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United Kingdom 2026/27 · Australia 2026-27

£40,000 in London — what you need in Sydney

To take home the same as £40,000 does in the United Kingdom, you need A$75,331 in Australia. Move on the same salary and you would keep less: £40,000 converts to A$75,131, which leaves A$60,569 after tax — £72 less a year in your pocket.

£32,320
what you keep now
on a salary of£40,000 19.2% taken
United Kingdom · London
Gross£40,000
Income tax£5,486
National Insurance£2,194
Take-home£32,320
Notes
Employee National Insurance, standard tax code, no pension contributions.
A$60,705
the same, over there
on a salary ofA$75,331 19.4% taken
Australia · Sydney
GrossA$75,331
Income taxA$13,119
Medicare levyA$1,507
Take-homeA$60,705
Notes
Resident for tax purposes, no private health insurance surcharge. Superannuation is paid by the employer on top of salary, so it is not deducted here.
The three numbers that matter
Matching salary in AustraliaA$75,331
the same salary, simply convertedA$75,131
Effective rate, United Kingdom19.2%
Effective rate, Australia19.4%
Exchange rate used1 GBP = 1.8783 AUD

What this does and does not include

This compares take-home pay only — income tax and compulsory social contributions, nothing else. It does not adjust for rent, childcare, healthcare or schooling, and those differences are often larger than the tax ones. A salary that looks better in Sydney can still leave you worse off once housing is paid for.

The exchange rate is the European Central Bank reference rate for 2026-09-04. Rates move; the tax arithmetic does not.

Where the numbers come from

Every figure on this page is computed from those published rates at build time, not copied from another calculator. If one looks wrong, tell us and we will show our working.