Sources & methodology
The data behind each tool, what it calculates and where its limits lie.
| Tool | Methodology & limits |
|---|---|
| Migration points | Home Affairs table; highest qualification only, employment capped at 20, conditional nomination and regional study dependencies. No final eligibility assessment. |
| Gold | Gold API USD per ounce, daily ExchangeRate-API conversion, then grams and purity. No fabricated price history or retail quote. |
| Living & moving | User-entered costs and conversions. Teaching examples are not market averages. |
| Salary | 2025–26 and 2026–27 adult full-year resident brackets plus LITO. Medicare, HELP and MLS require user entry; super excluded. |
| Occupations | Full-time median pay, ABS May 2025 through archived JSA ANZSCO pages. Not city-specific or experience-specific. |
points ↗p190 ↗p491 ↗tax ↗study ↗tourism ↗jobs ↗Gold API documentationRates By Exchange Rate APIPhotography: Unsplash. Queensland image is illustrative.
Our concise guides support planning, not individual advice. Calculator references reviewed 20 September 2026. Each tool shows the dates of market and occupation data. Official requirements may change.