Benefits vs Wages Calculator

Fill out your situation details and then adjust sliders to see your totals.

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Hourly rate

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Personalised analysis based on your situation, updating as you adjust your inputs.

What your wages are worth
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Tax alone shaves your dollar down to about 65¢ at most income levels (without kids). Weigh that against how much Centrelink takes on top, shown in the bar above.

Dollar breakdown by income band ›

Of my total earnings, how much of each dollar do I keep?

What you keep Income tax Centrelink offset

Of my next $5k pay rise, how much would I actually keep?

Each bar shows how much of a $5,000 wage increase ends up in your pocket after tax changes and Centrelink reductions. Click any bar for the dollar breakdown. A short bar means that raise is mostly absorbed.

Pay rise traps

Add children above to see where pay rises are absorbed
Household income sources
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How do benefits change as wages increase?

Total net

Wages after tax

Centrelink

Child support

Total net income Wages after tax Centrelink payments
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