Weekly Pay Calculator Australia
See your take-home pay per week for the 2026-27 financial year, after income tax, the Medicare levy and HECS-HELP. Switch the result view to weekly.
Australian Take-Home Pay Calculator 2026-27
How is weekly pay calculated?
Tax is annual; the week is a division.
Your weekly take-home is your annual net pay divided by 52. Australia taxes income by financial year, so the calculation runs annually first: income tax on the 2026-27 scale, plus the 2% Medicare levy, plus any HECS-HELP repayment, subtracted from gross salary. The remainder splits across 52 weeks.
On $90,000 that is $17,520 income tax and $1,800 Medicare levy, leaving $70,680 for the year, or $1,359 a week. Your gross weekly pay is $1,730.77, so about $372 of each week goes to tax.
Your employer reaches almost the same number from the other direction, withholding from each payslip using the ATO Weekly tax table (NAT 1005). Withholding is the payday estimate; the annual calculation is what you actually owe. The two reconcile at tax time.
What is the take-home pay per week at common salaries?
Resident rates, no HECS-HELP, super excluded. Computed from the 2026-27 engine.
| Salary | Weekly gross | Tax and Medicare per year | Take-home per year | Take-home per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $961.54 | $6,270 | $43,730 | $841 |
| $60,000 | $1,153.85 | $9,620 | $50,380 | $969 |
| $70,000 | $1,346.15 | $12,920 | $57,080 | $1,098 |
| $80,000 | $1,538.46 | $16,120 | $63,880 | $1,228 |
| $90,000 | $1,730.77 | $19,320 | $70,680 | $1,359 |
| $100,000 | $1,923.08 | $22,520 | $77,480 | $1,490 |
| $120,000 | $2,307.69 | $28,920 | $91,080 | $1,752 |
| $150,000 | $2,884.62 | $39,570 | $110,430 | $2,124 |
Take-home is after income tax (including LITO where it applies) and the 2% Medicare levy. A HECS-HELP debt reduces these figures; use the calculator above with the HECS toggle on. Source: computed from ATO 2026-27 rates.
How does weekly pay compare with fortnightly and monthly?
Same salary, same annual tax, different instalments. $90,000 shown.
| Pay cycle | Pays per year | Gross per pay | Take-home per pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly | 52 | $1,730.77 | $1,359 |
| Fortnightly | 26 | $3,461.54 | $2,718 |
| Monthly | 12 | $7,500.00 | $5,890 |
All three cycles pay the same $70,680 across the year. Only the instalment size changes.
Frequency changes cash flow, not tax. Weekly pay suits tight budgets because money arrives before most bills. See the fortnightly pay calculator for the most common Australian cycle, or the monthly pay calculator for salaried roles.
What is weekly pay on the minimum wage?
The wage floor per week from 1 July 2026.
The National Minimum Wage is $1,004.90 per 38-hour week before tax, from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026 (Fair Work Commission, Annual Wage Review 2026 decision [2026] FWCFB 3500). Worked full-time for a year, that is about $870 a week after tax.
| Rate | Weekly gross | Weekly after tax (full-time year) |
|---|---|---|
| National Minimum Wage ($26.44/hour) | $1,004.90 | $870 |
| Entry-level C14 rate (first 6 months) | $978.10 | $852 |
| Casual on the NMW (25% loading) | $1,255.90 | $1,037 |
After-tax figures assume the weekly rate is earned for all 52 weeks (resident, no HECS-HELP). Gross rates: Fair Work Ombudsman, "Minimum wages", updated 1 July 2026. See the minimum wage guide for who each rate covers.
Who gets paid weekly in Australia?
The award decides, and the law sets a floor of at least monthly.
Your award or registered agreement usually fixes the pay cycle as weekly, fortnightly or monthly. Where it is silent, the Fair Work Act 2009 (section 323) requires payment at least monthly. Weekly pay is common in hospitality, retail, construction and labour hire, where hours change week to week and awards keep pay close to the work.
