Know what you'll earn, where your nursing career can lead, and how to keep more of every dollar.
Built by Jacob Stretton, RN & final-year medical student. Your guide to the pay, finance and career side of being a nurse in Australia. About & methodology →
Start here The three things most nurses come for.
Open the calculator →Nurse take-home pay calculator
Model your real pay — base, shift & weekend penalties, overtime, tax, HECS and packaging, by state and role.
Calculate my pay → Pay tablesCompare nurse pay by state
Base rates, allowances and penalties side by side across all eight states and territories.
Compare all states → Pay ratesNurse pay explained
Why your take-home differs from your base rate — penalties, allowances, overtime and leave loading.
Understand my pay →Career & role pathways How to qualify and step up, role by role.
Money & finance Keep more of what you earn — and understand your payslip.
All guides →Nurse pay explained
Penalties, allowances, overtime and leave loading — and how they vary by state.
Salary packaging
Which FBT cap applies — $9,010 in public hospitals vs $15,900 for not-for-profit and aged care — and what it's worth.
HECS / HELP for nurses
When repayments start on a nursing salary, indexation, and how packaging interacts with your debt.
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