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.Estimate nurse take-home pay with penalties, overtime, tax, HECS & packaging (2025–26).
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Shift & weekend penalties
Overtime
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Salary Packaging
For NSW, only ~50% of packaging savings are retained.
Tax & Deductions
HECS / HELP
Estimated HECS repayment: $0
Results
Annual income
$80,966
$64,269* net (after tax)
Fortnightly income
$3,114
$2,472* net (after tax)
Packaging saving
$0
* After tax and Medicare levy. Estimate only for Registered Nurse — 1st year (New South Wales public health), 2025–26 rates.
Same step in other states
Gross pay per year — same roster, FTE & equivalent RN step on each state's ladder.
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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.

Per-state instruments & the NSW pay guide

  • NSW nurse pay scale & penalty detail — PHS Nurses' & Midwives' (State) Award 2025 (C10152)
  • VIC: Nurses & Midwives (Vic Public Sector)(SIE) EA 2024–28 (flat shift allowances) · QLD: Nurses & Midwives (Queensland Health) Certified Agreement (EB12) 2025 · WA: WA Health–ANF Industrial Agreement 2024 · SA: Nursing/Midwifery (SA Public Sector) EA 2022 (+4% interim, Jan 2026) · TAS: Nurses & Midwives (Tasmanian State Service) Agreement 2023 · ACT: ACTPS Nursing & Midwifery EA 2023–26 · NT: NTPS Nurses & Midwives EA 2022–26

Nurse pay by state & role

Award-sourced pay scales, allowances, penalties and conditions for every state — and how to qualify for each role.

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How to become: a registered nurse· an enrolled nurse· an assistant in nursing· a nurse practitioner· a nurse manager
Same RN step, other states
VIC$86,177
QLD$89,126
WA$84,614
SA$79,390
TAS$82,144
ACT$84,663
NT$82,288