Simple Australian pay tools
Pay calculator Australia: check your take-home pay fast.
Estimate weekly, fortnightly, monthly or annual take-home pay, tax, HELP impact, job offers, leave payouts and redundancy using simple Australian tools for the current financial year.
Simple Australian language
Updated for the 2026-27 financial year
Weekly, fortnightly and annual views
Helpful guides linked to each tool
Clear warnings where detailed rules are not live yet
Start with your question
Enter your pay and see what may hit your bank account after tax, Medicare and HELP.
Compare two job offersSee the real difference between two salary numbers instead of guessing from gross pay.
Check a pay riseCompare your current and new take-home pay before you judge the headline increase.
Check salary packaging or visa tax questionsOpen the exact page if your real question is packaging, salary sacrifice or 482 visa take-home pay.
Annual breakdown
Visual split of annual cash income after modelled tax, repayments and deductions.
Take-home
77.5%$77,480
Income tax
20.5%$20,520
Medicare
2%$2,000
HELP
0%$0
Deductions
0%$0
Tax band visual
This shows how much of your taxable income falls into each marginal tax band before Medicare, HELP and other adjustments.
$0-$18,200
$18,200 at 0% = $0
$18,200-$45,000
$26,800 at 15% = $4,020
$45,000-$135,000
$55,000 at 30% = $16,500
Take-home by frequency
Annual
$77,480
Monthly
$6,457
Fortnightly
$2,980
Weekly
$1,490
Hourly
$39.21
Advanced scenario insights
What changes the real-world result?
Salary packaging
Not added
Add salary sacrifice, reportable super or novated lease deductions to test a packaged-pay scenario.
Tax-time liabilities
$0
No MLS or Division 293 estimate is currently triggered by the inputs.
Household cashflow
$77,480
Add partner income or child support cashflow to make the result more household-aware.
Next frontier
Centrelink, child support assessments and support-service eligibility use detailed rules beyond a salary calculator. This page now gives the wage, tax and household-cashflow side of the picture, and the support-payment scenario tool should build on these inputs next.
Assumptions and trace
- 2026-27 Australian financial year.
- Australian resident tax rates are used.
- Standard 2% Medicare levy applied. Low-income reductions, exemptions and surcharge are not modelled in this first release.
- No HELP, VSL, SSL or similar study debt repayment is included.
- Employer super is shown separately from bank-account pay.
- No salary sacrifice to super is included.
- No novated lease deduction is included.
- Medicare levy surcharge and Division 293 are shown as annual tax-time estimates and are not subtracted from regular take-home pay.
- No child support cashflow is included.
- Offsets, Centrelink income tests, family tax benefits and detailed private health insurance rules are not yet fully modelled.
Input annualised
Converted from the entered income frequency.
Tax bracket
Applies above $45,000.
Income tax
Calculated from the selected financial-year tax brackets.
Medicare levy
Standard 2% Medicare levy applied. Low-income reductions, exemptions and surcharge are not modelled in this first release.
HELP repayment
Not applied.
MLS estimate
Annual Medicare levy surcharge estimate only; not deducted from regular pay.
Division 293 estimate
Annual estimate for high-income concessional super contributions.
Employer super
Shown separately because it usually goes to a super fund.
Why this exists
Most pay questions are really life questions.
People rarely search for a pay calculator because they love tax tables. They are checking whether a job offer is enough, whether a raise is worth it, why a payslip feels wrong, or whether rent still works after tax. This site is built around those real decisions.
Can I afford rent on this salary?
How much will actually hit my bank account?
Does HELP debt change the offer?
Is the salary plus super or a package including super?
Why does my payslip not match the headline salary?
What to check first
Four details that change the answer
Financial year
Tax brackets and HELP repayment settings can change by year. Use the current year unless you are checking an old payslip.
Super wording
Salary plus super and package including super are not the same. This is one of the most common job-offer traps.
HELP debt
Compulsory study debt repayments can make the bank-account number lower than expected.
Pay frequency
Monthly, fortnightly and weekly pay do not feel the same, even when the annual salary is identical.
Leave payout
Annual leave payout planning
Understand what details matter before you estimate unused leave, loading or final-pay tax.
Redundancy pay
Redundancy payout planning
Get a safer starting point for genuine redundancy, notice pay and termination questions.
Plain-English help
Why the after-tax number matters
Read the quick guides if you want the meaning behind the numbers, not just another form.
Job offer mode
Comparing two salary numbers?
Use the side-by-side salary comparison tool to see the annual, monthly and fortnightly difference after tax.
Tool library
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Fortnightly payEstimate fortnightly take-home pay in Australia from annual salary, hourly rate, weekly pay or monthly income.
Monthly payEstimate monthly take-home pay in Australia from annual salary, hourly work or other common income types.
Salary to hourlyConvert an annual salary into an estimated hourly rate and hourly take-home pay in Australia.
Hourly to salaryAnnualise an hourly rate and estimate Australian take-home pay from hourly work.
Pay riseEstimate what a new salary may mean after Australian income tax, Medicare levy and HELP repayments.
Bonus taxEstimate the annual tax impact of bonus or commission income in Australia.
HELP debtEstimate compulsory HELP, VSL, SSL or study debt repayments from Australian income.
Salary sacrificeEstimate how a simple annual salary sacrifice or pre-tax deduction may change Australian take-home pay.
Salary packagingEstimate how salary packaging or a package including super may change Australian take-home pay.
Super calculatorEstimate employer super contributions and separate super from take-home pay.
Tax returnEstimate an Australian tax refund or tax bill by comparing tax withheld with income, deductions, HELP, Medicare and offsets.
Contractor vs employeeCompare employee salary with contractor day-rate income using broad Australian take-home pay estimates.
Trust and sources
A calculator should show its working.
PayCalculator.online keeps calculation rules in financial-year files and explains the order of calculation. It also marks pages as planning guides where the detailed rules are not fully implemented yet.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use this as a weekly, fortnightly or monthly pay calculator?
Yes. You can switch between weekly, fortnightly, monthly and annual views so the result matches how you are paid.
How accurate is this pay calculator for Australia?
It is designed to be a clear planning estimate using supported Australian financial-year rules, but your actual payroll can differ because of withholding settings, deductions, offsets, allowances or employer-specific treatment.
Is this an ATO calculator?
No. PayCalculator.online is independent and is not affiliated with the Australian Taxation Office or any government agency.
Does the estimate include Medicare levy?
Yes, the first release applies the standard 2% Medicare levy for Australian residents and clearly discloses that low-income reductions, surcharge and household settings are not fully modelled.
Does employer super reach my bank account?
Usually no. Employer super is normally paid to your super fund, so it is shown separately from take-home pay.
Are exact salaries sent to analytics?
No. Site analytics measure visits and page performance; calculator input values are not included in analytics events.