Working Holiday and Non-Resident Tax Calculator
Work out your pay after tax on a working holiday visa (417 or 462) or as a foreign resident for tax purposes, using the separate tax rates for each, and see how much of your super you would get back when you leave.
Your pay after tax
Take-home pay per week, 2026–27
$829.81
$52,000.00 a year before tax · $8,850.00 tax at working holiday maker rates
- Pay before tax a year
- $52,000.00
- Income tax (working holiday maker rates)
- −$8,850.00
- Take-home pay a year
- $43,150.00
- A week
- $829.81
- A fortnight
- $1,659.62
- A month
- $3,595.83
- Tax rate on your next dollar
- 30%
- An Australian resident would take home
- $45,395.00
Super when you leave Australia
- Employer super for the year
- $6,240.00
- After 15% contributions tax
- $5,304.00
- DASP tax when you leave (65%)
- −$3,447.60
- Super paid to you after leaving
- $1,856.40
Super ignores fund earnings and fees. Foreign residents for tax purposes don’t pay the Medicare levy.
Rates checked 12 October 2026 against the ATO · How we calculate · Calculated in your browser; nothing you enter is sent anywhere.
Working holiday maker rates
These rates apply to working holiday maker income whether you are a foreign resident or an Australian resident for tax, unless you are a resident from a non-discrimination article country. There is no tax-free threshold. In the default example, $1,000.00 a week is $52,000 a year: 15% on the first $45,000 and 30% on the rest gives $8,850.00 of tax.
| Taxable income | Tax on this income |
|---|---|
| 0 – $45,000 | 15c for each $1 |
| $45,001 – $135,000 | $6,750 plus 30c for each $1 over $45,000 |
| $135,001 – $190,000 | $33,750 plus 37c for each $1 over $135,000 |
| $190,001 and over | $54,100 plus 45c for each $1 over $190,000 |
Source: Schedule 15 – Tax table for working holiday makers (working holiday makers income tax rates, payments from 1 July 2026), ATO, published 17 June 2026. The ATO’s working holiday maker rates page lists rates to 2025–26; these are the 2026–27 rates in Schedule 15, which applies to payments from 1 July 2026, and are the same as 2025–26.
Foreign resident rates
If you are a foreign resident for tax purposes on another kind of visa, you pay foreign resident rates: 30% from the first dollar up to $135,000, with no tax-free threshold and no Medicare levy. On $1,000.00 a week in 2025–26 that is $15,600.00 of tax. The ATO foreign resident rates page (updated 1 June 2026) lists rates only up to 2025–26. Schedule 1 scale 3 for 2026–27 is consistent with unchanged rates, but no 2026–27 rate table is published, so none is recorded here.
| Taxable income | Tax on this income |
|---|---|
| 0 – $135,000 | 30c for each $1 |
| $135,001 – $190,000 | $40,500 plus 37c for each $1 over $135,000 |
| $190,001 and over | $60,850 plus 45c for each $1 over $190,000 |
Source: Tax rates – foreign resident, ATO, last updated 1 June 2026.
Super on departure (DASP)
Your employer must pay super for you while you work in Australia. Once you have left Australia, your visa has ceased and you hold no other active Australian visa, you can apply for a departing Australia superannuation payment (DASP). It is taxed at 65% for working holiday makers, compared with 35% on the taxed element for other temporary residents.
On $1,000.00 a week, a year’s super of $6,240.00 is $5,304.00 after the 15% contributions tax, and about $1,856.40 after the 65% DASP tax, before any fund earnings or fees.
Source: Departing Australia superannuation payment (DASP), ATO, last updated 21 April 2026.
Frequently asked questions
How much tax do backpackers pay in Australia?
Working holiday makers on a 417 or 462 visa pay 15% on the first $45,000 of taxable income in 2026–27, then 30% up to $135,000, with no tax-free threshold. On $1,000.00 a week that is $8,850.00 a year, leaving $43,150.00.
Why is 30% tax being taken from my pay?
Your employer must be registered with the ATO as an employer of working holiday makers to withhold at the 15% rate. If they aren’t registered, they must withhold at foreign resident rates, starting at 30%. You can ask your employer whether they are registered (ATO, last updated 3 June 2026).
Do working holiday makers get the tax-free threshold?
No. The working holiday maker rates start at 15% from the first dollar. The exception is a working holiday maker who is an Australian resident for tax purposes and comes from a country with a non-discrimination article in its tax treaty with Australia; they may be taxed like an Australian resident. Most working holiday makers are foreign residents for tax.