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See what a pay rise actually adds to each pay

A raise is taxed at your top rate, so the headline increase is never what arrives. Enter the current and proposed salary to see the monthly difference after tax, Medicare and HELP.

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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.
Pay Rise
AU-2026.27-v1
$
$
Net increase, monthly
— /month
Current net
—
New net
—
Gross rise
$1,250
You keep
—
Gross increase$1,250/mo
Extra tax and Medicare−—/mo
Share you keep—
Annual net increase—/yr
Salaries are entered annually. Results are shown monthly, and the raise sits in your top bracket, so the share you keep is lower than your average rate.
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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 Pay Rise works

A raise is taxed at your top rate, so the headline increase is never what arrives. Enter the current and proposed salary to see the monthly difference after tax, Medicare and HELP.

What you enter
✓Current salary
✓Proposed salary
✓Bonus and super settings
What you get
✓Net increase per month
✓Extra tax and Medicare
✓Share of the raise you keep
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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