Your Salary Calculator

How much salary should I receive?

The salary calculator helps you work out how much net (or take-home) pay you should be getting each week, fortnight or month. The calculator takes into account:

• The current tax rates in Australia based on your gross salary;
• The super you are entitled to by your employer as your super guarantee;
• The Low Income Tax Offset, which you receive after putting in your annual tax return.

• Data sources

  This calculator brings together publicly available Australian data and licenced data.

  • Tax withheld tables - ATO
  • Tax bracket tables - ATO
  • Medicare rates - ATO
  • Tax offset rates - ATO

Salary sacrifice and tax

Unlike most tax deductions – which you only claim after you submit your annual tax return – you can enjoy the tax benefits of salary sacrificing into super each pay day.

Check your payslip

• Has your salary been paid in full?
• Is your super appearing on your payslip?
• Has the correct amount of super been paid into your super account? Even if it’s on your payslip, that doesn’t mean it’s in your account – log onto your account online and compare the amount paid with the amount on our super guarantee calculator.

How do you calculate your base salary from a package that includes super?

A salary package consists of your gross salary plus your super.

To calculate your base salary from a total package, you must first identify the portion allocated to superannuation. Employers must pay 11.5% of ordinary time earnings into your super account.

By identifying and separating these components, you can determine the base salary, which is the amount that excludes superannuation. 

Our calculator above allows you to identify your base salary. Simply enter your salary package total and click on calculate, then ‘Adjust your situation’ and select “My salary includes super”. 

Tax liabilities and other factors can also affect your final take-home pay, so using our calculator above can help you see your pay, tax and super amounts.