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Average weekly hours for long service leave

If you work part-time or your hours have changed, long service leave is paid at an average of past hours. Enter the hours worked each year and see the average your state uses.

By Sri Murugan Systems ยท Rules last reviewed

Work out normal weekly hours for leave

Enter the hours worked in each year. The calculator applies your state's averaging rule.

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To turn the hours into weekly pay for leave.

Total hours from payslips or your payroll summary (in Victoria, include paid leave hours). Add unpaid leave weeks so they are left out of the average where your state does that.

Most recent 12 months
The 12 months before that
Year 3 back
Year 4 back
Year 5 back

Which average your state uses

When hours change, long service leave is paid at an average of the hours worked, not today's roster. Each Act picks a different period.

StateNormal weekly hours areSection
New South Walesthe higher of the average over the last 12 months and the last 5 yearss 3(1)(a)-(b), s 3(2A); NSW IR Guide Step 11A
Victoriathe highest of the average over the last 52 weeks, the last 260 weeks and the whole employments 15, s 16
Queenslandthe ordinary hours over the whole services 98, s 99, s 104, s 105
Western Australiathe average in each period the leave built up ins 7(1)-(5), s 7B, s 7C, s 6A(2)
South Australiathe average over the last 3 years (156 weeks)s 3(2)(a)-(c), s 3(4), s 8
Tasmaniathe average over the last 12 monthss 11(3)-(6), s 12(4), s 12(7)
Australian Capital Territorythe average over the last 12 monthss 2F, s 7(2)-(3), s 8(3), s 11D
Northern Territorythe average in each completed year of services 7, s 11(1)-(5), s 11(8)

Average hours calculator for your state

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Common questions

My hours dropped recently. Is my leave paid at the lower hours?

Not always. NSW and Victoria use the higher of a short and a long average, so a recent drop does not lower the pay if you worked more hours over the longer period. SA uses the last 3 years, and Tasmania and the ACT the last 12 months.

Do unpaid leave weeks count in the average?

The Acts generally leave out periods that do not count as service, such as unpaid leave. Enter unpaid weeks for each year and the calculator leaves them out of the weeks it divides by.

Rules last reviewed 3 November 2026. Every figure comes from the Acts, the regulators, the ATO and the AASB; see sources and method.