Employment & leave Australia
Parental Leave Pay Calculator Australia
Parental Leave Pay is paid at the national minimum wage for up to 26 weeks, shared between parents, with some days reserved for the partner. Choose your child's birth period and the days you will take to see the pay before tax, the super contribution the ATO pays and an estimate of the tax.
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Days not reserved for your partner are yours; you can take fewer.
Parental Leave Pay before tax
—Daily rate
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Weekly rate (5 days)
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Super contribution from the ATO
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Estimated tax
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Estimated after tax
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The working
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These are the figures we verified on 2026-10-26. Change them to work with a historic period, or with a new rate that has been announced but which we have not published yet.
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An estimate, not your entitlement. An estimate using the published rates. Eligibility depends on the work test, residency, the income test and other conditions, and Services Australia decides your entitlement. Tax is estimated at resident rates on top of your other income.
How much is Parental Leave Pay in Australia?
In 2026-27 it is $200.94 a day, or $1,004.70 for a five-day week, before tax. For a baby born from 1 July 2026 the family can get 130 days, 26 weeks, with 20 days reserved for the other parent. Taking the 110 days that are not reserved pays $22,103 before tax, and the ATO adds a super contribution of about $2,652.
Days and sharing
Each parent can take their own days and the family chooses how to split the shared days. If you are a single parent you can take all the days, and you may also give another person your approval to take some. Days can be taken in blocks of at least one day within the first two years after the birth or adoption. Take days in financial years with higher rates to get a little more.
Super and tax
Parental Leave Pay is taxed as income and there is no automatic super from your employer on it, but the government pays a super contribution for births from 1 July 2025. The contribution goes into your super fund after the end of the financial year and does not need a claim. You can add to your super with your own contributions as usual.
To see tax on your wages, use the take-home pay calculator.
How this is calculated
The rule, step by step, so you can check any figure by hand.
daily rate (2026-27) = $200.94, which is the weekly national minimum wage ÷ 5; 2025-26 was $189.62total days for the family: 110, 120 or 130, depending on the child's date of birth or adoptiondays reserved for a partner: 10, 15 or 20 for the same periods; a single parent gets all the dayspay before tax = days × daily ratesuper contribution = pay × the super guarantee rate, paid by the ATO after the end of the financial year (for births from 1 July 2025)
The family can get up to 130 days of leave for a child born on or after 1 July 2026, which is 26 weeks on a five-day week. Of those, 20 days are reserved for the other parent on a use-it-or-lose-it basis, and the rest can be split however the parents agree. Up to 20 days can be taken at the same time as your partner.
Parental Leave Pay is taxable, and your employer or Services Australia withholds tax from it. For babies born from 1 July 2025, the ATO also pays a super contribution into your fund after the end of the financial year, calculated at the super guarantee rate on the payment, so you do not miss out on super while on leave. The rate changes on 1 July each year with the national minimum wage.
A worked example
A baby born from 1 July 2026, 110 days taken at the 2026-27 rate.
- Daily rate$200.94
- Weekly rate$1,004.70
- Pay before tax$22,103
- Super contribution at 12%$2,652
- The whole family maximum$26,122
$22,103 before tax.
Your partner's reserved days are in addition to yours.
Employer pay
Many employers offer their own paid parental leave on top of or alongside the government payment, and it is not in this calculator. Ask your employer what they provide, and check how it combines with the government days.
What it leaves out
The income test, the work test, multiple births and exemptions are not modelled. Services Australia decides eligibility and the exact payment.
What this calculator does not do
- Rates for 2025-26 and 2026-27
- Tax is an estimate
- Eligibility tests not modelled
- An estimate, not your entitlement
Common questions
How much is Parental Leave Pay?
$200.94 a day, $1,004.70 a week, in 2026-27.
How many days can we get?
130 days for babies born from 1 July 2026.
How many days are reserved for a partner?
20 days from 1 July 2026.
Do I get super on it?
Yes, the ATO pays a super contribution for births from 1 July 2025.
Is it taxed?
Yes.
Where these numbers come from
- Services Australia — how much Parental Leave Pay you can get The 2025-26 and 2026-27 daily rates, the days by birth date and the days reserved for a partner
- Services Australia — Paid Parental Leave scheme How the scheme changed from 1 July 2026
Rates last verified 2026-10-26 Every figure Services Australia sets is re-checked against the source at least once a year, and again whenever a change is announced. Out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.
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