Long Service Leave Calculator

Long service leave is set by the state or territory you work in, not by the National Employment Standards, so the first question is which Act covers the job. 8.67 weeks after 10 years in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania, 6.09 weeks after 7 years in Victoria, 13 weeks after 10 years in South Australia and the Northern Territory and 6.07 weeks after 7 years in the Australian Capital Territory. This works out the weeks you have earned on your service, whether leaving pays them out and on what grounds, and what the leave is worth at your ordinary pay.

Your details

State or territory you work in

Enter your service as

Completed years of continuous service

With the same employer. Casual and part-time service counts in every state and territory, subject to its rules on breaks.

Months past the last full year

0 to 11.

Absences that do not count as service

Unpaid leave and similar breaks that keep service continuous but do not add to it. Which absences count differs by state; the absences table below the calculator gives each Act’s rule.

Has the job ended?

Pro rata leave on leaving depends on the reason in most states.

Ordinary pay a week

Your ordinary rate for your normal weekly hours. If your hours vary, the note under the result gives your state’s averaging rule.

Long service leave already taken

Long service leave earned

8.67 weeks

Law that applies: Long Service Leave Act 1955 (NSW)
Full entitlement: 8.67 weeks after 10 years
Earned on 10 years: 8.67 weeks
Available to take now: 8.67 weeks
Worth at your weekly pay: $13,000.00
Next full entitlement: At 15 years of service

In New South Wales you can take 8.67 weeks after 10 years. After that, another 4.33 weeks becomes available after each further 5 years. New South Wales pays leave at ordinary pay. On a fixed rate that is the higher of the rate at the prescribed date and the average over the previous 5 years; on commission, output or mixed rates it is the higher of the average weekly wage over the previous 12 months and over the previous 5 years. Casual loading counts, shift work, overtime and penalty rates do not.

Long service leave by state and territory.

Each row is read from that jurisdiction’s own Act, and each cell names the provision it comes from. The same figures drive the calculator above.

Long service leave entitlement, pro rata payment on leaving, accrual after the first entitlement and the effect of serious misconduct, in each Australian state and territory.
Where	Entitlement	Pro rata on leaving	After the first entitlement	Serious misconduct
New South WalesLong Service Leave Act 1955 (NSW)	8.67 weeks after 10 years (2 months). (s 4(2)(a)(i)(A))	5 to 10 years, on illness, incapacity or pressing necessity, dismissal or redundancy, dismissal for conduct or performance or death. Not on a plain resignation. (s 4(2)(a)(iii))	4.33 weeks after each further 5 years. On leaving, the part since the last entitlement is paid however the job ends. (ss 4(2)(a)(i)(B), (C), 4(2)(a)(ii))	Before 10 years: nothing. After: everything accrued is paid. (s 4(2)(a)(iii))
VictoriaLong Service Leave Act 2018 (Vic)	6.09 weeks after 7 years (1/60th of the total period of continuous employment). (s 6)	None. Nothing is paid on leaving before 7 years. (s 9(1))	Keeps accruing at 0.87 weeks a year, available as it accrues. (s 6)	Before 7 years: nothing. After: everything accrued is paid. (s 9(1))
QueenslandIndustrial Relations Act 2016 (Qld)	8.67 weeks after 10 years (8.6667 weeks). (s 95(2)(a))	7 to 10 years, on illness, incapacity or pressing necessity, dismissal or redundancy or death. Not on a plain resignation. (ss 95(3), 95(4))	4.33 weeks after each further 5 years, then as it accrues from 15 years. On leaving, the part since the last entitlement is paid however the job ends. (ss 95(2)(b), 95(3))	Before 10 years: nothing. After: everything accrued is paid. (ss 95(3), 95(4)(c)(ii))
Western AustraliaLong Service Leave Act 1958 (WA)	8.67 weeks after 10 years (8 2/3 weeks). (s 8(2)(a))	7 to 10 years, on resignation, illness, incapacity or pressing necessity, dismissal or redundancy, dismissal for conduct or performance or death. (s 8(3))	4.33 weeks after each further 5 years. On leaving, the part since the last entitlement is paid unless dismissed for serious misconduct, on completed years. (ss 8(2)(b), 8(2)(c))	Before 10 years: nothing. After: only the completed entitlements, not the part since. (ss 8(2)(c)(ii), 8(3)(b))
South AustraliaLong Service Leave Act 1987 (SA)	13 weeks after 10 years (13 weeks). (s 5(1)(a))	7 to 10 years, completed years only, on resignation, illness, incapacity or pressing necessity, dismissal or redundancy, dismissal for conduct or performance or death. (ss 5(3), 5(4))	1.3 weeks for each further completed year. On leaving, the part since the last entitlement is paid however the job ends, on completed years. (ss 5(1)(b), 5(2), 5(7))	Before 10 years: nothing. After: everything accrued is paid. (ss 5(2), 5(4)(a))
TasmaniaLong Service Leave Act 1976 (Tas)	8.67 weeks after 10 years (8 2/3 weeks). (s 8(2)(a)(i))	7 to 10 years, on illness, incapacity or pressing necessity, dismissal or redundancy, dismissal for conduct or performance or death. Not on a plain resignation. (ss 8(2)(b), 8(3))	4.33 weeks after each further 5 years. On leaving, the part since the last entitlement is paid however the job ends. (s 8(2)(a)(ii), (iii))	Before 10 years: nothing. After: everything accrued is paid. (ss 8(2)(a)(iii), 8(3)(d))
Australian Capital TerritoryLong Service Leave Act 1976 (ACT)	6.07 weeks after 7 years (1/5 of a month for each year of service). (ss 3(1), 4)	5 to 7 years, on illness, incapacity or pressing necessity, dismissal or redundancy, dismissal for conduct or performance or death. Not on a plain resignation. (s 11C)	0.87 weeks for each further completed year. On leaving, the part since the last entitlement is paid however the job ends. (ss 3(2), 4, 11A)	Before 7 years: nothing. After: everything accrued is paid. (ss 11A(2), 11C(1)(a)(iv))
Northern TerritoryLong Service Leave Act 1981 (NT)	13 weeks after 10 years (1.3 weeks for each completed year of continuous service). (s 8(1))	7 to 10 years, completed years only, on illness, incapacity or pressing necessity, dismissal or redundancy, dismissal for conduct or performance or death. Not on a plain resignation. (ss 10(2), 10(3))	6.5 weeks after each further 5 years. On leaving, the part since the last entitlement is paid unless dismissed for serious misconduct, on completed years. (ss 8(3), 10(1))	Before 10 years: nothing. After: only the completed entitlements, not the part since. (ss 10(1A), 10(2)(b))

