Global Payroll Services in Australia

Already have an Australian entity, or running payroll across several countries? We place you with a vetted Australian payroll partner who keeps PAYG withholding, Superannuation Guarantee contributions, and ATO reporting exactly right, while you stay the legal employer and we stay on your side.

  • Independent advice
  • Vetted partners
  • Multi-country ready

What running payroll in Australia involves

If you already employ people through your own Australian entity, you stay the legal employer, but you still have to run payroll correctly every cycle: PAYG income tax withheld and reported through Single Touch Payroll, and the Superannuation Guarantee paid to each employee’s own complying super fund, from 1 July 2026 on every payday rather than quarterly. This is where a specialist payroll partner earns its place: you keep the employment relationship, they keep the mechanics right across all of it.

01

You stay the employer

You stay the legal employer of your Australian staff. The payroll partner runs the monthly mechanics; you keep the employment relationship.

02

Accurate every cycle

PAYG income tax withheld correctly, Superannuation Guarantee calculated and paid to the right fund on the right schedule, payslips issued, and Single Touch Payroll reporting made to the ATO on time, every cycle.

03

Multi-country consolidation

Run payroll across several markets under one partner and one process, rather than a different vendor and standard in every country.

How managed Australian payroll works, step by step

From onboarding your employee data to filing and reconciliation.

01 — Scope & onboard

We map your entity, headcount, and where you employ people, place you with the right vetted Australian payroll partner, and onboard your employee data.

02 — Set up calculations

PAYG withholding, the Superannuation Guarantee, and any statutory benefits configured correctly to current Fair Work Act and ATO rules, so every payslip is right from the first run.

03 — Run monthly payroll

Salaries calculated, PAYG income tax withheld, Superannuation Guarantee paid, payslips issued, and people paid on schedule, every cycle.

04 — File & reconcile

Single Touch Payroll reporting to the ATO made on time, super contributions confirmed as received by each employee’s fund, with annual reconciliation handled for you.

What payroll in Australia costs

Your statutory employer costs, plus a payroll partner fee. Australia’s employer burden is a single, predictable Superannuation Guarantee percentage; the value of the partner is accuracy and timing, in a system now moving to per-payday contributions.

Superannuation Guarantee (employer)

12% of ordinary time earnings, paid into each employee’s complying super fund, calculated to the AUD 270,830 annual maximum contribution base, configured correctly every payroll run.

Minimum wage (2026-27)

AUD 26.44 per hour, AUD 1,004.90 per week (38-hour week) for 2026-27, one national rate with award-based variation on top to track.

Income tax & Medicare Levy (employee)

Progressive rates from 0% to 45%, plus a 2% Medicare Levy on top for most taxpayers, calculated and filed correctly on every payslip.

Payroll partner fee

A transparent per-employee or per-payslip fee. We benchmark across our vetted network, typically 15 to 25% below going direct.

Why run it through Bradford Jacobs

One partner, many countries

If you run payroll across several markets, we consolidate it through vetted partners under one point of contact, not a different vendor and a different standard in every country.

  • Independent advice
  • Vetted partners only
  • On your side at renewal

Pricing you can’t get direct

Australia’s move to per-payday Superannuation Guarantee contributions changes what a fair payroll fee should look like, and getting a payslip wrong against a Modern Award is an easy, visible mistake. We benchmark across our payroll network for rates typically 15 to 25% below going direct, and renegotiate for you at renewal.

  • 15-25% below direct
  • Network benchmarking
  • Renegotiated for you

Award-driven rules that expose risk

Modern Award classification rates on top of the National Minimum Wage, Payday Super’s new per-payday deadline, and Single Touch Payroll reporting. We place you with partners who get the specifics right, and we stay on your side if anything needs escalating.

  • Direct escalation
  • No support queues
  • Named account contact

20+ years and the local detail

Two decades running compliant payroll across global markets, the deadlines, the filings, the year-end detail that exposes risk.

  • Two decades of payroll
  • Deadlines & filings
  • Year-end handled

Built to scale across markets

Run payroll in one country or twenty through one partner and one process. As you add markets, the standard does not fragment, you keep a single point of contact and consistent compliance everywhere.

  • One process everywhere
  • Single point of contact
  • Consistent compliance

The payroll slips the ATO never misses

These are the ones that catch foreign employers, and the reason a specialist partner pays for itself.

Tax & deduction rates

Misapplying a Modern Award classification rate instead of the bare minimum wage. Getting the Superannuation Guarantee’s new per-payday timing wrong. Missing a statutory benefit or leave entitlement. Each is easy to get wrong alone and visible to the ATO and Fair Work Ombudsman when you do.

Filings, deadlines & reporting

Late Single Touch Payroll reporting, or Superannuation Guarantee contributions that miss the new payday window, where the non-deductible Superannuation Guarantee Charge and penalties apply automatically. None of these are hard for a specialist; all are easy to get wrong alone. That is the whole case for getting your Australian payroll partner right.

What managed payroll covers

One transparent fee covers the full monthly payroll cycle. No hidden extras.

PAYG, Super & Medicare Levy

Compliant Australian payroll processed every cycle, with PAYG withholding, the Superannuation Guarantee, and Medicare Levy correct every run.

Payroll & filings

Monthly payroll run, with PAYG income tax and the Superannuation Guarantee calculated, withheld or paid, and reported correctly each month.

Statutory benefits

All statutory benefits administered: annual leave, personal/carer’s leave, parental leave, notice.

Compliance & support

Ongoing HR compliance and a single point of contact, for the life of the engagement.

Your questions answered

Straight answers on running compliant payroll in Australia.

Do I need an Australian entity to use payroll services?

Yes. Payroll outsourcing assumes you are the legal employer, which usually means you have an Australian entity. If you have no entity and do not want one yet, you need an EOR instead, where the partner is the legal employer. We will confirm which applies to you.

PAYG income tax calculation and remittance, the Superannuation Guarantee, statutory benefits and leave, payslips, and all Single Touch Payroll reporting to the ATO. You keep the employment relationship; they keep it compliant and on time.

From 1 July 2026, Payday Super requires the Superannuation Guarantee to be paid within 7 business days of each payday, reaching an annual maximum contribution base of AUD 270,830, rather than the previous quarterly cycle. A good payroll partner adapts to the new timing so nothing is missed during the transition, one of the most common payroll mistakes when a reporting system changes.

Predictable, at 12% of ordinary time earnings under the Superannuation Guarantee, employer-funded only. Add the transparent payroll partner fee and you have your all-in cost.

Yes, and it is one of the main reasons companies come to us. One point of contact and a consistent process across markets, rather than a separate provider and a different standard in every country.

Yes. When you incorporate and become the legal employer, we move your people from the EOR arrangement onto your own compliant Australian payroll, and manage the handover so nothing is missed.

Need compliant payroll in Australia?

Tell us your entity setup and headcount and we will come back with the right partner and pricing you will not get direct, usually within a day. One process, every country you operate in.

Tax and labour data verified July 2026 (ATO, Fair Work Commission, ASIC). Figures change; we confirm the current position when we scope your payroll.