My employees earn an average of £490 per week, how much more NI will I have to pay for each employee from April 2011?
For an employee on average earnings of £490 per week you currently pay employer’s NIC of £48.64 per week in 2010/11, but from 6 April 2011, this NIC bill increases to £48.85 per week. That adjustment appears small but it amounts to £10.92 per year per employee. The increase in NIC costs will be much larger for higher-paid employees, but smaller for lower-paid employees. For an employee on £210 per week, you pay the employer’s NICs of £12.80 per week in 2010/11, but this will drop to only £10.21 per week in 2011/12.
