Superannuation Calculator (Australia)
Project your super balance at retirement and compare employer SG, salary sacrifice and deductible personal contributions. Check concessional cap usage and Division 293 exposure before contributing.
Sets current-year tax, contribution cap and projection start year.
Gross annual earnings before salary sacrifice. Employer SG is capped at the statutory maximum contribution base.
A personal contribution you intend to claim as a tax deduction.
2026-27 Australian super and tax settings. SG is calculated on eligible earnings before salary sacrifice; preservation age is 60 for people born after 30 June 1964.
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Superannuation is Australia's compulsory retirement savings system. Your employer contributes a percentage of your salary (the Superannuation Guarantee) into your super fund, where it grows until you retire.
Concessional contributions
Before-tax contributions including:
Generally taxed at 15% inside super. 2026-27 cap: $32,500/year
Non-concessional contributions
After-tax contributions including:
Not taxed on entry (already taxed). 2026-27 cap: $130,000/year
| Financial year | SG rate |
|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 11% |
| 2024-25 | 11.5% |
| 2025-26+ | 12% (final rate) |
The legislated phase-in finished at 12% on 1 July 2025 and no further increase is scheduled. What changed on 1 July 2026 is when employers must pay: under Payday Super, contributions have to reach the fund shortly after each payday rather than quarterly.
The SG rate has settled, but the contribution caps and the maximum contribution base still move with average weekly ordinary time earnings. These are the confirmed figures for the years currently open:
| Financial year | SG rate | Concessional cap | Non-concessional cap | Maximum contribution base |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.5% | $30,000 | $120,000 | $260,280 |
| 2025-26 | 12% | $30,000 | $120,000 | $250,000 |
| 2026-27 (current) | 12% | $32,500 | $130,000 | $270,830 |
The maximum contribution base is now annual. Under the quarterly SG regime it was a per-quarter figure; from 1 July 2026 it is a single yearly amount of $270,830. Once your employer has paid you that much in qualifying earnings for the year, no further SG is compulsory on the excess — which caps compulsory employer SG at $32,499.60 — deliberately just under the $32,500 concessional cap. Caps for 2026-27 onwards are re-indexed in $2,500 steps as average weekly ordinary time earnings grow, so a future-year figure is not settled until the ATO publishes it.
Salary sacrificing into super can be one of the most tax-effective ways to build wealth. By contributing pre-tax dollars, you pay only 15% contributions tax instead of your marginal income tax rate.
| Income band (2026-27) | Marginal rate | Plus Medicare levy | Super tax rate | Tax saved per $1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18,201 – $45,000 | 15% | 17% | 15% | $20 |
| $45,001 – $135,000 | 30% | 32% | 15% | $170 |
| $135,001 – $190,000 | 37% | 39% | 15% | $240 |
| $190,001+ | 45% | 47% | 15% | $320 |
Sacrificed salary is never assessable income, so the Medicare levy falls with the income tax — the saving is the combined rate less the 15% the fund pays. Two things the saving does not escape: the sacrificed amount is still a reportable employer super contribution, so it counts for the Medicare levy surcharge, Division 293 and income-tested benefits; and above $250,000 of Division 293 income the fund-side rate doubles to 30%, halving the numbers in the last row.
Tip: Use the Salary Sacrifice Calculator to see the exact impact on your take-home pay and super balance.
The ATO adds your Division 293 income component to your low-tax super contributions. The income component starts with taxable income and adds reportable fringe benefits, net financial investment and rental property losses, and family trust distribution tax amounts, while disregarding reportable super contributions. If the combined amount exceeds $250,000, affected contributions face an additional 15% tax.
How Division 293 is calculated
Example: Division 293 calculation
This follows the ATO's published Jan example. The $750 is additional to the usual 15% contributions tax.
The concessional contributions cap for 2026-27 is $32,500 per year. This includes all employer SG, salary sacrifice, and personal deductible contributions.
Carry-forward unused caps
If your total super balance is under $500,000, you can carry forward unused concessional cap amounts from the previous 5 years. This allows for larger contributions in years when you have extra income.
Example: If you have $10,000 of eligible unused cap available, your effective 2026-27 cap could be $42,500. Eligibility depends on your total super balance and prior-year history.
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Tax Accuracy & Sources
This calculator projects an accumulation account using the selected year's SG rate, statutory maximum SG earnings base, concessional cap, eligible carry-forward cap, tax brackets and Division 293 threshold. Salary sacrifice and deductible personal contributions reduce taxable income and are included once as low-tax contributions for Division 293. The default 6.1% investment return is net of investment tax and investment fees; administration fees and insurance are deducted separately. Dollar fees rise with inflation and the headline result is shown in today's dollars. It does not model defined benefit schemes, excess-contribution release choices, Division 293 payment source or individual investment-return volatility.
This projection assumes a single net return for both funds. To see how admin, investment and insurance fees alone can change your balance, use the Super Fund Fee Comparison Calculator.