Pay Calculator VIC: Your Take-Home Pay in Victoria
VICTake-home pay in Victoria is gross salary less federal income tax and the 2% Medicare levy on the ATO 2026-27 rates, with 12% super paid by the employer on top. State rules sit outside the tax sum: Victorian long service leave is roughly 6.1 weeks after 7 years, and payroll tax of 4.85% above $1,000,000 is paid by employers, not deducted from wages. The calculator below shows what you keep from your salary each week, fortnight and month. The rest of the page covers Victorian earnings from the ABS, the state's public holidays, long service leave and payroll tax.
What comes out
To check a payslip, compare the weekly, fortnightly or monthly figure above that matches your pay period with the net pay on your slip; see how to read an Australian payslip.
VIC pay at a glance
- Minimum wage: the national minimum wage is $26.44 an hour ($1,004.90 for a 38-hour week) from 1 July 2026; most jobs pay an award rate above it (see the minimum wage guide).
- Public holidays: 14 in 2026, 7 of them VIC-only. Working one usually attracts 200%–250% of your base rate under an award (dates in the public holiday table below).
- Long service leave: 6.07 weeks after 7 years under the Long Service Leave Act 2018 (Vic): VIC long service leave calculator.
- Government jobs: VIC public service pay scales, VIC teacher pay and VIC nurse pay rates.
- Emergency services: VIC paramedic pay, VIC police pay and VIC firefighter pay.
- Workers compensation: if you are injured at work, the VIC scheme (WorkSafe Victoria) covers weekly payments and medical costs. Your employer pays the premium; nothing is deducted from your pay for it.
Minimum wage and state awards in Victoria
The National Minimum Wage is $26.44 an hour ($1,004.90 for a 38-hour week) from 1 July 2026, and it applies to adults in the national system whatever the state. Most people earn an award rate above it: see what the minimum wage in Australia is and the award rates guide.
Most employees in Victoria are covered by the national system, including state government employees with some exceptions such as senior public servants. There is no separate Victorian minimum wage.
Source: Fair Work Ombudsman, Fair Work system, read 5 October 2026. Check with Fair Work or your state industrial commission if you are unsure which system covers your employer.
How much of a Victorian salary do you actually keep?
On $106,137 (the average full-time wage in Victoria) you keep a little over three-quarters of it. Victoria has no state income tax, and no other Australian state or territory does either. Your income tax, Medicare levy and HECS-HELP repayment are set by the ATO and are identical whether you work in Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat or Bendigo.
Worked example: $106,137 in Victoria
$106,137 is what a full-time adult in Victoria earns on average before overtime: ABS average weekly ordinary time earnings of $2,041.10 a week, May 2026, over 52 weeks.
| Gross salary | $106,137 |
| Income tax | − $22,361 |
| Medicare levy (2%) | − $2,123 |
| Take-home pay | $81,653 |
That is $1,570.25 a week, $3,140.50 a fortnight or $6,804.42 a month in the bank.
Effective tax rate 23.1%. The next dollar you earn is taxed at 32%, which is your tax bracket rate plus the 2% Medicare levy.
Superannuation of $12,736 at 12% is paid by your employer on top, making the package $118,873.
With a HECS-HELP debt, a further $5,491 is withheld and take-home pay falls to $76,162, or $2,929.31 a fortnight.
Enter your salary in the calculator above to see the same breakdown for your own pay. To see how the brackets stack up, read the 2026-27 income tax brackets, or model a salary sacrifice arrangement; many Victorian health and charity employers offer packaging that cuts taxable income.
Is your Victorian salary normal? What the ABS says
Victoria sits just below the national average. Full-time adults in Victoria earn $2,041.10 a week before overtime. Among the states, that puts Victoria behind NSW and WA and a shade ahead of Queensland.
| VIC average weekly earnings | Per week | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time adults, ordinary hoursBase pay only: the figure this page's worked example uses | $2,041.10 | $106,137 |
| Full-time adults, including overtimeAdds overtime, so it runs ahead of the ordinary-time figure | $2,102.20 | $109,314 |
| Full-time adult menOrdinary time earnings | $2,140.90 | $111,327 |
| Full-time adult womenOrdinary time earnings | $1,889.60 | $98,259 |
| All employees, including part-timePulled down by part-time hours, not by lower rates | $1,507.80 | $78,406 |
Full-time adults in Victoria earn 2.0% less than the national average of $2,083.70 a week. Source: ABS Average Weekly Earnings, May 2026, released 13 August 2026 (Table 13, original series). Read on 28 August 2026.
