How to Salary Sacrifice Super and Convert Your Hourly Wage to Annual Salary

Assuming a 38-hour week and 52-week year, your annual gross pay is your hourly rate multiplied by 1,976 hours.

How to Convert Your Hourly Rate Becomes Annual Pay

To turn your hourly rate to annual pay, multiply your hourly rate × hours per week × 52 weeks. For a standard 38-hour week, that is 38 hours. For other hours, use the actual hours. The formula is: annual gross = hourly × hours per week × 52. For example, $30 per hour at 38 hours gives $30 × 38 × 52 = $59,280. Fortnightly is weekly × 2.

National Minimum Wage and Award Rates

The National Minimum Wage from 1 July 2026 is $26.44 per hour, $1,004.9 per week for 38 hours. Casual loading 25% on top gives $33.05 per hour. Award rates may be higher. See minimum wage for more.

Including Casual Loading

On the timesheet, you enter base hourly rate. A checkbox adds 25% casual loading. Do not type a rate that already includes casual loading. For example, base $26.44 with loading becomes $33.05.

Superannuation Guarantee

Super is 12% of ordinary earnings, paid on top, up to $270,830 maximum contribution base. For $59,280 annual, super is $7,113.6. See super and packaging for how to salary sacrifice super.

How to Salary Sacrifice Super

If you want to salary sacrifice super, you arrange with your employer to have part of your pre-tax salary paid into your super fund. This reduces taxable income. The estimate here does not include salary sacrifice. To learn how to salary sacrifice super, you need a written agreement. The super guarantee is separate.

Tax on Your Annual Pay

2026–27 resident tax: nil to $18,200; 15% to $45,000; 30% to $135,000; 37% to $190,000; 45% above. Medicare levy 2%. For $59,280, tax about $12,888 plus Medicare. See take-home pay for more.

Fortnightly Pay

Fortnightly pay is weekly × 2. For $30 per hour, fortnight $2,280. Useful for budgeting.

Important Disclaimer

Annual pay is hourly rate × hours per week × 52. Assumes same rate every week, no unpaid overtime, no penalty rates, no allowances, no salary sacrifice. Super estimated 12% of ordinary earnings only, paid on top, stops at $270,830 maximum contribution base. Tax 2026–27 resident scale with full tax-free threshold. Medicare uses 2025–26 single reduction thresholds because 2026–27 not confirmed here. HELP, Medicare levy surcharge, salary packaging not deducted. This is estimate, not determination of pay or tax.

Open the same rate on the home timesheet. Read the reference tables before treating a figure as your pay.

Questions people ask next

Does the calculator include casual loading automatically?

No. On [the timesheet](/) you enter your base hourly rate, then check the casual loading box to add 25% on top. Never type a rate that already includes casual loading.

What are the 2026–27 tax brackets for 2026–27?

For 2026–27 resident tax: nil to $18,200; 15% to $45,000; 30% to $135,000; 37% to $190,000; 45% above. Medicare levy is generally 2%.

How do I arrange salary sacrifice for super?

To learn how to salary sacrifice super, you ask your employer to pay part of your pre-tax salary into your super fund. It reduces your taxable income but is not included in the estimate here.