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Free Payslip Generator: Create Australian Payslips Online

A payslip generator creates a professional, Fair Work-compliant payslip from your pay details in seconds. Enter employer, employee, and earnings information below to build a payslip with PAYG withholding, superannuation, and year-to-date totals — then print it or save it as a PDF. Free, no signup, updated July 2026.

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Employer & Employee

Pay Period

Earnings

Tax & Super

Business Name
ABN: —
Payslip
Pay period: — – —
Payment date: —
Employee
Employee Name
Pay frequency
Fortnightly
EarningsHoursRateThis payYTD
Ordinary hours76.00$35.00/hr$2,660.00$2,660.00
Gross pay$2,660.00$2,660.00
DeductionsThis payYTD
PAYG withholding (estimate)-$486.58-$486.58
Net pay
$2,173.42
YTD: $2,173.42
SuperannuationThis payYTD
Super Guarantee (12%)$319.20$319.20
PAYG figures are estimates unless entered manually. Generated free with Pay Calculator Australia, pay-calculator-australia.com

Tip: click Print / Save as PDF and choose "Save as PDF" as the destination to download this payslip.

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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.

Required fieldDetails
Employer name and ABNThe legal or registered business name, plus the Australian Business Number if the employer has one
Employee nameThe name of the person being paid
Date of paymentThe day the wages were paid
Pay periodThe start and end dates the payment covers (e.g. 24/06/2026 – 07/07/2026)
Gross and net payTotal earnings before deductions, and the amount actually paid to the employee
Hourly rate and hours (if paid hourly)The ordinary hourly rate, the number of hours worked at that rate, and the total for those hours
Annual salary (if salaried)The rate of salary as at the last day of the pay period
Loadings, allowances, bonuses and penalty ratesAny separately identifiable entitlement, listed as its own line item
DeductionsThe amount and purpose of each deduction, including PAYG withholding, plus the name (or name and number) of the fund or account it was paid into
Superannuation contributionsThe amount of each contribution the employer made (or is liable to make) during the period, and the name of the super fund

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 FY2026-27 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.

How this payslip generator works▼
  1. Ordinary earnings = hourly rate x hours (or annual salary ÷ pay periods per year).
  2. Gross pay for the period = ordinary earnings + overtime + allowances.
  3. PAYG estimate: the period gross is annualised, FY2026-27 income tax, LITO and the 2% Medicare levy are applied (plus HECS-HELP if selected), and the result is divided back to the pay period. If the tax-free threshold is not claimed, tax scales are applied from the first dollar. Employers' payroll software uses the ATO Schedule 1 coefficients, so figures can differ by a few dollars, so use the override field for exact amounts.
  4. Super Guarantee (12%) is calculated on ordinary time earnings (ordinary hours plus allowances, excluding overtime).
  5. YTD totals multiply the current period by the number of pays this financial year. Replace with actual YTD figures from payroll records where available.
  6. All processing is client-side. No names, ABNs or pay figures leave your device.
Disclaimer: this tool creates payslip documents and PAYG estimates for record-keeping and template purposes. It is not payroll software and does not lodge Single Touch Payroll reports, and it is not legal or tax advice. Employers remain responsible for meeting Fair Work and ATO obligations.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, as long as the payslip is accurate. Small employers, bookkeepers and sole traders regularly create payslips manually or with tools like this one. What is illegal is creating a false payslip (for example, to inflate income on a loan application), which is fraud. Employers must also still meet Single Touch Payroll reporting obligations regardless of how the payslip itself is produced.

At minimum: the employer's name and ABN, the employee's name, the date of payment, the pay period, gross and net pay, the hourly rate and hours worked (for hourly employees) or annual salary (for salaried employees), any loadings, allowances or bonuses as separate line items, each deduction with its purpose, and superannuation contributions with the name of the fund. The full list is set out in the Fair Work Regulations 2009 and summarised in the table on this page.

Genuine independent contractors invoice for their work rather than receiving payslips. They handle their own tax and (usually) their own super, so a contractor normally issues an invoice, not a payslip. If you are paying someone with an ABN but they work like an employee (set hours, your direction, your equipment), they may legally be an employee entitled to payslips and super. Check the distinction with our contractor vs employee guide and use the contractor pay calculator to compare rates.

Yes. Every employee (full-time, part-time or casual) must receive a payslip within one working day of being paid. A casual's payslip should show the ordinary hourly rate including casual loading, the hours worked, and any penalty rates as separate items.

For producing a compliant payslip document, yes. But employers with staff must also report each pay run to the ATO through Single Touch Payroll (STP), which requires STP-enabled software or a registered agent. This generator is ideal for one-off payslips, replacing lost payslips in your records, nannies and household employees under simplified arrangements, or checking that payroll software output looks right.

Typically within a few dollars per pay. The generator annualises the period's earnings and applies the FY2026-27 tax brackets, LITO and Medicare levy, while employers' payroll software uses the ATO's Schedule 1 withholding coefficients, which round slightly differently. If you need the exact figure, look it up in the PAYG withholding tables and enter it in the override field.

Sources & References

  1. 1
    Pay slips, Fair Work Ombudsman
  2. 2
    Tax tables, Australian Taxation Office

Last verified: 9 October 2026. Our content is based on the latest information from official Australian government sources.

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