Weeks of long service leave at 5, 7, 10, 15 and 20 years.

Weeks earned on that many years of continuous service, worked out by the same engine as the calculator. Where the figure is not yet available to take, the second line says so. Multiply by your ordinary weekly pay for the dollar value.

Weeks of long service leave earned at 5, 7, 10, 15 and 20 years of service in each state and territory.
Where	5 years	7 years	10 years	15 years	20 years
New South Wales	4.33not yet to take	6.07not yet to take	8.67	13.00	17.33
Victoria	4.35not yet to take	6.09	8.70	13.04	17.39
Queensland	4.33not yet to take	6.07not yet to take	8.67	13.00	17.33
Western Australia	4.33not yet to take	6.07not yet to take	8.67	13.00	17.33
South Australia	6.50not yet to take	9.10not yet to take	13.00	19.50	26.00
Tasmania	4.33not yet to take	6.07not yet to take	8.67	13.00	17.33
Australian Capital Territory	4.33not yet to take	6.07	8.67	13.00	17.33
Northern Territory	6.50not yet to take	9.10not yet to take	13.00	19.50	26.00

Which absences count as service.

An absence can keep your service continuous without counting towards it, which pushes the entitlement date back by its length. Each Act draws that line differently. Enter the weeks that do not count in the calculator above.

