Annual Leave Calculator
Work out how much annual leave you’ve built up from your ordinary hours, how much is left after the leave you’ve taken, and what it’s worth with leave loading.
Your annual leave
Annual leave balance
228 hours
6 weeks of your hours · worth $10,716.00 with loading
- Accrues each week worked
- 2.92 hours
- Accrues each year (4 weeks)
- 152 hours
- Accrued so far
- 380 hours
- Taken
- −152 hours
- Balance
- 228 hours
- Value at base rate
- $9,120.00
- Leave loading (17.5%)
- $1,596.00
- Paid out if employment ended today
- $10,716.00
Full-time and part-time employees under the National Employment Standards. Casuals don’t get paid annual leave. Your payslip or employer’s records show your exact balance.
Rates checked 12 October 2026 against the ATO · How we calculate · Calculated in your browser; nothing you enter is sent anywhere.
How annual leave builds up
Annual leave starts building up from your first day, including during probation, and unused leave carries over from year to year. It accrues progressively: on 38 hours a week you gain about 2.92 hours for each week you work, which adds up to 152 hours over a year.
In the default example, 2.5 years at 38 hours a week builds up 380 hours. After 152 hours taken, 228 hours are left, or 6 weeks.
Source: Annual leave, Fair Work Ombudsman, checked 13 October 2026.
17.5% leave loading
Leave loading is an extra amount some employees are paid when they take annual leave. It isn’t in the National Employment Standards; it comes from your award or enterprise agreement, and not everyone gets it. Where it applies, it is usually 17.5% of your base pay for the leave.
At $40.00 an hour, a week of leave on 38 hours carries $266.00 of loading at 17.5%. Some awards pay shiftworkers the higher of the loading or their usual shift loading instead. Check your award or agreement, and set the loading to 0 in the calculator if you don’t get it.
Source: Payment for annual leave, Fair Work Ombudsman, checked 13 October 2026.
Payout on termination
When your job ends, whether you resign, are dismissed or are made redundant, your employer must pay out all your unused annual leave, even if your award, agreement or contract says otherwise. The payout is what you would have been paid had you taken the leave, so it includes leave loading if you would have received it.
For leave built up after 17 August 1993, the payout is taxed at your normal marginal rates when you resign or are dismissed, and at no more than 32% if your job ends through genuine redundancy, invalidity or an early retirement scheme (ATO Schedule 7, published 17 June 2026). The redundancy pay calculator includes unused leave in a redundancy payout.
Frequently asked questions
How much annual leave do I get a year?
Full-time and part-time employees get 4 weeks of their ordinary hours each year under the National Employment Standards. On 38 hours a week that is 152 hours; on 20 hours a week, 80 hours. Some shiftworkers get 5 weeks if their award or agreement says so. Casual employees don’t get paid annual leave. Source: Annual leave, Fair Work Ombudsman, checked 13 October 2026.
Does annual leave build up while I’m on leave?
Yes, while you’re on paid leave, including annual leave, paid sick and carer’s leave and long service leave. It doesn’t build up during unpaid leave, or for leave that has been cashed out.
Do I get my annual leave paid out when I resign?
Yes. When employment ends for any reason, your employer must pay out your unused annual leave at the amount you would have received if you had taken it, including leave loading if you would have been paid it. Source: Payment for annual leave, Fair Work Ombudsman, checked 13 October 2026.