Younger employees – aged between 16 and 20, external – receive the National Minimum Wage.
For 18, 19 and 20-year-olds, the National Minimum Wage is £8.60, but will rise to £10 an hour in April 2025.
That is the largest rise on record, and is the first step towards meeting the government’s target of having a single adult rate.
For 16 and 17-year-olds, the National Minimum Wage is £6.40 an hour. The government has not yet confirmed what this rate will be in April 2025.
The separate apprentice rate,, external which applies to eligible people under 19 – or those over 19 in the first year of an apprenticeship will rise from £6.40 to £7.55, an 18% increase.
