Medical Imaging Salary: How to Convert Your Hourly Rate to Annual, Fortnightly, and Fortnightly Pay
Medical imaging professionals earn a median full-time weekly earnings of $2,360 per 38-hour week, based on ABS data. Use hourly × 38 × 52 for annual, then divide by 26 for fortnightly.
How to Calculate a Medical Imaging Salary from an Hourly Rate
When you're looking at a medical imaging salary, you'll often see an hourly rate. To convert it to annual, annual, or fortnightly, use the simple formula: **hourly × hours per week × 52. This site assumes a 38-hour week (the standard full-time ordinary hours. For a fortnight, multiply weekly pay by 2.
The 38-Hour Week and the Fortnight
Most full-time medical imaging professionals work 38 hours per week, according to the ABS data from Jobs and Skills Australia. The median weekly earnings for Medical Imaging Professionals is $2,360 per week before tax. That's based on a 38-hour week. If you're paid hourly, your weekly pay is rate × 38. Your fortnightly pay is weekly × 2.
Award Rates and the National Minimum Wage
The National Minimum Wage from 1 July 2026 is $26.44 per hour, $1,004.90 per week for 38 hours. Casual employees get 25% loading: $33.05 per hour. But medical imaging professionals are covered by awards like the Health Professionals and Support Services Award or the Medical Practitioners Award. These awards have higher minimum rates than the national minimum. The Fair Work Commission publishes the Modern Awards Pay Database with exact classification rates. Always check your award classification – a sonographer or radiographer may have a different rate than a nuclear medicine technologist.
Tax and Super on Your Medical Imaging Salary
Once you have your annual gross (hourly × 38 × 52), you can estimate tax using the 2026–27 resident rates: nil up to $18,200; 15% from $18,201 to $45,000; 30% to $135,000; 37% to $190,000; 45% above. Add Medicare levy of 2% (using 2025–26 single reduction thresholds). Super guarantee is 12% of ordinary earnings, paid on top, up to the $270,830 maximum contribution base. For example, if your annual gross is $120,000, super is $14,400 extra.
Using the Timesheet and Reference Tables
To quickly convert your hourly rate, use the timesheet. It lets you type a base hourly rate and optionally add 25% casual loading. Never type a rate that already includes loading – check the box instead. For more detail, see pay guides and reference tables for award rates. The average pay page compares your salary to ABS averages.
Important Notes
This calculation assumes the same rate every week, no unpaid overtime, no penalty rates, no allowances, and no salary sacrifice. Super is estimated at 12% of ordinary earnings only, paid on top, and stops at the $270,830 maximum contribution base. Tax uses the 2026–27 resident scale with the full tax-free threshold. Medicare uses the 2025–26 single reduction thresholds because the 2026–27 reduction thresholds were not confirmed here. HELP, the Medicare levy surcharge, and salary packaging are not deducted. This is an estimate, not a determination of your pay or tax.
Medical Imaging Salary: Putting It Together
For a medical imaging professional earning $60 per hour (median hourly from the $2,360 weekly / 38 hours = $62.11, but use your actual rate):
- Weekly: $60 × 38 = $2,280
- Fortnightly: $2,280 × 2 = $4,560
- Annual: $2,280 × 52 = $118,560
- Super (12%): $14,227.20 on top
- Tax (estimate): depends on your total income, but roughly $30,000–$35,000 plus Medicare.
Check your award for minimum rates – they may be higher than the national minimum. Use job pay to see typical rates for your role. Remember, casual loading (25%) is added on top of the base hourly rate, not included in it.
Open the same rate on the home timesheet. Read the reference tables before treating a figure as your pay.