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Wages and salaries

Calculate weekly, fortnightly and hourly pay from an annual salary, and gross pay including overtime at time-and-a-half or double time and weekend and public holiday penalty rates.

Worked examples

Weekly pay from an annual salary

Straightforward

Problem

An employee earns an annual salary of $62 400\$62\,400. Calculate their weekly pay.

Gross weekly pay including time-and-a-half overtime

Moderate

Problem

Hamish earns $25.00\$25.00 per hour for a standard 3838-hour week. He works 66 hours overtime at time-and-a-half. Calculate his total gross weekly pay.

Fortnightly gross income with weekend and public holiday penalty rates

Challenging

Problem

Nadia earns $32.00\$32.00 per hour. In a fortnight she works 7676 ordinary hours, 66 hours on Saturday at time-and-a-half and 44 hours on a public holiday at double time. Calculate her fortnightly gross income.

Practise

Q1·Straightforward
An employee earns an annual salary of $58 500\$58\,500. Calculate their weekly pay.
Q2·Straightforward
Priya earns an annual salary of $94 120\$94\,120. Calculate her fortnightly pay.
Q3·Straightforward
A retail assistant is paid $29.50\$29.50 per hour and works a standard 3838-hour week. What is their weekly pay?
Q4·Straightforward
Joel earns an annual salary of $78 000\$78\,000. Calculate his monthly pay.
Q5·Moderate
Anika earns $28.00\$28.00 per hour for a standard 3838-hour week. She works 55 additional hours at time-and-a-half. What is her total gross weekly pay?
Q6·Moderate
Marcus earns $32.00\$32.00 per hour for a standard 3838-hour week. He works 44 extra hours at double time. What is his gross weekly pay?
Q7·Moderate
Zoe earns $24.00\$24.00 per hour. In a week she works 3838 ordinary hours, 33 hours at time-and-a-half and 22 hours at double time. Find her total gross weekly pay.
Q8·Moderate
Damien earns $36.00\$36.00 per hour for a standard 3838-hour week. He works 33 hours overtime at time-and-a-half. Calculate his total gross weekly pay.
Q9·Challenging
Chloe earns $30.00\$30.00 per hour. In a fortnight she works 7676 ordinary hours, 88 hours on Saturday at time-and-a-half and 44 hours on a public holiday at double time. Calculate her fortnightly gross income.
Q10·Challenging
An employee receives an annual salary of $75 088\$75\,088. They work a standard 3838-hour week for 5252 weeks per year. What is their hourly rate of pay?
Q11·Challenging
Lily is offered two jobs. Job A offers an annual salary of $54 600\$54\,600. Job B pays $28.00\$28.00 per hour for a standard 3838-hour week. How much more per week does Job B pay than Job A?
Q12·Challenging
Ben earns $34.00\$34.00 per hour. In a fortnight he works 7676 ordinary hours, 66 hours on Saturday at time-and-a-half and 44 hours on Sunday at double time. Find his fortnightly gross income.