Estimate Australian employee pay-run cost.
LiveAustralia1 credit
What it does
Work out what one employee costs each pay: PAYG withholding, super guarantee with Payday Super timing, a national minimum-wage check and the date super must reach the fund.
Ask your AI
Estimate Australian employee pay-run cost. Ask me for any detail you need first, then show the result with its source and date, and list anything a person should check.
What comes back
The super deadline counts whole-state public holidays only.
Good to know
- The super deadline counts whole-state public holidays only.
- Annual super projects this pay across the year and applies the maximum contributions base.
- Awards, enterprise agreements, leave accrual and study-loan adjustments are outside this estimate.
For developers
| Tool ID | au_employee_cost |
|---|---|
| Server | Australia |
| Credit behaviour | 1 credit |
Input schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"tax_year": {
"type": "string",
"const": "2026-27"
},
"gross_pay": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100000000
},
"pay_frequency": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"weekly",
"fortnightly",
"monthly"
]
},
"payday": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$"
},
"hours_worked": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0.01,
"maximum": 1000
},
"tax_free_threshold_claimed": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"casual": {
"default": false,
"description": "Set true to check the adult casual National Minimum Wage including loading.",
"type": "boolean"
},
"state": {
"description": "Optional employee location context; it does not affect the national Payday Super deadline.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"ACT",
"NSW",
"NT",
"QLD",
"SA",
"TAS",
"VIC",
"WA"
]
},
"region": {
"description": "Optional employee location context; regional holidays do not affect the national Payday Super deadline.",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"qualifying_earnings_this_pay": {
"description": "Qualifying earnings for this pay. Defaults to gross_pay.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100000000
},
"ytd_qualifying_earnings_before_pay": {
"description": "Year-to-date qualifying earnings before this pay, for the SG maximum base.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100000000
}
},
"required": [
"tax_year",
"gross_pay",
"pay_frequency",
"payday",
"hours_worked",
"tax_free_threshold_claimed",
"casual"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}Shared output schema
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"anyOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"summary": {
"type": "string"
},
"data": {
"type": "object",
"propertyNames": {
"type": "string"
},
"additionalProperties": {}
},
"executionId": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$"
},
"creditsCharged": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"usage": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"credits_charged": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 9007199254740991
},
"credits_remaining": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 9007199254740991
},
{
"type": "null"
}
]
}
},
"required": [
"credits_charged"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"required": [
"summary",
"data",
"creditsCharged"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"error": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"code": {
"type": "string"
},
"message": {
"type": "string"
},
"retryable": {
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"code",
"message",
"retryable"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
"usage": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"credits_charged": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 9007199254740991
},
"credits_remaining": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 9007199254740991
},
{
"type": "null"
}
]
}
},
"required": [
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],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"required": [
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}
]
}