Absences that do and do not count as long service leave service, by state and territory.
Where	Absences and service
New South Wales	Unpaid leave, stand-downs, industrial disputes and breaks for slack trade keep service continuous but do not count towards it. Absence for illness or injury counts, paid or unpaid. NSW Industrial Relations treats unpaid parental leave as not counting, including while on government Parental Leave Pay, unless the contract says it counts. (s 4(11)(a1))
Victoria	Unpaid leave, including unpaid parental leave, counts as service for the first 52 weeks of each period of leave. Beyond 52 weeks it counts only where the employment agreement provides for it, it was agreed in writing before the leave, or it is for illness or injury. Stand-downs, industrial disputes and gaps before re-employment do not count. Before 1 November 2018 the 1992 Act applied, and unpaid parental leave did not count. (ss 13, 14, 57)
Queensland	Approved unpaid leave keeps service continuous but does not count, and that includes unpaid leave for illness or injury. Unpaid parental leave does not count unless an industrial instrument or the contract says so. Stand-downs and gaps before re-employment do not count either. (ss 90(2), 134(3), 134(9))
Western Australia	Leave of any kind that is not paid, including unpaid sick, carer’s and parental leave, keeps service continuous but does not count, and pushes the entitlement date out by its length. So do stand-downs, industrial disputes and other absences the employer authorises. Parental leave paid by the employer or under the government Parental Leave Pay scheme counts. These rules apply to entitlements that fully accrue on or after 20 June 2022. (ss 6, 6A)
South Australia	Illness or injury, annual leave, long service leave and absence under the contract of service count. Any other kind of leave, paid or unpaid, including parental leave and leave without pay, keeps service continuous but does not count, and nor do stand-downs, industrial disputes or breaks of up to 2 months. (s 6(1), (2))
Tasmania	Annual and long service leave, public holidays, medically certified illness or injury, jury service and court attendance count. Maternity leave, industrial disputes, stand-downs for slack trade, gaps before re-employment and any other absence by leave of the employer, paid or unpaid, keep service continuous but do not count. (s 5(1), (2))
Australian Capital Territory	Only annual leave, long service leave and up to 2 weeks a year of illness or injury leave count. Any other leave with the employer’s permission, paid or unpaid, work injury absences beyond that, industrial disputes and stand-downs keep service continuous but do not count. (s 2G(2), (5) and the dictionary)
Northern Territory	Only leave the employer grants with pay counts. Any other absence, including unpaid leave, unpaid parental and sick leave, industrial action and stand-downs, is left out of the period of employment. (s 12(5))

Portable long service leave schemes.

In these industries service follows the worker from employer to employer and the scheme, not the employer, pays the leave. The calculator above does not model them. Black coal mining has a national scheme run by the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Corporation under the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Administration Act 1992 (Cth).

Portable long service leave schemes in each state and territory.
Where	Industries	Scheme body	Act
New South Wales	building and construction	Long Service Corporation	Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986 (NSW)
	contract cleaning	Long Service Corporation	Contract Cleaning Industry (Portable Long Service Leave Scheme) Act 2010 (NSW)
	community services	Long Service Corporation	Community Services Sector (Portable Long Service Leave) Act 2024 (NSW)
Victoria	construction	CoINVEST, trading as LeavePlus	Construction Industry Long Service Leave Act 1997 (Vic)
	community services, contract cleaning and security	Portable Long Service Authority	Long Service Benefits Portability Act 2018 (Vic)
Queensland	building and construction	QLeave	Building and Construction Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Act 1991 (Qld)
	contract cleaning	QLeave	Contract Cleaning Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Act 2005 (Qld)
	community services	QLeave	Community Services Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Act 2020 (Qld)
Western Australia	construction	MyLeave, the Construction Industry Long Service Leave Payments Board	Construction Industry Portable Paid Long Service Leave Act 1985 (WA)
South Australia	construction	Portable Long Service Leave SA	Construction Industry Long Service Leave Act 1987 (SA)
	community services, from 1 October 2025	Portable Long Service Leave SA	Portable Long Service Leave Act 2024 (SA)
Tasmania	construction	TasBuild	Construction Industry (Long Service) Act 1997 (Tas)
Australian Capital Territory	building and construction	ACT Leave	Long Service Leave (Portable Schemes) Act 2009 (ACT)
	community sector	ACT Leave	Long Service Leave (Portable Schemes) Act 2009 (ACT)
	security	ACT Leave	Long Service Leave (Portable Schemes) Act 2009 (ACT)
	contract cleaning, in the Services Industry Scheme	ACT Leave	Long Service Leave (Portable Schemes) Act 2009 (ACT)
Northern Territory	building and construction	NT Build	Construction Industry Long Service Leave and Benefits Act 2005 (NT)

Worked examples, with the arithmetic.

The same sums the tool runs, on real figures. Every number below is computed by the tested engine from the published rates, so the prose and the tool can never disagree.

What is long service leave worth after 10 years in New South Wales on $1,500 a week?

