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Retail pay calculator

Payslip looks light after a weekend? Enter your base rate and the hours you worked on each type of day to see your pay with penalty rates and casual loading, under the General Retail Industry Award 2020 from 1 July 2026.

Rates from 1 July 2026 · checked 20 September 2026

Your week

Employment
Level 1 adult: $27.81. Enter it without the casual loading.

Result

Pay before tax

$966.40
Mon–Fri, before 6 pm20 h at $34.76 an hour$695.25
Saturday6.5 h at $41.72 an hour$271.15
Total for 26.5 h$966.40

Plus $115.97 super (12% of these ordinary hours), paid into your fund, not your pay. Under 18? Only in weeks you work more than 30 hours.

Retail penalty rates from 1 July 2026

For example, 8 hours on a Sunday as a level 1 casual pays $389.34 before tax.

General Retail Industry Award 2020, level 1 adult (base $27.81 an hour), from 1 July 2026. Casual rates include the 25% loading.
When you workFull-time or part-timeCasual
Mon–Fri, before 6 pm$27.81100%$34.76125%
Mon–Fri, after 6 pm$34.76125%$41.72150%
Saturday$34.76125%$41.72150%
Sunday$41.72150%$48.67175%
Public holiday$62.57225%$69.53250%

Questions

Is the casual loading added on top of Saturday rates?
No. The casual Saturday rate (150%) already includes it. Only the highest rate is paid for each hour.
What’s the rate after 6 pm?
Monday to Friday after 6 pm: 125% for full-time and part-time workers, 150% for casuals.
Is overtime included?
No, this calculator covers ordinary hours. Overtime starts after 38 hours a week or 9 hours in a day. Monday to Saturday it’s 150% for the first 3 hours, then 200%; 200% on Sundays and 250% on public holidays. Casuals add their 25% loading to each.
I’m under 21. What do I enter?
Enter your junior rate as the base rate. See junior rates by age.

See also: penalty rates for hospitality and retail · hospitality pay calculator.

General information, not legal advice. Your award, your employment contract and the Fair Work Ombudsman have the final word. Rates are for level 1 adults unless you enter your own.

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