Model Statutory Maternity Pay for £750 average weekly earnings, including the first six weeks, remaining weeks and 39-week estimate.
With £750 average weekly earnings, this 2026/27 SMP example estimates £4,050 for the first six weeks, £6,412.56 for the remaining paid weeks, and £10,462.56 across 39 weeks. It is a planning estimate only, not an entitlement decision.
This page shows a source-backed statutory-pay planning estimate for the named scenario. It is useful for understanding the scale of statutory pay before comparing it with household bills or salary changes, but it does not decide eligibility, employer compliance, notice rules, qualifying week, employment continuity, care-period rules, payroll timing, or tax treatment.
This is the Statutory Maternity Pay example for seven hundred and fifty pounds of average weekly earnings, showing the statutory weekly estimate before eligibility and employer-enhanced-pay checks.
| Rate year | 2026/27 |
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| Estimate status | Planning estimate only, not an entitlement decision |
| Paid weeks modelled | 39 weeks |
| Standard comparison | Lower of the statutory weekly rate or 90% of average weekly earnings where applicable |
| Employer schemes | Enhanced employer pay is not included unless separately modelled |
This Statutory Maternity Pay estimate starts from seven hundred and fifty pounds of average weekly earnings and applies the statutory comparison used for this pay type.
Use the statutory-pay total to test bills, savings and any reduced-income period before assuming normal salary will continue.
The estimate does not include employer enhanced pay, eligibility decisions, notice checks, tax-year payroll timing or legal advice.
Read the weekly figure with the duration shown on the page, then compare the total with normal take-home pay, bills and savings. Statutory pay can sit alongside employer schemes, payroll adjustments and tax-year timing, so a payslip may show a different amount even when the statutory rate is correct.
Check official guidance and employer documents for qualifying dates, notice, average weekly earnings, employment status, partner or adopter rules, neonatal care conditions, sickness periods and any enhanced pay scheme. PayBreakdown keeps this as a neutral planning estimate and does not replace payroll, HR, legal, tax or financial advice.
With £750 average weekly earnings, this 2026/27 SMP example estimates £4,050 for the first six weeks, £6,412.56 for the remaining paid weeks, and £10,462.56 across 39 weeks. It is a planning estimate only, not an entitlement decision.
| Tax/source year | 2026/27 |
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| Region | England/Wales/Northern Ireland |
| Tax code basis | 1257L where the page uses PAYE defaults |
| Pension basis | No pension deduction unless this example says otherwise |
| Student loan basis | No student loan unless selected in this example |
| Statutory-pay basis | Planning estimate only; eligibility, notice and employer-enhanced pay are not decided |
| What is not decided here | PayBreakdown does not decide payroll correctness, lender approval, benefit entitlement or employer compliance, and does not give regulated financial, mortgage, debt, tax, payroll or legal advice. |
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The figures on this page use the values below. Open the calculator if your example salary differs.
90% of average weekly earnings for the first 6 weeks. The remaining paid weeks use GBP 194.32 or 90% of average weekly earnings, whichever is lower, for up to the next 33 weeks.
This is a planning estimate only. It does not decide legal entitlement, employer compliance, payroll correctness, or whether a payment must be made.
This example estimates £10,462.56 across 39 weeks, split between £4,050 for the first six weeks and £6,412.56 for the remaining paid weeks.
No. It models statutory maternity pay only. Employer occupational or enhanced maternity pay is separate unless modelled in the tool.
This is a planning estimate only. It does not decide legal entitlement, employer compliance, payroll correctness, or whether a payment must be made.
Last updated 2026-08-19. Estimates are for planning and should be checked against official records where the decision matters.