38-hour ordinary week

Turn an hourly rate into the year.

Type a rate. The week fills in, then the fortnight, tax, and super paid on top.

Fill in the week

Year, gross$52,245.4452 weeks at this rate

Hours sit evenly on Monday to Friday. Anything above 38 hours is marked Extra, paid here at the same rate with no penalty, and left out of super.

Level with the adult National Minimum Wage.

Mon$200.947.6 h
Tue$200.947.6 h
Wed$200.947.6 h
Thu$200.947.6 h
Fri$200.947.6 h
One fortnight$2,009.44 gross
  • Take-home
  • Tax
  • Medicare
Super 12%, paid on top$6,269.45 a year
Week
$1,004.72
Fortnight
$2,009.44
Take-home a year
$45,006.90
Tax + Medicare
$7,238.54

$52,245.44 gross a year, $2,009.44 a fortnight.

  • 16 h$21,998
  • 20 h$27,498
  • 24 h$32,997
  • 30 h$41,246
  • 38 h$52,245
  • 40 h$54,995

Resident tax for 2026–27 with the tax-free threshold. Medicare uses the 2025–26 single reduction thresholds. No HELP, no salary sacrifice, no Medicare levy surcharge. Super is 12% of ordinary earnings only, capped at the maximum contribution base.

May 2026

Full-time ordinary time, by state

Australian full-time adults averaged $2,083.70 a week in ordinary time, about $54.83 an hour on a 38-hour week. The all-employee average, which includes part-time work, was $1,579.20 a week.

  1. ACT$119,090
  2. Western Australia$115,825
  3. New South Wales$109,658
  4. Victoria$106,137
  5. Queensland$106,064
  6. NT$103,173
  7. South Australia$102,450
  8. Tasmania$96,008

Bars show a 52-week reading of ABS full-time adult ordinary-time earnings. They are averages, not awards. Full reference tables.

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