Annual Leave Calculator Australia
Enter your ordinary hours and how long you have worked to see the annual leave you have built up, in hours, days and weeks, and what it is worth.
Your usual hours, not overtime. Average them if they change.
52 weeks is one year. Leave out unpaid leave, which does not build up leave.
Your base rate of pay, to show what the balance is worth before tax.
The extra week applies only if your award or agreement defines you as a shiftworker.
Enter 17.5 if your award or contract pays it. It is not part of the National Employment Standards.
Using the result
The calculator gives the national minimum built up on steady hours. Your payslip is the record to check it against. Your balance can differ if your hours changed, you took unpaid leave, or your award, agreement or contract gives more.
Fair Work's own leave calculator is the official tool. To see pay for a period of leave, use the annual leave loading calculator. For sick leave, use the sick leave calculator.
Annual leave questions
How much annual leave do you get in Australia?
Full-time and part-time employees get 4 weeks a year, based on their ordinary hours of work. On 38 hours a week that is 152 hours. Awards and registered agreements can give more, not less.
How does annual leave accumulate?
It builds up gradually from your first day, including during probation, and unused leave rolls over from year to year. After 26 weeks on 38 hours a week you have built up 76 hours.
Do part-time employees get annual leave?
Yes, at 4 of their own ordinary weeks. The Fair Work Ombudsman's example is an employee on 20 hours a week, who accumulates 80 hours a year.
Do casual employees get annual leave?
No. Casual employees do not get paid annual leave and are paid a casual loading or a specific casual rate instead.
Who gets 5 weeks of annual leave?
Shiftworkers get 5 weeks if their award or enterprise agreement includes shiftwork provisions and defines them as employees who receive the additional week. Working shifts does not qualify you on its own.
Does annual leave build up while I am on leave?
It keeps building during paid leave, including annual leave, sick and carer's leave, family and domestic violence leave, community service leave and long service leave. It does not build up during unpaid leave. Government Paid Parental Leave does not count as paid leave for this purpose if you are on unpaid leave from your employer.
What happens to unused annual leave when I leave a job?
It is paid out in your final pay, at no less than you would have received had you taken it. That includes leave loading if it would have applied. Use the unused leave tax calculator for the tax.
Tax Accuracy & Sources
Reviewed: 5 November 2026 · Tax year: 2026-27
Estimates the National Employment Standards minimum on steady ordinary hours. It does not read your award, agreement or contract, and it does not calculate tax. This is general information, not advice about your job.