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Hourly Pay Calculator Australia 2026–27

Enter your hourly rate and usual hours. The national minimum wage is $26.44 an hour from 2026-07-01; casual employees get at least a 25% loading on top.

Updated 2026-10-03 · ATO and official government rates

Salary sacrifice & private health
Take-home pay per week$1,086.71$56,509 a year · 18.3% average tax · 32% marginal · 2026–27
Per weekPer year
Gross pay$1,330.00$69,160
Income tax-$216.69-$11,268
Medicare levy-$26.60-$1,383
Take-home pay$1,086.71$56,509

Your employer also pays $8,299 super guarantee (12%) into your fund. Your payslip will show about $244 withheld per week (ATO tax-free threshold claimed scale); the difference from the annual figure is settled when you lodge your return.

Take-home: $56,509 (81.7%)Income tax: $11,268 (16.3%)Medicare: $1,383 (2.0%)82% kept
  • Take-home $56,509 81.7%
  • Income tax $11,268 16.3%
  • Medicare $1,383 2.0%

Take-home pay vs tax at every salary (2026–27)

$0$45,132$90,263$135,395$180,527$20,000$140,000$260,000
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How to turn an hourly rate into yearly pay

Multiply your hourly rate by your weekly hours, then by 52. A full-time year at 38 hours a week is 1,976 paid hours, so the National Minimum Wage of $26.44 works out to $52,245 a year. Under the National Employment Standards, the Fair Work Ombudsman says an employee can work a maximum of 38 hours a week unless the employer asks them to work reasonable additional hours.

For permanent employees, paid annual leave and public holidays are already counted in the 52 weeks. Casual employees are paid only for the hours they work, which is why their rate includes a loading.

Hourly rateYearly gross (38 h/week)Yearly take-homeTake-home per hourSuper on top
$26.44$52,245$45,223$22.89$6,269
$30.00$59,280$49,901$25.25$7,114
$35.00$69,160$56,509$28.60$8,299
$40.00$79,040$63,227$32.00$9,485
$50.00$98,800$76,664$38.80$11,856
$60.00$118,560$90,101$45.60$14,227

Minimum wage and award rates from 1 July 2026

The National Minimum Wage is $26.44 an hour, or $1,004.90 for a 38-hour week, from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026. It applies only to adults who are not covered by an award or registered agreement. Most employees are covered by an award, and those minimum rates rose by 4.75% from the same date. The lowest award rate for ongoing work must still be at least $26.44 an hour. An entry-level award rate that applies only to the first six months (or less) of a job must be at least $25.74 an hour.

Junior employees, apprentices, trainees and some employees with disability have their own minimum rates. The Fair Work Ombudsman's Pay and Conditions Tool shows the exact award rate, penalty rates and allowances for your job. Use that rate here rather than the national minimum.

Casual loading: what the 25% is for

Casual employees are paid a casual loading or a specific casual rate, and in return they do not get most types of paid leave, notice of termination or redundancy pay, even if they work regularly for a long time. Under the National Minimum Wage the loading is 25%, so a casual must get at least $33.05 an hour. The Fair Work Ombudsman says a person is casual if there is no firm advance commitment to ongoing work, and that a regular pattern of work on its own does not show such a commitment.

The loading roughly evens things out over a year. A permanent minimum-wage employee earns $52,245 for 52 paid weeks. A casual working the same 38 hours for 48 weeks, and taking 4 weeks off unpaid, earns $60,283. The casual has no paid sick days, though, and the loading is taxed and attracts super like ordinary pay.

Worked example: $35 an hour for 30 hours a week

A part-time worker on $35 an hour for 30 hours earns $1,050 a week, or $54,600 a year. If they claimed the tax-free threshold, their employer withholds $154 each week under the ATO's 2026–27 formulas. Their yearly tax and Medicare levy come to $7,811, leaving $46,789 ($900 a week). Their employer also pays $126 a week in super.

Overtime changes the picture. It is taxed like any other pay. However, the ATO says overtime is not ordinary time earnings, and it is not "qualifying earnings" under Payday Super either, so no super guarantee is due on it. Shift penalties, including public holiday penalties, are different: they are ordinary time earnings and do count towards super.

Frequently asked questions

What is the minimum wage in Australia?

$26.44 an hour or $1,004.90 a 38-hour week from 2026-07-01 (Fair Work Commission). Award rates may be higher.

How much is $30 an hour per year in Australia?

$59,280 before tax for a 38-hour week, which is $49,901 after income tax and the Medicare levy in 2026–27, plus $7,114 super.

How many hours are in a working year?

1,976 paid hours for a 38-hour week (38 × 52). Permanent employees are paid for 4 weeks of annual leave and for public holidays within those hours.

Is casual loading taxed?

Yes. The loading is part of your ordinary wage, so it is taxed at your normal rates and counts towards super guarantee.

Do casual employees get super?

