Earnings Difference Calculator
Compare your gross weekly earnings before and during the affected period. General information only — not an entitlement or an amount owed.
Before tax, including any regular overtime, penalties and allowances you want to compare.
What you actually earn now each week before tax. Enter 0 if none — blank is not treated as 0.
Gross weekly earnings difference (gross before − current gross)
Enter both weekly amounts (0 where genuinely zero).
This is an earnings difference, not compensation owed. It does not consider workers compensation already received or any scheme rules.
Select your state or territory to see which comparison applies.
How this calculator works
- Earnings difference: gross weekly earnings before minus current gross weekly earnings. It is not a compensation figure.
- NSW illustration (NSW only, first entitlement period only): max(0, 95% × PIAWE basis − current gross weekly earnings), for up to 13 illustrated weeks. No statutory maximums, deductibles or other adjustments are applied, and compensation already received is not subtracted.
- No figure is calculated for week 14 onward or for other states and territories.
- An injury, light duties or reduced overtime does not by itself create a workers compensation entitlement. Buying a report does not change the outcome — it only uses the details you provide.