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NDIS Plan Budget Planner.

Enter your Core budget and the supports you use each week, and see what it costs and how long the budget lasts.

Your budget and supports

$

Supports per week

  • $73.58/hour · $735.80 per week

  • $103.54/hour · $414.16 per week

  • $60.10/hour · $120.20 per week

Over 52 weeks

$66,048.32

$1,270.16 per week across 3 supports

$16,048.32 short

The budget runs out after about 39 weeks at this level of support.

Budget entered
$50,000.00
Cost per week
$1,270.16
Total hours per week
16

Public holidays are not included, because they do not recur weekly and would overstate the total. Price those separately

Uses the recommended maximum prices from the NDIS pricing schedule, effective 1 July 2026. National, standard 1:1 rates. A budgeting guide, not a quote or a plan approval.

Making a plan stretch

What actually changes the total.

Most plans run short for the same few reasons, and none of them are about using less support.

When the hours fall

A Sunday hour costs roughly 80% more than the same hour on a Tuesday morning. Moving a regular shift off the weekend, where that works for you, stretches a plan further than trimming hours does.

Travel you did not budget for

Providers can claim travel to and from you separately from the support hour. Two providers quoting the same hourly rate can land on very different weekly totals. Ask what travel will cost before you sign.

Cancellations

Short-notice cancellations can still be claimed against your plan. A pattern of missed shifts quietly consumes budget without delivering any support, and it is the most common surprise in a plan review.

The wrong support item

High intensity rates apply where a participant has complex needs, and they are meaningfully higher than standard rates. Being billed at the wrong level in either direction distorts a whole plan.

NDIS Price Guide 2026-27

Every support item and price, searchable, with a free CSV and JSON download.

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Support Worker Cost Calculator

Price a single shift type, including public holidays, per shift and per year.

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FAQs

Using the planner.

Which budget should I enter?
Your Core Supports budget — the flexible part of the plan that pays for daily living help, community participation and household tasks. It is the only budget these support items draw from. Capacity Building and Capital budgets are separate and cannot be spent on support hours.
Why does the planner say my budget runs out early?
Usually because of when the support is delivered rather than how much of it there is. Weekend and evening hours cost substantially more than weekday daytime ones, so shifting even a few hours can change how long a plan lasts. Try adjusting the day type on each line to see the effect.
Does this include travel, or a plan manager's fees?
No. It prices support hours only. Provider travel, plan management fees, support coordination and any capacity building supports sit outside this and come from their own budgets or reduce your Core budget further. Treat the result as a floor, not a full plan.
Is this an official NDIS tool?
No. It is a free planning aid built by First Priority Care, a registered NDIS provider, using the prices the NDIA publishes. It is not affiliated with the NDIA and does not reflect a plan approval or a quote. Your planner, plan manager or support coordinator is the right person to confirm what your plan actually covers.
Why are public holidays not included?
Public holidays do not recur weekly, so putting them in a per-week planner would overstate an annual budget several times over. The support worker cost calculator prices public holidays separately, against the number of Queensland public holidays in a year.

Prices from the NDIS pricing schedule, effective 1 July 2026.

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