Weekly Tax Calculator
Enter your weekly wage and see the tax withheld under the 2026-27 scales. A resident on $1,500 a week claiming the tax-free threshold takes home $1,202 after $298 tax.
- The weekly schedule annualises each pay: your week is multiplied by 52, taxed as a full year, then divided back into a weekly amount.
- A financial year occasionally fits 53 weekly paydays instead of 52. The schedules assume 52, so the extra pay can leave a small shortfall at tax time.
| Weekly | Fortnightly | Annually | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $1,500 | $3,000 | $78,000 |
| Income tax | −$268 | −$535 | −$13,920 |
| Medicare levy | −$30 | −$60 | −$1,560 |
| Take-home pay | $1,202 | $2,405 | $62,520 |
Tax bracket breakdown
| Bracket | Rate | Taxable | Tax |
|---|---|---|---|
| $0 – $18,200 | 0% | $18,200 | $0 |
| $18,200 – $45,000 | 15% | $26,800 | $4,020 |
| $45,000 – $135,000 | 30% | $33,000 | $9,900 |
| Income tax | $13,920 |
Tax by bracket
Where your gross goes
- Take-home pay80%
- Income tax18%
- Medicare levy2%
This page runs the weekly view of the site's PAYG engine. The full set of pay and tax tools, from take-home pay to HECS, lives at all calculators.
How weekly withholding is annualised
The ATO's weekly schedule does not tax your week in isolation. It takes your weekly earnings (ignoring cents), multiplies them by 52, works out a full year of income tax on that figure using the 2026-27 tax brackets, adds the Medicare levy, then divides the result back by 52 and rounds to the dollar. Your payslip shows that one-week slice of a pretend full year.
The annualising step is why irregular pay behaves strangely. Work a week of overtime and the schedule assumes every week looks like that, so it withholds at a higher rate than your real annual income justifies. The reverse applies to a short week. Nothing is lost either way, because your actual tax is settled at your return. The full mechanics, offsets included, are in how PAYG is calculated.
$1,500 a week, with and without the tax-free threshold
The single biggest lever on weekly withholding is whether you claim the tax-free threshold. Claim it on your main job only. Here is the same $1,500 week both ways under 2026-27 scales:
Prefer to look your wage up?
Payroll people and anyone checking a payslip often want the schedule amounts rather than a calculator. Our weekly tax table lists the 2026-27 withholding for weekly wages from $500 to $3,000, with columns for both the threshold-claimed and no-threshold scales, all computed from the same engine as this page.
Paid every two weeks instead? Withholding is calculated per pay event, so the numbers differ slightly from doubling a week. The fortnightly tax calculator handles that cycle properly, including the 27-pay-year quirk.
Frequently asked questions
How much tax do I pay weekly?
How much tax will I pay this week if my pay is higher than usual?
What do I take home on $1,500 a week?
Why is my payslip a few dollars different from this calculator?
What happens when a year has 53 weekly pays?
Should I claim the tax-free threshold on my weekly pay?
Does this weekly tax calculator include Medicare and HELP?
Sources
- ATO: Weekly tax table (payments from 1 July 2026), including the 53-pay-year additional withholding amounts. Accessed 28 July 2026.
- ATO: Tax rates for Australian residents
Narelle Hartigan is a CPA-qualified tax accountant with over a decade of experience in Australian personal taxation and payroll. She founded PAYG Calculator Australia to make tax withholding easy for every Australian worker to understand.