Weekly Pay Calculator Australia
Work out weekly take-home pay from an hourly rate and the hours you work, from the gross on your payslip, or from an annual salary. The headline is the payslip figure: the week's pay less what the ATO weekly withholding schedule takes. If you know the weekly take-home you need, the Reverse Pay Calculator works out the salary that produces it.
Your details
Take-home a week
$1,086.00
- Gross, 38 hrs at $35.00
- $1,330.00
- Tax withheld, ATO weekly schedule, scale 2
- $244.00
- Take-home on the payslip
- $1,086.00
- Annual position: income tax a week
- $216.69
- Annual position: Medicare levy a week
- $26.60
- Take-home a week on the annual position
- $1,086.71
- Super a week, paid on top
- $159.60
- Gross a year at this pay
- $69,160
The payslip figure applies the ATO weekly withholding schedule for 2026-27, rounded to the dollar as the schedule directs. The annual position taxes 52 identical pays as a year and divides back, so the two differ by a few dollars, and the difference settles when you lodge.
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 does the $26.44 minimum wage take home a week?
national minimum wage, 38 hrs = $1,004.90 gross ATO weekly schedule, scale 2 = $139.00 withheld take-home on the payslip = $865.90
$865.90 a week. $1,004.90 is the full-time national minimum wage, $26.44 an hour, from 1 July 2026, and $139.00 is what the ATO weekly withholding schedule takes from a $1,004.90 pay when the tax-free threshold is claimed.
How much tax comes out of a $1,500 week?
weekly earnings x = $1,500.99 ATO weekly schedule, scale 2 = $299.00 withheld take-home on the payslip = $1,201.00
$299.00 is withheld, leaving $1,201.00. The schedule adds 99 cents to the whole dollars of the pay, applies the scale 2 formula and rounds to the dollar. Without the tax-free threshold, scale 1 withholds $409.00.
How much is $80,000 a year a week?
$80,000 / 52 = $1,538.46 gross income tax and levy = $310.00 take-home a week = $1,228.46
$1,228.46 a week on the annual position, after income tax and the Medicare levy, from a gross of $1,538.46. That is $2,456.92 if you are paid fortnightly instead, on the same annual salary.
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.
- 1Withhold the week the way payroll does. An hourly rate is multiplied by the hours for the week. The whole dollars plus 99 cents go through the ATO scale 2 formula, or scale 1 without the tax-free threshold, and the result is rounded to the dollar. That is Schedule 1 for 2026-27, the same arithmetic as the Weekly Tax Table.
- 2Then tax the year, not the week. Income tax is assessed annually, so the annual position is shown too: 52 identical weeks on the resident scale, without the Low Income Tax Offset, divided by 52. The gap between it and the payslip line settles at tax time.
- 3Show the levy separately. The Medicare levy is 2% of taxable income and is displayed as its own weekly line rather than hidden inside a single tax number.
- 4Treat super as employer cost. The weekly super figure is what the employer contributes on top of the wage. It is never subtracted from take-home pay.
The 2026-27 tax brackets this runs on.
Resident rates. Income is taxed in slices, so only the part inside a bracket pays that bracket rate. The Medicare levy of 2% applies on top of these.
| Taxable income | Rate on this slice |
|---|---|
| $0 to $18,200 | Nil |
| $18,201 to $45,000 | 15c per dollar |
| $45,001 to $135,000 | 30c per dollar |
| $135,001 to $190,000 | 37c per dollar |
| $190,001 and over | 45c per dollar |
What this does not cover.
- It uses 52 weeks. A 53-pay year is not modelled.
- It does not include study loan repayments, the Medicare levy surcharge or salary sacrifice.
- The payslip line applies the 2026-27 ATO schedule only; on 2025-26 it shows the annual position divided by 52.
- It does not include overtime or penalty rates, which vary week to week.
Where these figures come from.
- ATO, Tax rates for Australian residents, the source gave its own last updated date as 2026-08-13. Retrieved 2026-09-02.
- ATO, Medicare levy, the source gave its own last updated date as 2026-08-13. Retrieved 2026-09-02.
- ATO, Medicare levy reduction for low-income earners, the source gave its own last updated date as 2026-06-30. Retrieved 2026-09-02. Not yet published for 2026-27: this is the prior year’s figure carried forward and labelled as such, never estimated. It is corrected as soon as the ATO publishes.
Every rate this site uses is listed on the Methodology page.
Common questions.
How much tax is deducted from weekly pay?
Your employer withholds the amount the ATO weekly schedule sets for that week's pay, which is the payslip line this calculator shows: on a $1,500 week with the tax-free threshold claimed, it is the scale 2 figure for $1,500.99. Medicare levy is inside that amount, not a separate deduction. With two employers, the Second Job Tax Calculator runs the schedule for each pay and shows the bill or refund that leaves. The exact amount your employer withholds from one weekly pay comes off the ATO schedule rather than this division, and the Tax Withheld Calculator runs that schedule and shows the working. The Weekly Tax Table sets that amount out for every weekly pay the ATO prints a row for.
How many weeks are in a pay year?
52 for calculation purposes, though a year is 52 weeks and one day, so some years contain 53 weekly pays. In a 53-pay year the annual total is higher than 52 times the weekly figure. Fortnights in a Year shows which years your payday falls 53 times.
Is weekly pay better than fortnightly?
For tax, it makes no difference. Your annual liability is identical and only the withholding cycle changes. For budgeting it is a personal preference, and your award or agreement usually sets the cycle anyway. The Fortnightly Pay Calculator shows the same salary on a 26-pay cycle. The Monthly Pay Calculator does the same for a monthly pay.
How do I work out weekly pay from an hourly rate?
Multiply the hourly rate by the hours you work that week, then take off the withholding: $40 an hour on a 38-hour week is $1,520 a week before tax. Choose "Hourly rate and hours" above to see what the payslip leaves. The Hourly Rate Calculator converts in both directions. Overtime and penalty hours paid at a higher rate add to the gross before tax: the Overtime Calculator works that figure out. The Wage Calculator shows the same rate as a fortnight, a month and a year at once, with super on top.
Related pages.
- Fortnightly Pay CalculatorWork out fortnightly take-home pay from an annual salary, with income tax, the Medicare levy and super shown separately.
- 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.
- Penalty RatesWhat penalty rates are, and the Saturday, Sunday and public holiday pay rates three awards publish, as percentages and hourly dollars, casual rates included.
Every calculator on this site is listed on the Wage Calculator page.