Yes. Super guarantee of 12% applies to casuals in the same way as permanent staff. The exception is employees under 18, who only get super for weeks in which they work more than 30 hours.

Sources

Figures are taken from official government publications and were last reviewed on 2026-10-03.

  1. ATO: Tax rates – Australian resident (Resident tax rates 2026–27 and 2025–26)
  2. ATO: Tax rates – foreign resident (Foreign resident tax rates 2025–26)
  3. ATO: Tax rates – working holiday makers (Working holiday maker tax rates 2025–26)
  4. ATO: Medicare levy reduction for low-income earners (Table: Medicare levy thresholds for a single individual, 2025–26)
  5. ATO: Medicare levy reduction – family income (family taxable income thresholds 2025–26, +$4,338 per dependent child)
  6. ATO: Medicare levy surcharge income, thresholds and rates (MLS income thresholds and rates for 2026–27 and 2025–26)
  7. ATO: Low income tax offset ($700 max; −5c per $1 over $37,500; −1.5c per $1 over $45,000; nil from $66,667)
  8. ATO: Seniors and pensioners tax offset (SAPTO rates and rebate income thresholds for 2025–26; 12.5c per $1 reduction)
  9. ATO: Study and training loan repayment thresholds and rates (Table 1: 2026–27, Table 2: 2025–26)
  10. ATO: Schedule 1 (NAT 1004) – Using a formula (x = whole dollars + 99c; round to nearest dollar, 50c up)
  11. ATO: Personal income tax – new tax cuts for every Australian taxpayer (2026–27 SAPTO thresholds)
  12. ATO: Schedule 15 – Tax table for working holiday makers (Table A: rates for 2026–27, payments from 1 July 2026)
  13. ATO: Schedule 1 – Statement of formulas for calculating amounts to be withheld (NAT 1004), payments from 1 July 2026 – weekly coefficients
  14. ATO: Schedule 1 (NAT 1004) – Withholding amounts sample data, weekly (from 1 July 2026)
  15. ATO: Schedule 8 – Statement of formulas for calculating study and training support loans components (NAT 3539), payments from 1 July 2026
  16. ATO: Key super rates and thresholds – Contributions caps (Table 1.1 concessional, Table 4 non-concessional)
  17. ATO: Understanding concessional and non-concessional contributions (concessional contributions taxed in the fund at 15%)
  18. ATO: Key super rates and thresholds – Division 293 tax (Table 7: $250,000 threshold, 15% rate)
  19. ATO: Key super rates and thresholds – Super guarantee (Table 21 SG %, Tables 23–24 maximum contribution base)
  20. ATO: Key super rates and thresholds – Government contributions (Table 25 co-contribution thresholds; LISTO)
  21. ATO: Low income super tax offset (15% of concessional contributions, max $500, income $37,000 or less)
  22. ATO: Key super rates and thresholds – Transfer balance cap (Table 26)
  23. ATO: Key super rates and thresholds – Payments from super (Table 12 preservation age)
  24. ATO: Key super rates and thresholds – Employment termination payments (Table 17 ETP cap, Table 20 genuine redundancy limits)
  25. ATO: How ETP components are taxed (17%/32% incl. Medicare; $180,000 whole-of-income cap; 45% + 2% above cap)
  26. ATO: How GST works (10% rate)
  27. ATO: Registering for GST ($75,000 / $150,000 non-profit; taxi or limousine travel incl. ride-sourcing regardless of turnover)
  28. ATO: CGT discount (50% individuals and trusts, 33.33% complying super funds, 12-month ownership)
  29. ATO: Tax reform – Reforming negative gearing and capital gains tax (applies from 1 July 2027)
  30. ATO: Changes to company tax rates (25% base rate entity, $50m aggregated turnover, 2021–22 and future years)
  31. ATO: Company tax rates 2025–26
  32. ATO: Instant asset write-off for eligible businesses (Table 1: $20,000, turnover under $10 million)
  33. ATO Small business newsroom: $20,000 instant asset write-off here to stay (permanent from 1 July 2026)
  34. ATO: Small business income tax offset (16%, max $1,000, turnover under $5 million, 2021–22 onwards)
  35. Fair Work Ombudsman: Minimum wage increase starts today (1 July 2025 – $948.00/week, $24.95/hour, casual $31.19)
  36. Fair Work Ombudsman: Minimum wage increase starts today (1 July 2026)
  37. Fair Work Commission: Annual Wage Review 2026 ([2026] FWCFB 3500, announced 2 June 2026)
  38. Fair Work Ombudsman: Minimum wages
  39. Fair Work Ombudsman: Hours of work (38-hour maximum under the NES)
  40. Fair Work Ombudsman: Casual employees
  41. Fair Work Ombudsman: Annual leave (4 weeks for full-time and part-time employees)
  42. ATO: What payments are qualifying earnings (Payday Super, from 1 July 2026)