A free severance and redundancy pay calculator for the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Enter your country, years of service, age, and salary to instantly estimate how much severance or redundancy pay you are legally owed — or typically offered — so you can double-check any offer your employer makes. Current 2026 figures, clear math, honest disclaimers.
SevereArn helps employees who are being laid off or made redundant instantly estimate how much severance or redundancy pay they are legally owed — or typically offered — based on their country, years of service, age, salary, and employer. It covers the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand in one place.
Each country works very differently. The US has no federal severance mandate, so the calculator shows the typical market range of 1–2 weeks of pay per year of service and flags WARN Act relevance. The UK uses a statutory formula with a 2026/27 weekly pay cap of £751 (Great Britain) / £783 (Northern Ireland), age-banded multipliers, and a £30,000 tax-free limit. Canada breaks out Ontario ESA termination pay and severance pay separately, plus federal Canada Labour Code entitlements. Australia applies the NES redundancy pay scale (4–16 weeks) and notice period. New Zealand has no statutory redundancy pay at all — the calculator computes the mandatory minimum (wages, annual leave, notice) plus any contractual redundancy you enter.
These are planning estimates, not legal or tax advice. Statutory rates change annually and individual circumstances vary (contract terms, common-law notice, exclusions, tax treatment). Always confirm current figures with official government sources or an employment lawyer before relying on this for a real severance negotiation. The "Last updated" date on every page shows when the data was last verified.
Each country handles severance and redundancy very differently — from no federal mandate at all (US) to a precise statutory formula (UK) to no statutory scheme whatsoever (NZ). Pick a country for a dedicated page with a pre-filled calculator, a full guide, and country-specific FAQs.
SevereArn estimates how much severance or redundancy pay you are legally owed — or typically offered — when you are laid off or made redundant, across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It uses each country’s actual rules: US market rates plus WARN Act flags, the UK statutory formula with 2026/27 caps, Ontario ESA termination and severance pay, the Australian NES redundancy scale, and New Zealand’s mandatory minimum plus any contractual redundancy.
It depends entirely on your country. The US has no federal severance mandate — it is a matter of policy and negotiation. The UK, Canada (Ontario), and Australia all have statutory redundancy or severance entitlements based on years of service and age. New Zealand has no statutory redundancy pay at all — only what is written into your employment agreement. Each country tab loads the correct rules.
They use publicly available 2026 figures and the official statutory formulas — including the UK 2026/27 weekly pay cap of £751 (GB) / £783 (NI), the Australia NES redundancy scale, and Ontario ESA termination and severance pay. But they are planning estimates, not legal advice. Contract terms, common-law notice (especially in Canada), exclusions, and tax treatment can all change the real figure. Always confirm with an employment lawyer or your government’s employment authority before a real negotiation.
Because the US has no federal severance mandate, there is no statutory formula to compute. Instead the calculator shows the typical market range of 1–2 weeks of base pay per year of service — a "typical" 1 week per year and a "generous" 2 weeks per year — so you can benchmark any actual offer. It also flags whether the WARN Act applies to your employer and notes state exceptions like New Jersey’s mandated mass-layoff severance.
Usually yes, but with concessions. In the UK the first £30,000 of a redundancy payment is tax-free. In Australia genuine redundancy payments have a tax-free component based on years of service. In the US severance is taxed as supplemental wages (22% flat federal withholding plus FICA). In Canada statutory termination and severance pay are taxable as employment income. This calculator shows the tax treatment where it materially affects the figure.
No. It provides planning estimates using publicly available 2026 rates and statutory formulas. Your actual entitlements depend on your contract, jurisdiction, length of service, age, and individual circumstances — and in Canada, common-law notice can far exceed the statutory minimum. Confirm with an employment lawyer before signing any severance or release agreement.
Your estimate applies each country's own rules to the years of service, age, and salary you enter — the UK statutory redundancy formula with 2026/27 caps, Ontario ESA termination and severance pay, the Australian NES scale, New Zealand's mandatory minimum plus any contractual redundancy, or the US typical range of 1–2 weeks of pay per year of service.