If your pay is below the award floor rather than below the average, that is a different problem. Most Victorian private-sector employees are covered by federal modern awards: look yours up in the Australian award rates guide. Victorian state public sector staff (teachers, public hospital nurses, public servants) are usually on Victorian agreements instead.
Victorian public holidays and what they do to your pay
Victoria is the only state that stops for a horse race and a football match. The Friday before the AFL Grand Final and Melbourne Cup Day are both gazetted public holidays here and nowhere else, which means a Melbourne hospitality or retail worker can bank two penalty-rate shifts a Sydney colleague never sees.
Victoria publishes 14 public holidays for 2026, and 7 of them are not observed Australia-wide. A worker one state over is not paid a public holiday penalty rate on those days, which are marked VIC only in the table below.
| 2026 date | Public holiday | Observed |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 1 January | New Year's Day | Nationwide |
| Monday 26 January | Australia Day | Nationwide |
| Monday 9 March | Labour Day | VIC only |
| Friday 3 April | Good Friday | Nationwide |
| Saturday 4 April | Saturday before Easter Sunday | VIC only |
| Sunday 5 April | Easter Sunday | VIC only |
| Monday 6 April | Easter Monday | Nationwide |
| Saturday 25 April | Anzac Day | Nationwide |
| Monday 8 June | King's Birthday | VIC only |
| Friday 25 September | Friday before the AFL Grand Final | VIC only |
| Tuesday 3 November | Melbourne CupSome regional areas in Victoria hold the Melbourne Cup public holiday on a different date. | VIC only |
| Friday 25 December | Christmas Day | Nationwide |
| Saturday 26 December | Boxing Day | Nationwide |
| Monday 28 December | Additional public holiday for Boxing Day | VIC only |
Source: Fair Work Ombudsman, 2026 public holidays, read 28 August 2026. Regional and part-day variations apply, so check the Victoria government list that covers your town.
VIC public holidays 2026 & 2027: every date, regional days and public holiday pay rates →
Why the VIC list matters to your pay
Under most modern awards, working a public holiday attracts a penalty of 200% to 250% of your base rate. You have a right to be absent on a public holiday. If you are full-time or part-time and the holiday falls on a day you normally work, you are paid your base rate for the ordinary hours you would have worked; casual employees are not paid for a public holiday they do not work. You are entitled to the public holidays where you are based for work, not where you happen to be standing on the day.
Work out what a holiday shift is actually worth with the overtime and penalty rate calculator, or read the penalty rates guide.
Long service leave in Victoria
Victorian long service leave starts sooner than in most of the country. The Long Service Leave Act 2018 (Vic) sets the qualifying period at 7 years, not the 10 years used in NSW, Queensland, WA, SA, Tasmania and the NT.
Victoria has one of the shortest qualifying periods in the country: 7 years of continuous service with one employer. Leave accrues at one week for every 60 weeks of service, about 0.866 of a week a year, so roughly 6.1 weeks by the 7-year mark. Once you pass 7 years the full accrued balance is paid out however the employment ends, including resignation and redundancy.
| Governing law | Long Service Leave Act 2018 (Vic) |
| Service before you can take leave | 7 years |
| Leave at that point | 6.07 weeks |
| After that | continued accrual at one week for every 60 weeks of continuous service |
| Pro-rata payment when the job ends | From 7 years |
| Who to ask | Workforce Inspectorate Victoria |
Long service leave is paid at your ordinary rate, so the calculator at the top of this page tells you what a week of it is worth after tax. A lump sum paid out when you leave is taxed differently: see the final pay calculator. Source: Workforce Inspectorate Victoria, read 28 August 2026.