10 years of continuous service    = 8.67 weeks, the Act's 2 months
8.67 weeks x $1,500               = $13,000
each further 5 years              = 4.33 weeks

The Long Service Leave Act 1955 (NSW) gives 2 months at 10 years, which is 8.67 weeks once a month is read as 4 1/3 weeks. On $1,500 a week that is $13,000 of paid leave. Another 4.33 weeks falls due after each further 5 years of service.

Why does the same service pay different amounts in different states?

Victoria, 7 years                 = 6.09 weeks
New South Wales, 10 years         = 8.67 weeks
South Australia, 10 years         = 13 weeks

Because long service leave is state and territory law. Victoria pays 6.09 weeks at 7 years under the Long Service Leave Act 2018 (Vic), New South Wales 8.67 weeks at 10, and South Australia 13 weeks at 10. On $1,500 a week the South Australian figure is worth $6,500 more than the New South Wales one at the same 10 years.

Does resigning at 8 years pay anything?

8 years, plain resignation        = 0 weeks
8 years, illness or incapacity    = 6.93 weeks
6.93 weeks x $1,500               = $10,400

In New South Wales a plain resignation under 10 years pays nothing. The same 8 years pays 6.93 weeks, $10,400 on $1,500 a week, where the resignation was caused by illness, incapacity or a domestic or other pressing necessity, or where the employer ended the job. The reason for leaving, not the service, is what decides it.

How does Tasmania work out 9 years of service?

9 years / 10 years                = 0.9 of the entitlement
0.9 x 8.67 weeks                  = 7.8 weeks
7.8 weeks x $1,500                = $11,700

Tasmania counts part years, so 9 years earns 7.8 weeks, which WorkSafe Tasmania publishes as 7.8003 weeks in its own worked example. On $1,500 a week that is $11,700. It is payable from 7 years on the grounds the Act lists, and in full at 10 years.

Is this accurate, and how does it work?

The method is published rather than described. Nothing here is a black box, and the limits are listed as plainly as the workings.

1Start from the Act of the state or territory, not the NES. The National Employment Standards keep long service leave alive rather than setting it. Fair Work Act 2009 s 113 gives you whatever a pre-modern award or a preserved agreement provided, and where none applies the state or territory Act does the work. Fair Work puts the range at 7 to 15 years for a first entitlement, with pro rata possible from 5 years. That is why two people doing the same job either side of a border are owed different amounts.
2Count continuous service with the one employer. Long service leave rewards service with a single employer, and a transfer of business usually carries the service across rather than ending it. Enter your service in years and months, or as your first and last days, which count a part year to the day. Each Act then decides which absences count: unpaid leave keeps service continuous everywhere but does not add to it in most places, while Victoria counts the first 52 weeks of each period of unpaid leave and South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT leave out some paid leave too. The weeks you enter as not counting push the start date later, which is how the Western Australian and Victorian tools apply them. Casual and part-time service counts towards the years in every state and territory.
3Read the first entitlement off that Act. The entitlement arrives in a block in most places and accrues from the start in others. New South Wales, Western Australia and Tasmania add 4.33 weeks after each further 5 years, Victoria accrues from the first day and can be taken as it builds, Queensland adds 4.33 weeks after a further 5 years and lets leave be taken as it accrues from 15 years, South Australia adds 1.3 weeks for each further completed year, the Australian Capital Territory adds 0.87 weeks for each further completed year and the Northern Territory adds 6.5 weeks after each further 5 years.
4Check what leaving pays. Before the first entitlement some states pay a pro rata amount and only for some reasons for leaving. It starts at 5 years in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and 7 years in Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory. Victoria pays nothing before its first entitlement, and everything after it. After the first entitlement, every state and territory pays out what has accrued however the job ends, except Western Australia and the Northern Territory, which hold back the part built up since the last full entitlement where the dismissal was for serious misconduct.
5Value the weeks at ordinary pay. Each Act sets its own rate of pay, and they differ on what counts. The calculator multiplies your weekly figure by the weeks, and the note under the result gives your state’s own rule, including the averaging rules that apply where your hours or pay have varied. Overtime is excluded everywhere. Casual loading, shift penalties, allowances and the value of board and lodging are in or out depending on the state. Queensland adds that no leave loading is paid on long service leave. Annual leave loading is a separate payment, made where an award or agreement provides it, and the Leave Loading Calculator works it out.
6Work out the tax withheld from a payout. Unused long service leave paid when a job ends is withheld under the ATO’s Schedule 7, which splits it by when it accrued, in proportion to days of service. Only 5% of leave accrued before 16 August 1978 is taxed. Leave from 16 August 1978 to 17 August 1993 has 32% withheld. Leave after 17 August 1993 is taxed at your marginal rates, so Schedule 7 spreads it over 52 weekly pays on top of your normal weekly earnings and multiplies the extra withholding back up. On a genuine redundancy, invalidity or an approved early retirement scheme, everything after 15 August 1978 has 32% withheld instead. The engine reproduces the ATO’s own worked example to the dollar. Unused annual leave paid in the same final pay goes through the same schedule, and the Annual Leave Calculator works out that payout and the tax withheld from it. The Final Pay Calculator adds it to the rest of your final pay.

