Price overtime and penalty rates against your base pay

Extra hours sit on top of ordinary earnings, so they are taxed at the marginal rate. See the true hourly value of overtime, weekend and public holiday rates.

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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.

Overtime

AU-2026.27-v1

Base hourly rate

$/hr

Overtime hours a week

Penalty rate

Overtime in your account

$432 /week

Ordinary

$94,848

Gross OT

$22,464

Tax on OT

—

Net OT

$22,464

Gross overtime$22,464/yr

Tax at 0% marginal−$0/yr

Effective hourly value$72/hr

Ordinary earnings$94,848/yr

Overtime stacks on ordinary earnings, so it is taxed at your marginal rate, not your average one.

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This section answers one question: what actually lands in your account. Enter a salary, an hourly rate or a payslip figure and PayLens applies the 2026–27 resident rules, the Medicare levy, HELP and employer super, then shows every assumption it used so you can check the working line by line.

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How Overtime works

Extra hours sit on top of ordinary earnings, so they are taxed at the marginal rate. See the true hourly value of overtime, weekend and public holiday rates.

What you enter

✓Base hourly rate

✓Overtime hours

✓Penalty multiplier

What you get

✓Gross overtime

✓Net overtime

✓Effective hourly value

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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