what it leaves you with each month in 2026/27, with worked examples.
National Insurance
- National Insurance rates 2026/27Employee and employer Class 1 National Insurance rates and thresholds for 2026/27, weekly, monthly and yearly, with worked examples.
- UK National Insurance calculator
- National Insurance category letters: A, M, C and the restThe National Insurance category letter on a payslip sets how much NI the employee and employer pay. What each letter means and the 2026/27 rates.
Statutory pay, holiday and pensions
- How much is SSP in 2026/27? Statutory Sick Pay rate and rulesSSP is £123.25 a week in 2026/27, or 80% of earnings if lower, paid from the first day off sick. Daily rates, who qualifies and a worked example.
- SSP on a Payslip: How to Show Statutory Sick PayLearn how to work out Statutory Sick Pay, show it on a payslip and deduct tax and National Insurance, with worked examples for employers from PayDocs.
- Statutory Sick Pay calculatorFree 2026/27 Statutory Sick Pay calculator: paid from day one at £123.25 or 80% of average weekly earnings, by qualifying day, for up to 28 weeks.
Running UK payroll
- PAYE for employers: registering with HMRC and your first payrollWhen you must register as an employer with HMRC, the £129-a-week test for 2026/27, and the steps from registration to your first PAYE payment.
- New starter without a P45: the HMRC starter checklist (the old P46)HMRC's starter checklist replaced the P46. What a new employee fills in, which tax code statements A, B and C give in 2026/27, and what to do if it's late.
- Payslips for small businessesRunning payroll for a few employees? Your duties in order, from registering as an employer to P60s, and how to give clear payslips each payday.
Directors and small companies
- Payslips for company directorsPaying yourself a director’s salary through PAYE? How directors’ National Insurance works on an annual basis in 2026/27, and how to make the payslip.
- Director-only payroll: running PAYE for a one-director company (2026/27)How to run PAYE when the only person on payroll is you, the director: registering, the annual NI method, 2026/27 thresholds, EPS months and pensions.
- Salary vs dividends for a sole director in 2026/27How salary and dividends are taxed for a one-director company in 2026/27, with a worked example at £5,000, £6,708 and £12,570 salary. Not advice.
Nannies and household staff
- Payslips for nannies and household staffEmploying a nanny, carer or housekeeper? You must give them a payslip each payday. Make one from your payroll, and see what GOV.UK requires.
- Nanny gross vs net salary: why you should agree a gross figureWhy families should agree a nanny's pay as gross, not net, with a 2026/27 worked example: tax, National Insurance, pension and the employer's total cost.
- Nanny tax calculatorFree UK nanny tax calculator for 2026/27: gross pay from agreed take-home, PAYE, employee and employer NI, pension and your total cost as employer.
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