Income Percentile Calculator

Taxable income is your total income from all sources (salary, wages, investments, etc.) minus any allowable deductions such as work-related expenses or pre-tax super contributions. It is the figure on your tax return, not necessarily your gross salary. If you are unsure of your exact taxable income, your gross salary is a close estimate for most employees.

The rank is estimated by locating your income within the ATO's published percentile bands for 2023-24. Each band covers 1% of taxable individuals - for example, band 50 runs from roughly $70,664 to $71,795. Your income is mapped to the matching band using the band boundaries, then expressed as 'Top X%' of the approximately 13.2 million Australians who lodged a return with a positive taxable income that year. The result is an estimate, not a precise rank.

The ATO data covers individuals who lodged a tax return and had a positive taxable income - about 13.2 million people in 2023-24. This excludes roughly 3.45 million lodgers with no taxable income, plus workers who are not required to lodge a return. It does not cover all working Australians or all adults. The tool uses this specific population to ensure the percentile bands are accurate for the dataset.

The difference reflects which population is measured. The $58,739 figure is the ATO's 2023-24 median across all tax lodgers, including people with zero or negative taxable income. This tool uses ATO Table 16A which covers only individuals with a positive taxable income, pushing the median higher to around $70,664. Neither figure is wrong - they measure different groups. The tool is transparent about this: it covers taxable individuals only.

This tool uses ATO Taxation Statistics 2023-24, Table 16A, published by the ATO via data.gov.au. It covers the 2023-24 income year and is the most recent complete dataset available at the time this tool was built. Income distributions shift gradually from year to year - the relative rank is a useful guide, but individual incomes and the median may have moved modestly since 2023-24.