Couple & household

What does your household take home?

Put both salaries in and see the couple's real position — combined take-home pay, tax and levies, who carries more of it, and why two incomes are taxed less than one.

What does your household take home?
Two incomes, one household — combined take-home pay, tax and levies, and the effective rate the pair of you actually pays.
Partner A
Partner B

Your household takes home

$120,960

per year ($120,960/year) between you — a household effective tax rate of 19%.

Combined take-home

$120,960

Combined tax + levies

$29,040

Combined super

$0

On gross of

$150,000

Take-home

$120,960

Income tax

$26,040

Medicare levy

$3,000

Resident rates, 2026-27, incl. the 2% Medicare levy. The Medicare levy surcharge uses the combined family threshold (2026-27); you hold private hospital cover. Open the breakdown for the per-partner detail. A guide, not tax advice.