Work Hours & Wages Tracker

Log shifts as they happen, with Saturday, Sunday and public holiday penalty rates applied automatically based on your state. Built for full-time, part-time and casual work alike — then pull a report for any period you need.

Your Employers

Add each job separately — its own rate, its own penalty rates, its own state. When you log a shift you'll pick which employer it belongs to, and reports can be pulled per employer or all combined.

How the Numbers Work

Hours and gross wages are exact; tax is an estimate

Your logged hours, penalty rates and gross wage figures are straightforward arithmetic based on what you've entered, and are as accurate as the rate and hours you put in. The tax figure is different — it's a simplified estimate based on annualising your pay and applying the current ATO tax brackets, not the exact per-pay-period withholding tables your employer's payroll software uses. Treat it as a ballpark, and check actual payslips or the ATO's own calculator for anything that matters.

Why the tax estimate can look odd for casual, variable hours

The estimate works by taking your pay for the period, scaling it up to a rough annual figure, applying tax to that annual figure, then scaling back down. If you work a lot of extra shifts in one particular week, that week will look like it implies a much higher annual income than you'll actually earn, which can overstate the tax estimate for that week specifically. It evens out more sensibly over a longer reporting period.

Only claim the tax-free threshold with one employer

If you work multiple jobs, the ATO only lets you claim the tax-free threshold with one payer at a time — usually the one paying you the most. Every other employer should withhold tax from your very first dollar with them. Get this wrong (claiming it with more than one employer) and each one under-withholds, which usually means a tax bill instead of a refund at the end of the financial year. This tool lets you set the toggle per employer for exactly this reason.

Superannuation

Shown at 12% of gross ordinary earnings, the current Superannuation Guarantee rate from 1 July 2025. This is a simplified calculation on total gross pay including penalty rates — the ATO's official definition of ordinary time earnings has some specific inclusions and exclusions that this tool doesn't attempt to model exactly.

Public holidays are genuine state-based dates

Public holiday detection uses the actual Fair Work Ombudsman calendar for your selected state, not a guess. A handful of regional-only holidays (like Tasmania's Royal Hobart Show, only observed in certain areas) aren't included, since whether they apply depends on exactly where you work, not just your state.

Frequently Asked Questions

This is a personal record-keeping tool, not payroll software. Wage, superannuation and tax figures are estimates to help you keep track and plan — they don't replace your actual payslip, and shouldn't be relied on for tax lodgement or disputing pay with an employer. If something looks wrong with your actual pay, that's a conversation for your employer or the Fair Work Ombudsman (13 13 94), not this tool.