2026-27 · NAT 1005

Weekly Tax Table 2026-27

How much your employer withholds from weekly pay, for every earnings step from $200 to $4,000 and every withholding scale. Computed from the ATO Schedule 1 formulas (NAT 1004, published 17 June 2026), not retyped from a PDF.

Scales 1 to 673 earnings rowsPrintableApplies from 1 July 2026

Compiled by Marcus Kelleher, Editor, pay and tax content. Generated from the published Schedule 1 formulas and checked against the ATO withholding sample data. Last verified 29 July 2026.

Disclaimer: This calculator provides general estimates, not personal tax or financial advice. Figures use published ATO rates for 2026-27 and may not match your exact situation, offsets or deductions. Do not act on these results alone. For official guidance, visit the ATO, or speak to a registered tax agent.

On weekly earnings of $1,200 with the tax-free threshold claimed, your employer withholds $202 a week for 2026-27. On $900 it is $106, and on $1,500 it is $299. Study loan repayments are withheld on top of these amounts.
The table

Weekly Withholding Amounts, 2026-27

Find your gross weekly earnings in the first column, then read across to the scale that matches your TFN declaration. Amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, as the ATO requires.

  • Scale 1tax-free threshold not claimed
  • Scale 2tax-free threshold claimed
  • Scale 3foreign residents
  • Scale 5full Medicare levy exemption
  • Scale 6half Medicare levy exemption
  • Scale 4no TFN provided: 47% resident, 45% foreign resident
ATO weekly withholding, 2026-27, computed from Schedule 1 (NAT 1004)
Weekly earningsScale 1Scale 2Scale 3Scale 5Scale 6
$200$31$0$60$0$0
$225$36$0$67$0$0
$250$41$0$75$0$0
$275$46$0$82$0$0
$300$52$0$90$0$0
$325$57$0$97$0$0
$350$62$0$105$0$0
$375$67$2$112$2$2
$400$72$6$120$6$6
$425$76$10$127$10$10
$450$81$13$135$13$13
$475$85$17$142$17$17
$500$90$21$150$21$21
$525$96$25$157$25$25
$550$104$30$165$28$28
$575$112$36$172$32$32
$600$120$42$180$36$36
$625$128$48$187$40$40
$650$136$55$195$43$43
$675$144$61$202$47$47
$700$152$65$210$51$51
$725$160$69$217$55$55
$750$168$74$225$59$59
$775$176$78$232$63$63
$800$184$83$240$67$67
$825$192$87$247$70$70
$850$200$91$255$74$74
$875$209$97$262$80$80
$900$217$106$270$88$88
$925$225$114$277$95$96
$950$233$122$285$103$105
$975$241$130$292$110$114
$1,000$249$138$300$118$122
$1,050$265$154$315$133$140
$1,100$281$170$330$148$158
$1,150$297$186$345$163$175
$1,200$313$202$360$178$190
$1,250$329$219$375$193$206
$1,300$345$235$390$209$222
$1,350$361$251$405$224$237
$1,400$377$267$420$239$253
$1,450$393$283$435$254$268
$1,500$409$299$450$269$284
$1,550$425$315$465$284$299
$1,600$441$331$480$299$315
$1,650$457$347$495$314$330
$1,700$473$363$510$329$346
$1,750$489$379$525$344$361
$1,800$505$395$540$359$377
$1,850$521$411$555$374$392
$1,900$537$427$570$389$408
$1,950$553$443$585$404$423
$2,000$569$459$600$419$439
$2,100$601$491$630$449$470
$2,200$633$523$660$479$501
$2,300$669$555$690$509$532
$2,400$708$587$720$539$563
$2,500$747$619$750$569$594
$2,600$786$651$781$599$625
$2,700$825$690$818$636$663
$2,800$864$729$855$673$701
$2,900$903$768$892$710$739
$3,000$942$807$929$747$777
$3,100$981$846$966$784$815
$3,200$1,020$885$1,003$821$853
$3,300$1,059$924$1,040$858$891
$3,400$1,105$963$1,077$895$929
$3,500$1,152$1,002$1,114$932$967
$3,600$1,199$1,041$1,151$969$1,005
$3,700$1,246$1,084$1,191$1,010$1,047
$3,800$1,293$1,131$1,236$1,055$1,093
$3,900$1,340$1,178$1,281$1,100$1,139
$4,000$1,387$1,225$1,326$1,145$1,185

Earnings between two rows: the ATO method is to take the whole dollars in your weekly earnings, add 99 cents, and apply the scale formula. That is what this table does at each step, so a row is exact for that earnings figure rather than an interpolation.

Why weekly matters

The Weekly Table Is the One All the Others Come From

Schedule 1 is written in weekly terms. Every other cycle is derived from it rather than calculated independently: for a fortnightly payment the ATO halves the earnings, applies the weekly formula, then doubles the result. For a monthly payment it multiplies by three and divides by 13, applies the weekly formula, then reverses the conversion. Because the rounding happens at the weekly step, a fortnightly amount is exactly twice the weekly amount on half the earnings, and monthly amounts follow the same conversion in reverse. Get the weekly figure right and every other cycle follows from it.

If you want the underlying equations and the scale 1 to scale 6 coefficients rather than the lookup, they are reproduced in full on the PAYG withholding tax tables hub. To go the other way and work out take-home pay rather than the withheld amount, use the weekly pay calculator.

No TFN

What Happens Without a Tax File Number

None of the columns above apply if your employer does not hold your TFN. Scale 4 applies instead, and it has no coefficients: a resident payee has a flat 47% withheld and a foreign resident payee 45%, with cents ignored in both the earnings and the result. On $1,500 a week that is $705 withheld rather than $299 under scale 2, a difference of $406 every week. Giving your employer a completed TFN declaration moves you back to scale 1 or scale 2.

Questions

Weekly Tax Table FAQ

With the tax-free threshold claimed (scale 2), your employer withholds $202 from weekly earnings of $1,200 for 2026-27. Without the tax-free threshold claimed (scale 1) the same $1,200 has $313 withheld. Both come from the ATO Schedule 1 (NAT 1004) formulas that the weekly tax table is built from, and both are before any study loan repayment, which is withheld separately under Schedule 8.
NAT 1005 is the ATO product number for the weekly tax table. It is the printed lookup version of Schedule 1 (NAT 1004), the statement of formulas. Both were published on 17 June 2026 and apply to payments made from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027. The table on this page is generated from the NAT 1004 formulas directly, which is the same maths the printed table is derived from.
Scale 2 covers most employees: an Australian resident who has claimed the tax-free threshold on their TFN declaration. Scale 1 is a resident who has not claimed it, which is normal for a second job. Scale 3 is a foreign resident. Scales 5 and 6 apply where you have a full or half Medicare levy exemption. If you gave no TFN, scale 4 applies instead and 47% is withheld for a resident payee.
In some financial years a weekly payroll runs 53 times rather than 52. The tax table assumes 52, so across a 53-week year slightly too little is withheld and you can end up with a bill at assessment. The ATO publishes an optional extra withholding amount for this: an employee earning between $875 and $2,574 a week can ask their employer to withhold an extra $3 a week. You have to request it; the employer will not apply it automatically.
No. Withholding is a payday estimate designed to land close to your final tax across a full year of steady earnings. Deductions, a second job, part-year work, other income or an incorrect withholding declaration all move the final figure. Your actual tax is settled when you lodge your return.
Yes. This page is laid out for printing: use your browser print command and choose "Save as PDF" as the destination. Navigation, banners and the footer are stripped from the printed output, leaving the withholding table and the scale legend.