Work out your own balance and payout with the VIC long service leave calculator.
Does VIC payroll tax come out of your pay?
Does VIC payroll tax come out of your pay? No.
Payroll tax is a cost of hiring you, not a deduction from your pay. Once an employer's Australian wage bill passes $1,000,000 a year it pays 4.85% to the State Revenue Office Victoria on top of wages. Payroll tax never appears on your payslip and never reduces your gross salary. Employers can find the rates, thresholds and due dates on the VIC payroll tax page.
WorkSafe premiums and the Mental Health and Wellbeing Surcharge work the same way: both are employer costs, not payslip deductions. Employers will find both on the VIC payroll tax page. What does come out of your pay is set out in the payslip guide.
Pay calculators for other states
Income tax is identical everywhere in Australia. What changes is the public holiday calendar, the long service leave Act and the payroll tax your employer pays.
Employer? VIC payroll tax is on its own page
Victoria payroll tax for 2026-27: 4.85% above a $1,000,000 threshold, administered by the State Revenue Office Victoria. The rates, phase-outs, registration rules, due dates and a calculator set to VIC are on the payroll tax page.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Personal income tax in Australia is levied by the federal government through the ATO. The income tax brackets, Medicare levy, and HECS-HELP repayment thresholds are identical in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and every other state and territory.
Take-home pay on the average full-time Victorian salary is $81,653 a year ($3,140.50 a fortnight) after income tax and the Medicare levy. A full-time adult in Victoria earns $2,041.10 a week in ordinary time earnings, about $106,137 a year (ABS, May 2026). The worked example above shows exactly what is left after income tax and the Medicare levy, per week, fortnight and month.
Victoria gazettes Labour Day in March, the Friday before the AFL Grand Final in September and Melbourne Cup Day in November, none of which are national. Some regional areas hold the Melbourne Cup holiday on a different date. If you work one of these days you are paid at least your base rate, and your award or registered agreement can add a public holiday rate, an extra day off or extra annual leave.
Victorian employees are entitled to long service leave after 7 years of continuous service with one employer, under the Long Service Leave Act 2018. Leave accrues at one week for every 60 weeks of service. Past 7 years the accrued balance is paid out however the employment ends, including resignation.
No. Payroll tax is charged to the employer once its Australian wage bill passes $1,000,000. It is never deducted from an employee's salary and never appears on a payslip.
No. The Mental Health and Wellbeing Surcharge is paid exclusively by employers whose national payroll exceeds $10 million. It does not reduce your personal salary or affect your take-home pay calculation.
No. Regional Victorian workers pay exactly the same federal income tax as Melbourne workers. Regional employers benefit from a reduced payroll tax rate of 1.2125% (compared to 4.85% in metro areas), but this employer saving does not affect employee tax deductions or net pay.
HECS-HELP repayments are a federal obligation applied identically across all states. Tick the HECS-HELP box in the calculator above and it will show the repayment withheld at your salary and the reduced take-home figure, per pay cycle.
How this calculator works▼
Income tax, the Medicare levy, HECS-HELP and superannuation are calculated with the site's federal engine for 2026-27; there are no state-specific individual income taxes in Australia, so the result is the same in every state. Victorian earnings come from the ABS Average Weekly Earnings release for May 2026 (Table 13b, original series). Public holidays come from the Fair Work Ombudsman's 2026 list, and long service leave from the Long Service Leave Act 2018 as explained by Workforce Inspectorate Victoria. State payroll tax and WorkSafe data are sourced from the State Revenue Office Victoria and WorkSafe VIC, but these only outline employer obligations and do not affect employee net pay.
Sources & References
- 1Individual income tax rates, Australian Taxation Office
- 2Average Weekly Earnings, Australia (May 2026), Table 13b, Victoria, Australian Bureau of Statistics
- 32026 public holidays, Victoria, Fair Work Ombudsman
- 4Long service leave (Long Service Leave Act 2018), Workforce Inspectorate Victoria
- 5VIC payroll tax rates and thresholds (employers), State Revenue Office Victoria
Last verified: 28 August 2026. Our content is based on the latest information from official Australian government sources.
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