In practice fortnightly is Australia's most common cycle, followed by weekly, then monthly (Fair Work Ombudsman, "Frequency of pay", updated 22 October 2025). Whatever the cycle, a payslip must arrive within one working day of payday, showing gross pay, net pay, and for hourly staff the rate and hours paid (Fair Work Ombudsman, "Pay slips"). Our payslip guide walks through every required line.
How much tax comes out of weekly pay?
The payslip number is an estimate of an annual liability.
On $90,000, about $372 of each weekly pay goes to tax and Medicare across the year. Your employer does not know your final annual income, so it withholds per pay from the ATO Weekly tax table (NAT 1005), built from the Schedule 1 withholding formulas (NAT 1004).
Withheld and owed are different numbers. Withholding assumes this week's pay repeats all year. Overtime-heavy weeks are over-withheld; unpaid leave under-withholds. The annual truth is settled when you lodge a return, which is why a big-overtime year often ends in a refund. If you have told your employer about a HECS-HELP debt, an extra slice is withheld per week toward your annual repayment.
Who uses this calculator?
Weekly numbers answer weekly questions.
Weekly-paid workers
Checking that the payslip landing every week matches what a $75,000 or $90,000 salary should actually deliver.
Budgeters
Rent is weekly in most of Australia. Converting a salary to a weekly net figure puts income and rent in the same units.
Job switchers
Comparing a new offer against current pay per week, the way it will actually be felt, rather than as annual gross.
Hourly workers annualising
Coming from the hourly pay calculator to sanity-check what a rate delivers per week after tax.
What changed on 1 July 2026?
Three changes show up in weekly pay this year.
The first income tax rate fell from 16% to 15% on income from $18,201 to $45,000 (Income Tax Rates Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Act 2026). The ATO weekly withholding tables effective 1 July 2026 build the cut in, so weekly take-home rose slightly at every salary without anyone doing anything.
The National Minimum Wage rose to $1,004.90 a week and award minimums rose 4.75% (Fair Work Commission decision [2026] FWCFB 3500). And under Payday Super, the 12% super guarantee must now be paid each payday, so weekly-paid workers should see super land weekly too.
The new $1,000 standard work deduction (FY2026-27) does not change weekly withholding. It reduces taxable income at return time, arriving as a larger refund.
Common mistakes with weekly pay
Small errors that compound across 52 pays.
Multiplying weekly pay by 4 to get a month
A month averages 4.33 weeks, not 4. Weekly net times 4 understates monthly income by about 8%. Use annual net divided by 12, or the monthly pay calculator.
Treating weekly withholding as final tax
The Weekly tax table (NAT 1005) estimates your annual tax one payday at a time. Variable hours, second jobs and mid-year raises all push the estimate off. The true figure is annual, settled at lodgment.
Budgeting on gross
On $90,000, weekly gross is $1,730.77 but take-home is $1,359. Committing to rent on the first number leaves a $372 weekly hole.
Forgetting HECS-HELP
With a study loan, repayment on $90,000 is $3,071 for FY2026-27, about $59 a week. Weekly budgets built without it run short.
Weekly pay FAQ
Common questions about weekly pay in Australia.
Sources for this page
Every figure above comes from one of these documents or is computed from 2026-27 ATO rates.
- ATO, Weekly tax table (NAT 1005), effective 1 July 2026, and Schedule 1 withholding formulas (NAT 1004).
- ATO, resident tax rates 2026-27 and the Income Tax Rates Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Act 2026 (15% first rate).
- Fair Work Commission, Annual Wage Review 2026 decision [2026] FWCFB 3500, announced 2 June 2026.
- Fair Work Ombudsman, "Minimum wages", updated 1 July 2026; "Frequency of pay", updated 22 October 2025; "Pay slips", updated 22 October 2025.
- Fair Work Act 2009, section 323 (payment at least monthly).
Last verified 23 July 2026. Medicare levy low-income thresholds for 2026-27 were not yet published at verification; 2025-26 values are used until the ATO releases them.