One rule set behind every pay decision.
Six calculator systems read from the same versioned Australian tax rules, so the figure you see in the pay calculator is the figure your comparison, your budget and your household model are built on.
Whatever you are weighing up
Four questions people bring to PayLens, each one a worked calculation.
On $160,000 the extra falls in the 37% bracket, and the 2% Medicare levy applies on top. PayLens shows the marginal rate before you negotiate rather than after the payslip lands.
Open the pay calculator ›Marginal Value
$3,050
kept from a $5,000 raise on $160,000
Gross increase$5,000
Income tax at 37%−$1,850
Medicare levy at 2%−$100
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The 2026–27 resident rule set by default, where the second bracket sits at 15%, the super guarantee is 12% and the Medicare levy is 2%. Switching to an earlier year uses that year’s law rather than current rates with an older label.
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