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About Dan
Dan created Paycalcmate as a sister project to PayPrecise, bringing the same interest in clear pay tools to Australian salary questions. His aim is to make the details of a salary easier to understand before you accept an offer, change your hours or plan your spending.
Paycalcmate publishes its own worked comparisons and shows how each result was calculated. Official sources supply the rules and earnings statistics, while the examples connect them with everyday pay decisions.
Why we built it
A salary looks simple until you try to use it. Super may be included or paid on top. HELP can change what you keep. A shorter week can cost less in net pay than the headline salary suggests.
Paycalcmate brings those questions together. You can start with one salary, then move to a focused comparison when the decision needs more than a tax figure. The site is a sister project to the UK pay tools at PayPrecise.
What you can expect
Calculators use published Australian rules and work on your device. Guides explain what changes the answer, with worked examples and links to the relevant government source. We distinguish current rules from proposals and name the limits of a simplified estimate.
We do not present an example as a personal recommendation, claim that a calculator covers every tax circumstance, or turn a national salary statistic into a verdict about your life.
Sources, corrections and independence
Our core rule sources are the Australian Taxation Office, enacted legislation and Australian Bureau of Statistics releases. Moneysmart and Fair Work guidance support explanations about packaging and employment.
Paycalcmate is independent of those organisations. Source links show where a rule or statistic comes from; they do not imply endorsement. We do not claim an accountant has personally reviewed every result.
If a figure looks wrong or an explanation is unclear, email hello@payprecision.co.uk with the page address and the issue. You do not need to send private tax documents.
Sources you can check
Sources checked for this page on 2 October 2026. Statistics keep their own measurement dates.