What this does not cover.

It reads the state or territory Act. A pre-modern award term or a preserved agreement can displace that Act under Fair Work Act 2009 s 113, and an enterprise agreement can be more generous, so check your own instrument.
It does not model portable long service leave schemes in construction, contract cleaning, security, the community sector or black coal mining. The table of schemes names the body to ask.
Tax is Schedule 7 withholding on a weekly pay, using your ordinary weekly pay as your normal earnings, not your final tax, which is settled in your tax return. It assumes you have given your employer your tax file number, and it does not model a withholding variation, a working holiday maker or a foreign resident.
The split between the three ATO periods follows the ATO day count only when you enter dates. Service entered in years is treated as all after 17 August 1993, and leave already taken is treated as taken after that date, which is the usual case but not always yours. Leave taken at less than full pay, and a change between full-time and part-time service, are not adjusted for.
Absences are entered as one number of weeks that do not count. It does not decide for you which of your absences count, apply the Victorian 52-week rule period by period, or model breaks that end continuity, transfers of business or re-employment gaps.
Some grounds for a pro rata payment turn on facts this calculator does not ask, including your age at retirement and whether a resignation was for a reason serious enough to justify leaving. The note under the result names those. If you are retiring at Age Pension age, the Age Pension Calculator estimates the pension that follows.
The weekly figure is the one you enter. Where your hours or pay have varied, each Act sets its own averaging rule and the result note gives it, but the calculator does not compute the average for you.
Long service leave law changes by state, and the calculator carries each Act as at the date shown in the sources below.

Where these figures come from.

Fair Work Ombudsman, Long service leave, the source gave its own last updated date as 2026-02-09. Retrieved 2026-09-19.
NSW Industrial Relations, Long service leave, the source gave its own last updated date as 2026-06-22. Retrieved 2026-09-19.
Workforce Inspectorate Victoria, Long service leave, the source gave its own last updated date as 2025-12-12. Retrieved 2026-09-19.
Business Queensland, Long service leave entitlements, the source gave its own last updated date as 2025-12-09. Retrieved 2026-09-19.
Private Sector Labour Relations WA, Long service leave when employment ends, the source gave its own last updated date as 2026-05-13. Retrieved 2026-09-19.
Long Service Leave Act 1987 (SA), South Australian Legislation, the source gave its own last updated date as 2026-03-06. Retrieved 2026-09-23.
WorkSafe Tasmania, Pro rata long service leave, the source gave its own last updated date as 2024-10-03. Retrieved 2026-09-19.
Long Service Leave Act 1976 (ACT), ACT Legislation Register, the source gave its own last updated date as 2025-11-19. Retrieved 2026-09-23.
Long Service Leave Act 1981 (NT), NT Legislation, the source gave its own last updated date as 2015-10-14. Retrieved 2026-09-23.
Fair Work Ombudsman, Long service leave: portable schemes, the source gave its own last updated date as 2026-02-09. Retrieved 2026-09-19.
ATO, Schedule 7, tax table for unused leave payments on termination of employment, the source gave its own last updated date as 2026-06-17. Retrieved 2026-09-25.
ATO, Unused long service leave: calculate the correct amount to withhold, the source gave its own last updated date as 2020-05-01. Retrieved 2026-09-25.

Every rate this site uses is listed on the Methodology page.

Common questions.

How is long service leave calculated in Australia?

On your continuous service with one employer, at the rate your state or territory Act sets. 8.67 weeks after 10 years in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania, 6.09 weeks after 7 years in Victoria, 13 weeks after 10 years in South Australia and the Northern Territory and 6.07 weeks after 7 years in the Australian Capital Territory. A week of leave is paid at ordinary pay as that Act defines it, so on $1,500 a week, 8.67 weeks in New South Wales is worth $13,000 and 13 weeks in South Australia is worth $19,500.

