SSP duration model
This SSP estimate models one week(s) at the standard weekly planning rate, with qualifying-day and linked-period checks left for official or employer records.
- Weekly SSP estimate: £123.
- Total SSP estimate: £123.
Statutory Sick Pay for one week
See a 2026/27 SSP planning example for one week, including the weekly rate, total estimate and first-full-day caveats.
How SSP one week is worked out
For one week of sickness, this 2026/27 SSP example estimates £123.25 a week and £123.25 in total, assuming average weekly earnings are high enough for the standard rate and five qualifying days. It is a planning estimate only, not an entitlement decision.
Statutory Sick Pay calculation example
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.
Sickness duration1 week
Weekly SSP estimate£123
Total SSP estimate£123
This is the one-week Statutory Sick Pay example, showing a gross statutory planning total before employer payroll and qualifying-day checks.
| Rate year | 2026/27 |
|---|---|
| Estimate status | Planning estimate only, not an entitlement decision |
| Average weekly earnings check | Eligibility and average weekly earnings are not decided by this example |
| Qualifying days | This simple page does not fully model qualifying-day patterns |
| Rule caveat | SSP is a statutory planning rate and employer payroll treatment can differ |
Statutory-pay planning context
Eligibility-timing focus
Eligibility can depend on earnings, notice, dates, employment continuity, qualifying week, matching week or care-period rules depending on the pay type.
- Use official guidance for eligibility and timing checks.
- PayBreakdown does not decide entitlement or employer compliance.
What to check outside the page
The estimate does not include employer enhanced pay, eligibility decisions, notice checks, tax-year payroll timing or legal advice.
- Check official guidance and employer documents before making leave or sickness decisions.
- Keep pregnancy, sickness, adoption, partner or care-period details out of analytics and ad systems.
How to use this statutory-pay example
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.
What to check separately
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.
Checks worth making on SSP one week
Direct answer
For one week of sickness, this 2026/27 SSP example estimates £123.25 a week and £123.25 in total, assuming average weekly earnings are high enough for the standard rate and five qualifying days. It is a planning estimate only, not an entitlement decision.
Assumptions used here
| Tax/source year | 2026/27 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Source and methodology context
| 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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What the SSP one week estimate assumes
The figures on this page use the values below. Open the calculator if your example salary differs.
Example salary£40,000 annual gross
SSP planning estimate
The model uses Weekly SSP is GBP 123.25 or 80% of average weekly earnings, whichever is lower, for the 2026/27 rate year. With one week selected, the total planning estimate is £123.25.
- Sickness duration: one week.
- Weekly SSP estimate: £123.25.
- Daily SSP estimate: £24.65 based on five qualifying days.
- Total planning estimate: £123.25.
Important caveats
From 6 April 2026, SSP is payable from the first full day of sickness absence for eligible employees.
- SSP estimates depend on average weekly earnings, qualifying days, linked sickness periods, sickness dates, and the post-6 April 2026 first-full-day rules.
- Qualifying days, linked sickness periods, average weekly earnings and employer payroll treatment can change the real result.
- This is a planning estimate only. It does not decide legal entitlement, employer compliance, payroll correctness, or whether a payment must be made.
- Eligibility can depend on employment status, earnings, timing, notice, qualifying week, sickness or leave dates, and employer payroll rules.
- Real payslips can differ because of pay period, tax, National Insurance, employer schemes, payroll timing, rounding, and previous payments.
- This is not employment, payroll, tax, legal, financial, or benefits advice.
Official sources
GOV.UK rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027GOV.UK Statutory Sick Pay what you'll getGOV.UK SSP changes from 6 April 2026Frequently asked questions
How much SSP is one week in this example?
Using the 2026/27 standard rate, one week gives a planning estimate of £123.25, before any employer-specific payroll or occupational sick pay treatment.
Does SSP start from the first day of sickness?
From 6 April 2026, SSP is payable from the first full day of sickness absence for eligible employees. Linked sickness periods and payroll rules can still need manual checking.
Does this page decide SSP entitlement?
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.