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Salaries
in Australia
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doctors placed through IMR, will
remain employees of the hospitals or
clinics they work for.
Salaries in Australia vary
slightly from state to state but each state's
Government fixes all doctors'
salaries. Here are approximate
figures for basic salaries in
Australia. After overtime and
on-call work these salaries will be
approximately 15-25% higher.
| Seniority |
Approximate
Basic Salary (Australian
$) |
Estimated
Salary after average
overtime (Australian $) |
Grossed
up pay with salary packaging
(Australian $) |
| Intern |
60,000 |
65,000 |
75,000 |
| Resident/
SHO |
65-80,000 |
70-90,000 |
90-100,000 |
| Registrar |
75-100,000 |
90 -120,000 |
100-130,000 |
| Consultant
(Specialist) |
170-300,000 |
190-360,000 |
210-440,000 |
1 Australian$ = 0.8 US $ (USA)
1 Australian$ = 0.5 UK £ (UK)
1 Australian$ = 6.5 ZAR (South
Africa)
1 Australian$ = 0.9 CAD (Canada)
1 Australian$ = 0.6 Euro (EU)
These are all approximate figures
and in actual fact, the more hours
you choose to work, the more you
will earn. Basic salary assumes a
working week of 38 hours - anything
after this will be paid at penalty
rates (usually double-pay), so
for those looking to increase their
salary the option of working extra
hours (which is commonly available
at many hospitals) can substantially
increase your income.
Salary Packaging is a tax
minimisation strategy available to
all public hospital employees in
Australia. It allows you to
access up to 30% of your income as
tax-free depending on the hospital
you work in. This is a system used by
almost all hospital employees to
substantially increase your take
home salary and further information
will be available at your hospital
finance department.
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Tax
Rates in Australia
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All public hospital employees can
access up to the first 30% of their income
as tax-free through salary
packaging, the remaining 70% will be
taxable. Here are the rates of tax
for residents in Australia for the
remaining salary after salary
packaging:
| Taxable
Income (Australian$) |
Tax
Payable
(Australian$) |
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| 0 - 6,000 |
Nil |
| 6,001 - 34,000 |
Nil +15% of
excess over $6,000 |
| 34,001 - 80,000 |
$4,200 + 30% of
excess over $34,000 |
| 80,001 - 180,000 |
$18,000 + 40% of
excess over $80000 |
| 180,000+ |
$58,000 + 45% of
excess over $180,000 |
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Salary
Packaging
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Salary packaging is a
tax-minimisation system
allowing all hospital employees in
Australia to receive up to 30% of
their salary tax-free. The basis of
this is that hospital employees are
exempt from 'Fringe Benefits Tax'.
This is normally a tax on all
rewards given to employees which do
not form the cash component of their
salary e.g. company car etc. Due to
this special exemption for public
hospital employees, there is the
opportunity to 'sacrifice' some of
your salary and receive it as fringe
benefits, which is free from all
forms of tax (including income tax).
The way this works in practice is
that you designate a proportion of
your income (up to a maximum of 30%
of total salary in many hospitals) that is to be set
aside for expenses including your
household mortgage or rent, petrol
expenses, household utility bills,
computers, holiday travel, eating
out at restaurants. On showing the
receipts for these items, you can
receive your income to the value of
these receipts free of tax.
Most doctors try to package the
maximum amount and so receive a
significant proportion of their
income tax-free resulting in
reducing their taxable income
substantially. On arrival in
hospital, you should contact your
hospital immediately and ask for
further details about salary
packaging as it can save you a
lot of money.
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Other
Benefits
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In addition to salary packaging,
most hospitals will give all doctors
working in Australia the following
benefits:
1. Sick Leave - up to 10 paid
days per year
2. Annual Leave - up to 5 weeks paid leave
per year
3. Superannuation (pension) - all doctors
working in Australia receive
superannuation payments to the value
of 9% of their salary (This is paid
in addition to your salary and is
not deducted from it.) All doctors
who work temporarily in Australia may cash their
superannuation earned when they leave to return
to their
home country.
4. Many hospitals will also provide
subsidised meals, free or cheap
accommodation and other perks.
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