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Australia

Your guide to the employment landscape, working customs and local labor laws in Australia

(The data below is for reference only. You may refer to the official government websites or contact us for updates.)

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CapitalCanberra (largest city: Sydney)

CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD, $)

LanguagesEnglish (de facto national language)

Payroll FrequencyWeekly, fortnightly or monthly.

GDP per Capitaapprox. $66,000 (2025, IMF estimate)

Employer Tax12%+

CapitalCanberra (largest city: Sydney)

CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD, $)

LanguagesEnglish (de facto national language)

Payroll FrequencyWeekly, fortnightly or monthly.

GDP per Capitaapprox. $66,000 (2025, IMF estimate)

Employer Tax12%+

Talent Landscape Analysis

Australia is a high-income, services-led economy with strong mining, financial services, healthcare, education and technology sectors. Talent is concentrated in the eastern-seaboard capitals.

Major economic Cities

Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra.

Skills in demand

Software and cloud engineering, cybersecurity, data and AI, healthcare professionals, and skilled trades (construction and mining) are in strong demand.

Salary Data

Some of the top jobs in Australia and their yearly salaries are listed below:

Employing in Australia

Employment and workplace relations in Australia are governed by the Fair Work Act of 2009. The Australian labor law framework is derived from:Constitution、Federal and state laws、Statutory agreements、Employment contracts.

Employee Contract

Leave Policy

Payroll

Taxes

Offboarding & Termination

Visa and Immigration

Employee Contract

Basic

No statutory requirements are mentioned in the language of the contract.

Probation Period

‍The usual probationary period followed in Australia is from one to six months.

13th Month Pay

It is not mandatory to have 13th month pay in Australia.

Employee Benefits

Healthcare
Maternity leave
Paternity leave
Stock options (Common for listed companies)
Superannuation now apply on Paid Parental Leave 24 weeks (New Benefit from 2026)

Payroll Cycle

Employees are paid bi-weekly (every second week), bi-monthly (15th and 30th), or monthly (28th to 30th).

Minimum Wage

The minimum wage AUD 948 per week or AUD 24.95 per hour after 1 July 2025

Overtime Pay

On a general note, for overtime on weekdays, the pay is 1.5 times the regular pay for the first 3 hours of overtime and, after that, twice the regular pay. On Sundays, the payment is twice the rate of regular pay. These vary depending on the industries and states.

Employer Payroll Cost:

Superannuation Guarantee Percentage – SG rate rises to 12% from 1 July 2025

Payroll tax rate for individual states:

State	No. of staff before payroll taxes to be paid	Payroll tax rate (%)	*Exception Threshold (wages)
New South Wales	13	5.45%	$1,200,000
Victoria	7	4.85% (for regional employers – 1.2125%)	$700,000
Queensland	15	4.75% (for regional employers – 4.95%)	$1,300,000
South Australia	19	0 to 4.95% (depending on Australian taxable wages)	$1,500,000 – $1,700,000 (Variable)
Western Australia	10	5.5%	$1,000,000
Tasmania	16	4.0 – 6.1% (depending on Australian taxable wage)	$1,250,001 for lowest rate and $2,000,000 for highest rate
Northern Territory	17	5.5	$1,500,000
Australian Capital Territory	21	6.85	$2,000,000

An entity will be exempt from payroll tax obligations if it has a quantum of wages that falls beneath the identified number.

Employee Payroll Cost:

Employees have to pay the medicare levy at 2%.

Employee Income Tax

Taxable income	Tax(AUD)	Tax % on Excess
0 – 18,200	-	0%
18,200 – 45,000	-	19%
45,000 – 120,000	5,092	32.5%
120,000 – 180,000	29,467	37%
180,000 – onward	51,667	45%

VAT

Australia has GST instead of VAT. The standard rate is 10%.

Termination Process

An employee can resign or be terminated by the employer. The major grounds for termination include:

Redundancy(operational changes)
Conduct
Poor performance

Notice Period

Notice period varies depending on the length of employment. During the probationary period, it is from 7 – 30 days, and for permanent employees, it ranges from one to twelve weeks.

Severance pay

An employee’s job might be affected by redundancy and the redundancy/severance pay for different employment terms in Australia are as follows:

Period of Employment	Severance Pay
Between 1 to 2 years service	4 weeks’ pay
Between 2 to 3 years service	6 weeks’ pay
Between 3 to 4 years service	7 weeks’ pay
Between 4 to 5 years service	8 weeks’ pay
Between 5 to 6 years service	10 weeks’ pay
Between 6 to 7 years service	11 weeks’ pay
Between 7 to 8 years service	13 weeks’ pay
Between 8 to 9 years service	14 weeks’ pay
Between 9 to 10 years service	16 weeks’ pay
Above 10 years service	12 weeks’ pay*

*Note, there is a decrease in redundancy pay from 16 weeks to 12 weeks for employees with above 10 years of continuous employment service.

New 2025 Superannuation & Retirement Changes

Transfer Balance Cap increased to AUD 2M (was 1.9M).
Proposed super tax reform: additional 15% tax on balances above AUD 3M (still under debate, not law yet).
Labor’s 15% SG target dropped – SG remains capped at 12%.

Visa and Immigration

Foreign nationals looking to work in Australia need to apply for a visa. Application is taken in through the various immigration programs administered by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) of Australia.

The Temporary Skills Short visa (subclass 482) can be utilized by businesses to meet skill shortages by hiring foreign nationals to live and work in Australia for 2 years – or up to 4 years in some circumstances – where a suitably skilled Australian cannot be engaged.

Employee Contract

Basic

No statutory requirements are mentioned in the language of the contract.

Probation Period

‍The usual probationary period followed in Australia is from one to six months.

13th Month Pay

It is not mandatory to have 13th month pay in Australia.

Employee Benefits

Healthcare
Maternity leave
Paternity leave
Stock options (Common for listed companies)
Superannuation now apply on Paid Parental Leave 24 weeks (New Benefit from 2026)

Leave Policy

Public and Provincial Holidays

Leave Information

Payroll

Taxes

Offboarding & Termination

Visa and Immigration

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