Compare casual loading with permanent entitlements

A 25% casual loading replaces leave and notice. Convert a casual rate into its permanent equivalent, and see what the loading is worth once leave is priced in.

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Estimates only, based on published Australian rules for the selected tax year. Not tax, legal or financial advice, and not a substitute for your payslip or an assessment from the ATO.

Casual

AU-2026.27-v1

Casual hourly rate

$/hr

Hours a week

Weeks worked

Casual earnings, after tax

— /year

Gross

$57,960

Tax

—

Net

—

Perm. equiv.

$52,416

Gross casual earnings$57,960

Permanent equivalent salary$52,416

Loading collected$11,592

Weeks unpaid6

The 25% loading replaces paid leave and notice. The permanent equivalent prices those back in at 52 paid weeks.

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How Casual works

A 25% casual loading replaces leave and notice. Convert a casual rate into its permanent equivalent, and see what the loading is worth once leave is priced in.

What you enter

✓Casual hourly rate

✓Hours per week

✓Weeks worked

What you get

✓Annual gross and net

✓Permanent equivalent salary

✓Value of forgone leave

Applied Rule Set AU-2026.27-v1

Tax year2026–27

ResidencyAustralian resident

Medicare levyApplied, 2%

HELP treatmentNo debt held

Employer super12% on top of base

Rules verified21 Aug 2026

Sources: ATO individual income tax rates, Medicare levy and study and training loan thresholds; Federal Register of Legislation. Not modelled: offsets, deductions, Division 293, the Medicare levy surcharge or part-year employment.

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