Free Payslip Generator — Create Australian Payslips Online

How to Use This Payslip Generator

1. Enter employer details — the business name and ABN that must appear on every Australian payslip.
2. Add the employee and pay period — employee name, pay frequency, period start and end dates, and the date of payment.
3. Enter earnings — an hourly rate and hours worked, or an annual salary. Add overtime and allowances if they apply.
4. Check tax and super — the tool estimates PAYG withholding from the ATO tax rates and calculates the 12% Super Guarantee. If you know the exact PAYG amount from your payroll software, type it in to override the estimate.
5. Print or save — click Print / Save as PDF. Your browser's print dialog lets you save the payslip as a PDF file.

Every calculation happens locally in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded, stored, or shared — which makes this generator safe to use with real employee names and pay figures.

What Must a Payslip Include in Australia?

Under the Fair Work Act 2009 and Fair Work Regulations 2009, an Australian payslip must include the employer's name and ABN, the employee's name, the date of payment, the pay period, gross and net pay, and any superannuation contributions with the fund name. Hourly workers must also see their rate and hours.

The full list is published by the Fair Work Ombudsman. If a line on your own payslip does not make sense, our guide to understanding your payslip explains every field.

Payslip Template vs Payslip Generator — Which Do You Need?

A payslip template is a blank layout (usually Word or Excel) that you fill in and recalculate by hand every pay run. A payslip generator does the calculations for you: it estimates PAYG withholding from the current ATO rates, applies the 12% Super Guarantee to ordinary time earnings, and keeps year-to-date totals consistent. The output of this page works as both — generate a payslip online, or print a blank one and use it as a free Australian payslip template.

Because the maths follows the same ATO tax brackets used across this site, the tax figure here matches our take-home pay calculator for the same annualised income. To see how the withholding amount is derived, check the PAYG withholding tables.

Employer Payslip Obligations in Australia

Payslips are a legal requirement, not a courtesy. Under the Fair Work Act, employers must give every employee a payslip — electronic or paper — within one working day of payday, even if the employee is on leave. Employee records, including pay records, must be kept for seven years. The Fair Work Ombudsman can issue infringement notices and pursue penalties for missing or inaccurate payslips.

• Single Touch Payroll (STP) still applies — generating a payslip does not replace STP reporting. Employers must report salaries, PAYG and super to the ATO through STP-enabled software each pay day.
• Super must be shown — the payslip must list the Super Guarantee contribution for the period and the fund it is (or will be) paid into.
• Casuals get payslips too — every employee, including casual and part-time staff, must receive one.

Hiring and unsure what a wage really costs once super, leave and workers' compensation are added? Use the employer cost calculator to see the true cost of an employee.

How Is the PAYG Withholding on a Payslip Calculated?

Employers calculate PAYG withholding using the ATO's tax tables, based on the employee's earnings for the period, whether they claim the tax-free threshold, and whether they have a HECS-HELP (STSL) debt. This generator annualises the period's gross pay, applies the FY2025-26 resident tax rates, Medicare levy and (optionally) HECS repayment, then divides back to the pay period.

The estimate is typically within a few dollars of payroll software. For exact figures, take the PAYG amount from the ATO tables and enter it in the override field. Working backwards from a target take-home amount instead? The gross pay calculator reverses the calculation, and the superannuation calculator projects what those 12% contributions grow into.

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