Understanding Your Paycheck

Getting paid feels great but do you really understand where your money goes? Many young workers are caught off guard by tax deductions, superannuation, and paycheck errors. Our Understanding Your Paycheck Module breaks down pay slips, tax, and super so students can confidently navigate their earnings, spot mistakes, and ensure they’re getting paid correctly.

Key Learning Outcomes

  • Read and understand a pay slip, including earnings, tax, and deductions

  • Learn the difference between gross pay and net pay

  • Understand how tax and superannuation work

  • Compare casual, part-time, and full-time employment benefits

  • Identify common paycheck mistakes and scams to protect their earnings

A group of people working together, one standing and pointing at a paper while others sit writing.

Our Approach

  • Real Pay Slip Examples: Walkthrough of actual pay slips to break down key components

  • Interactive Tax & Super Calculations: Hands-on activities to understand deductions and employer contributions

  • Employment Type Comparisons: Helping students weigh up casual vs. part-time/full-time work

  • Practical Fraud Awareness: Teaching students to detect underpayment and superannuation issues

Session Details

Our sessions are flexible and tailored to fit your school's needs. We offer everything from full-year group workshops to individual classroom sessions.

Each module runs between 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on your timetable.