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Australian pay and tax guides

Quick, authoritative explainers on take-home pay, PAYG, and Medicare for 2025–26.

Explore concise guides to help you estimate take-home pay, understand the tax-free threshold, and navigate Medicare levy basics in Australia.

Overtime and penalty rates tax guide (Australia)

Learn how overtime, weekend rates, and public holiday rates affect your gross income and PAYG tax withholding.

13 Feb 2025

PAYG tax tables simplified

A beginner-friendly explanation of ATO PAYG withholding tables and how employers calculate the tax withheld from your pay.

12 Feb 2025

Backpacker tax explained (Australia)

A simple overview of how Working Holiday Makers (WHM) are taxed in Australia and how take-home pay is calculated.

11 Feb 2025

Net-to-gross income explained: How much salary do you need?

A guide to working backwards from take-home pay to estimate the gross income required in Australia.

10 Feb 2025

How to compare salary and hourly job offers in Australia

A simple guide to comparing hourly pay rates with annual salaries, factoring in weekly hours, overtime, superannuation, and take-home pay.

9 Feb 2025

Weekly vs fortnightly vs monthly pay explained (Australia)

Understand how pay frequency affects budgeting, PAYG withholding, and take-home pay in Australia.

8 Feb 2025

Why your take-home pay changes each week in Australia

A quick guide to the factors that cause weekly or fortnightly take-home pay to vary, including overtime, tax brackets, and employer withholding.

7 Feb 2025

Salary sacrifice into super explained (Australia)

A simple guide to salary sacrificing into superannuation, how it reduces taxable income, and how it affects take-home pay.

6 Feb 2025

Working two jobs tax explained (Australia)

How tax works when you have more than one job in Australia, including the tax-free threshold, PAYG withholding, and common reasons take-home pay changes.

5 Feb 2025

Gross vs net income explained (Australia)

Understand the difference between gross income and net income in Australia, and how PAYG tax, Medicare levy, and superannuation affect your take-home pay.

4 Feb 2025

Simple guide to the Medicare levy in Australia

A plain-English guide to the 2% Medicare levy in Australia, who pays it, and how this calculator applies it.

3 Feb 2025

Tax-free threshold explained (Australia)

Understand the Australian tax-free threshold, when to claim it, and how it affects PAYG withholding and take-home pay.

2 Feb 2025

How to estimate your take-home pay in Australia

Learn how to estimate take-home pay in Australia using hourly or weekly earnings, 2025–26 PAYG tax brackets, and the 2% Medicare levy.

1 Feb 2025