Annual leave pay calculator (Australia)
Work out what your annual leave is worth in money: ordinary hours paid at your base rate, plus leave loading only where your award, enterprise agreement or contract actually gives it.
Australia. Fair Work Act 2009, National Employment Standards — 4 weeks of paid annual leave a year, 5 for a defined shiftworker. Rules checked 15 September 2026.
What the law says about the rate
Section 90(1) of the Fair Work Act 2009 says paid annual leave is paid at the employee's base rate of pay for the ordinary hours in the period of leave. The base rate excludes overtime, penalty rates, most allowances, loadings and bonuses. Section 90(2) says an untaken balance is paid out on termination at the same rate.
Annual leave loading is not part of the National Employment Standards. Around 17.5% is common in awards, but it applies only where an award, enterprise agreement or contract provides it — so this calculator applies nothing until you say your agreement gives it and enter the percentage yourself.
Worked examples
Two weeks full-time, no loading
76 hours at A$32.50 = A$2,470.00 gross. That is the NES minimum position where no award loading applies.
The same two weeks with 17.5% award loading
A$2,470.00 base plus A$432.25 loading = A$2,902.25 gross.
A part-time day
7.6 hours at A$28.00 = A$212.80 gross for one day of leave.
Limits of this tool
- Figures are gross, before tax. Lump-sum payouts are often taxed differently.
- It does not check whether your base rate meets your award or the national minimum wage.
- Shift penalties, allowances and commission are excluded from the base rate, but some agreements pay leave at a higher rate — check yours.
- Casual employees do not accrue paid annual leave under the NES.
- It tells you what an amount works out to. It does not decide what your employer legally owes you — the Fair Work Ombudsman does that.
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Official sources
Rules checked 15 September 2026. General information, not legal advice.