What is my hourly wage?
A$37.83 net per paid hour
Example: A$8,000 gross a month, 38 hours a week. For each hour actually worked: A$42.22.
Quick answers with the 2026 rules. Each one opens a page with the calculator already set up for it and a short article; change the inputs there for your own answer.
Gross a year → net a month. Single, aged 35, no children, 12 salaries a year, 2026 rules.
A$37.83 net per paid hour
Example: A$8,000 gross a month, 38 hours a week. For each hour actually worked: A$42.22.
A$3,769 net a month
A$26.44 an hour: A$4,355 gross a month.
A$4,870 net a month
Example: A$8,000 gross full-time. You keep 78.2% of the full-time net pay for 75% of the hours.
A$824.90 a fortnight JobSeeker Payment, shown for 6 months (means-tested; redundancy pay and savings can delay the start)
Example: A$8,000 gross a month, age 35, single. Total A$10,724.
From 1 week to 4 weeks
By years with the employer: 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 10.
At 67
Born in 1991: full pension at 67.
A$1,000 from 2016 = A$1,361 today
Prices rose 36.1% since 2016, by the official consumer price index. Any year since 2006.