Contract or Permanent Calculator

Find out if a contract rate or permanent salary is better for you in Australia.

Contract Rate
Permanent Salary
Weekly Wage

Enter your take-home pay per week

Contract beats permanent by

252%

After adjusting for public holidays, annual leave, sick days and tax; you will take home $128,624.222 extra and have $20,602.059 more added to your superannuation each year with contract than you would with permanent.

That's a total package increase of $128,624.222 per year!

Comprehensive Income Breakdown
Income ComponentWeeklyFortnightlyMonthlyAnnually
Contract Pay$4,480$8,960$19,413.333$232,960
→ Taxable Income$4,480$8,960$19,413.333$232,960
→ Superannuation$515.2$1,030.4$2,232.533$26,790.4
→ Income Tax-$1,451.904-$2,903.808-$6,291.583-$75,499
→ Medicare Levy-$89.6-$179.2-$388.267-$4,659.2
Permanent Pay$1,034.84$2,069.679$4,484.305$53,811.659
→ Taxable Income$1,034.84$2,069.679$4,484.305$53,811.659
→ Superannuation$119.007$238.013$515.695$6,188.341
→ Income Tax-$152.996-$305.992-$662.982-$7,955.789
→ Medicare Levy-$20.697-$41.394-$89.686-$1,076.233
Weekly Wage (Calculated Gross)$1,553.918$3,107.835$6,733.643$80,803.721
→ Taxable Income$1,553.918$3,107.835$6,733.643$80,803.721
→ Superannuation$178.701$357.401$774.369$9,292.428
→ Income Tax-$321.696-$643.393-$1,394.017-$16,728.209
→ Medicare Levy-$31.078-$62.157-$134.673-$1,616.074
Net Income Comparison
$153k
contract
$45k
permanent
$62k
weekly wage
Net Income

Average total paid to you after tax, public holidays and leave allowances

ContractPermanentWeekly WageBest vs Worst
Net Income
What gets paid to you directly
$12,733.483$3,731.636$5,204.953$10,718.685
Net Superannuation
What gets deposited in your superannuation
$2,232.533$515.695$774.369$1,716.838
Net Package
Total value of income + superannuation
$14,966.017$4,247.331$5,979.322$10,718.685
Days Worked

The total number of days worked. Contractors typically don't get paid for their non-working days, such as public holidays, annual leave or sick leave. These are benefits usually afforded to salaried employees.

This calculator excludes non-working days when calculating the total income for contractors.

Weekdays per year260
Public holidays (NSW)11
Annual leave20
Sick leave5
Total non-working weekdays per year36

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