Nurse Take-Home Pay Calculator Australia | 2025–26
Your base rate is only the start. Pick your state, then add the nights, weekends and overtime you actually work and see what really lands — after tax, Medicare, HECS and salary packaging. Built from each state's public-sector nurses' award.
Breakdown — base $77,824 · tax $14,605 · Medicare $1,588
* After tax and Medicare levy. Estimate only for Registered Nurse — Level 1 Increment 1 (South Australia public health), 2025–26 rates.
Same step in other states
NSW
$80,966
VIC
$86,177
QLD
$89,126
WA
$84,614
TAS
$82,144
ACT
$84,663
NT
$82,288
Gross pay per year — same roster, FTE & equivalent RN step on each state's ladder.
Assumptions & sources
How it's calculated
Base salaries and penalty loadings come from each state's current public-sector nurses' & midwives' agreement (afternoon/night/Saturday/Sunday loadings differ by state). Overtime 1.5×/2×, 17.5% leave loading, 2025–26 tax/Medicare/HECS. Public-holiday pay is simplified to a representative worked rate — confirm against your award. Estimate only.