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Annual Leave Calculator (Australia)

See how much annual leave you've built up and what it's worth. Enter your hours, how long you've worked and your pay, then toggle 17.5% leave loading if your award provides it. Free, no signup.

Free, no signupBased on the NESLeave loading toggle
Employment
Most employees get 4 weeks. Certain shift workers get 5.
e.g. 38 full-time
hrs
For the days figure
days
yrs
mo
Your pay
Ordinary yearly pay, before tax
$
Add 17.5% only if your award or agreement provides it
Annual leave accrued
10.0 days
That’s 2.00 weeks (76.0 hours), worth about $3,000 at your current pay, before tax.
Service counted0.50 years
Accrual rate4 weeks / year
Ordinary weekly pay$1,500.00
Value of leaveDays accrued at your ordinary pay$3,000
Total value$3,000
Leave loading is award-dependent. The 17.5% only applies if your award or enterprise agreement provides it. Many salaried roles don’t include it. A leave payout can also be taxed differently. See your net figure with the take-home pay calculator.
Based on the NES: 4 weeks paid annual leave per year (5 for eligible shift workers), accruing progressively on ordinary hours worked. Awards, agreements and leave already taken can change your balance. Confirm with Fair Work or payroll.
Simon Chadwick
Simon Chadwick
Founder, Orbit Money
Method: Fair Work Act 2009 and the National Employment StandardsUpdated: 15 July 2026Sources: fairwork.gov.au, Fair Work leave calculator

How annual leave accrues in Australia

Under the National Employment Standards, full-time and part-time employees get 4 weeks of paid annual leave for every year of service. Some shift workers get 5 weeks. Leave doesn’t arrive in one lump at the end of the year. It builds up progressively on your ordinary hours worked and carries over from one year to the next until you take it or it’s paid out.

The simplest way to picture it: a full year of work earns 4 weeks, so half a year earns 2 weeks, and three months earns 1 week. In hours, you accrue your ordinary weekly hours times 4 divided by 52 for each week you work. On a 38-hour week that’s about 2.92 hours of leave a week, or 152 hours over a full year.

Weeks, days and hours

Four weeks of leave is 20 working days for someone on a standard 5-day week, not 28. Annual leave counts the days you would normally work, not calendar days. If you work part-time over 3 days a week, your 4 weeks is 12 of those days. The calculator shows your balance in days, weeks and hours so you can match whichever figure your payslip uses.

Leave loading and the value of your leave

The cash value of accrued leave is your days multiplied by your ordinary rate of pay. Leave loading is an extra amount, most often 17.5%, paid on top when you take annual leave. It only applies if your award or enterprise agreement includes it, so many salaried roles don’t get it. Use the toggle to see your value with and without loading. A leave payout when you leave a job can also be taxed differently to your regular pay.

Casual employees don’t accrue paid annual leave. Their pay usually includes a casual loading instead. This tool is general information, not legal advice, and award or agreement terms vary. Confirm with Fair Work.

Frequently asked questions

How do I calculate annual leave in Australia?
Full-time and part-time employees accrue 4 weeks of paid annual leave for each year of service under the National Employment Standards. It builds up progressively on your ordinary hours worked. In hours, that's your ordinary weekly hours multiplied by 4 divided by 52 for every week you work, so a full year adds 4 weeks and half a year adds 2.
How much annual leave do you accrue per 38-hour week?
A 38-hour week accrues about 2.92 hours of annual leave per week worked, which is 38 multiplied by 4 divided by 52. Over a full year that adds up to 152 hours, the equivalent of 4 weeks or 20 days for a 5-day week.
Is 4 weeks of annual leave 20 days?
For someone who works a standard 5-day week, yes, 4 weeks is 20 working days. It is not 28 days, because annual leave counts working days rather than calendar days. Part-time staff who work fewer days a week get fewer days but still 4 weeks of their normal pattern.
How is part-time annual leave calculated?
Part-time employees accrue the same 4 weeks a year, based on their ordinary hours. A common method is ordinary hours multiplied by 4 divided by 52 to get leave accrued in hours each week. Someone working 22.8 hours over 3 days accrues 4 weeks of that 3-day pattern, which is about 12 days a year.
What is annual leave loading and do I get 17.5%?
Leave loading is an extra payment on top of your normal pay when you take annual leave, most often 17.5%. You only get it if your award or enterprise agreement provides for it. Many salaried and award-free roles don't include loading, so check your agreement before counting on it.
Do casual employees accrue annual leave?
No. Casual employees don't accrue paid annual leave under the National Employment Standards. Their pay usually includes a casual loading, commonly 25%, to compensate for entitlements like leave. Regular casuals may be able to convert to permanent employment, which does accrue leave.

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Simon Chadwick
About the author
Simon Chadwick
Founder of Orbit Money

Simon is the founder of Orbit Money, a tool that helps people track subscriptions and recurring spend. He builds Orbit's free money calculators and writes about personal finance for Australian and UK readers.

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This tool is a guide, not legal or financial advice.