How many years do you need for long service leave?

10 years in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory and 7 years in Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory. Those are the years for taking leave. A pro rata payment on leaving can come earlier, from 5 years in the Australian Capital Territory and 5 years in New South Wales, though only for some reasons for leaving.

What is pro rata long service leave?

It is the part-payment some states make when a job ends before the full entitlement is reached. It starts at 5 years in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and 7 years in Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory. Victoria pays nothing before its first entitlement, and everything after it. The reason for leaving decides it: illness, incapacity or a domestic or other pressing necessity qualifies in every state that pays pro rata, dismissal by the employer usually qualifies unless it was for serious misconduct, and a plain resignation qualifies in fewer places than people expect.

Do I get long service leave paid out if I resign?

If you have reached the full entitlement, yes, in every state and territory: what has accrued and not been taken is paid out. Below it, a resignation alone pays nothing in New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory, and pays a pro rata amount in Western Australia and South Australia from 7 years. Victoria is the outlier at the top end: the entitlement arrives at 7 years and is paid out however the job ends.

Does casual service count towards long service leave?

Yes. Every state and territory counts casual service towards the years, which surprises people who assume long service leave is for permanent staff only. What differs is how the pay is worked out: several Acts take an average of your hours, over 12 months in the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania and over 3 years in South Australia, and Queensland works a casual entitlement out on total ordinary hours. Long breaks between engagements can still break continuity under each Act’s own test.

Does this include the construction industry long service scheme?

No. Portable schemes run outside the state Acts: your service follows you between employers in the industry and the scheme, not the employer, pays the leave. Every state and territory has a construction scheme. There are also schemes for contract cleaning in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory, the community sector in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory and security in Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory. Black coal mining has a national scheme under the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Administration Act 1992 (Cth). If you are in one, the figures here do not describe your entitlement, and the scheme is where to check. The table of schemes on this page names each one.

How is a long service leave payout taxed?

Under Schedule 7, in three parts by when the leave accrued. Leave accrued after 17 August 1993 is taxed at your marginal rates, and most people’s payout is all in that part. Leave from 16 August 1978 to 17 August 1993 has 32% withheld and is taxed at no more than 30%, and only 5% of leave from before 16 August 1978 is taxed at all. If the job ends in a genuine redundancy, on invalidity or under an approved early retirement scheme, all leave accrued after 15 August 1978 has 32% withheld. Nothing is withheld from leave paid after an employee dies. Unused long service leave is not part of a genuine redundancy payment, so it does not use up the tax-free limit the Redundancy Calculator works out. It is not an employment termination payment either, and the ETP Tax Calculator sets it next to any ETP paid in the same final pay.

Does unpaid leave count towards long service leave?

It keeps your service continuous in every state and territory, but in most it does not add to it, so the date you reach the entitlement moves back by the length of the leave. Victoria is the exception: it counts the first 52 weeks of each period of unpaid leave, including unpaid parental leave. Services Australia says Parental Leave Pay can be taken before, during or after long service leave, but under section 99 of the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 it does not turn unpaid parental leave into paid leave, and the Parental Leave Pay Calculator works out the payment itself. The Northern Territory counts only leave the employer grants with pay, and South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT leave out some kinds of paid leave as well. The absences table on this page gives each Act’s rule and section.

Related pages.

Annual Leave CalculatorWork out an annual leave payout when you leave a job: your unused hours at the base rate, any leave loading, and the tax withheld under Schedule 7 for 2026-27.
Redundancy CalculatorWork out NES redundancy pay by years of service, your notice period, and how much is tax-free as a genuine redundancy in 2026-27, with the ETP tax on the rest.
Sick Leave CalculatorWork out paid sick and carer's leave accrued under the National Employment Standards: 10 days a year full-time, pro rata part-time, in hours, days and dollars.
Hourly Rate CalculatorConvert an hourly rate to a weekly, fortnightly or annual salary and back again, with take-home pay after income tax and the Medicare levy.
Award Pay RatesModern award minimum pay rates by industry, how classification levels and pay points work, and how casual loading and penalty rates change what you earn.

Every calculator on this site is listed on the Wage Calculator page.