The 2012 Annual Wage Review is now underway. We are expecting Fair Work Australia to announce it's decision in early June and any change to minimum wages will start from 1 July 2012.
Sign up to get updates about the annual wage review, how it affects you and how you can get ready for the new rates.
The pay and penalty rates for most modern awards are progressively phased in from the pre-modern award rate to the modern award rate each year until 1 July 2014. The tools below, along with some information provided by you, can quickly and easily help you calculate your right rate of pay.
There are also Pay and Conditions Guides that summarise key information for specific industries linked below.
To find the minimum rates of pay, allowances and penalty rates that apply, you will need to know your modern award, and the pre-modern award that would have applied to you before 1 January 2010. You can use Award Finder to help you with this.
Important! From time to time we update pay rates in our pay tools. These updates could affect one or more modern awards. Employers should always subscribe to the pay rate updates for the awards that apply to them from the Pay rate updates page. You can also see a history of these updates going back to 1 July 2011.
Pay tools
The pay tools can help you find out what you are covered by, and the rates of pay that apply for most industries.
- PayCheck Plus
Not sure what pay rate applies to you? PayCheck Plus enables you to calculate base pay rates, allowances, overtime, and penalty rates of pay per hour. You can also calculate pay rates for entire shifts worked over a seven day period. You can print, export or save your selections.
- Pay Rates Calculator
Want to work out penalty rates from 1 July 2010? The Pay Rates Calculator can work out the base rate of pay and penalty rates for a single shift or hour by hour. It’s designed for payroll staff and advanced users.
- Award Finder
Award Finder makes it easy to search for modern and pre-modern awards. You can also use them to search for Pay and Conditions Guides.
- Trainee Wage Calculators
The trainee wage calculators can help you find minimum rates of pay for the most common trainee scenarios in a number of industries.
Industry Pay and Conditions Guides
Pay and Conditions Guides provide a clear summary of pay and conditions under your modern and pre-modern award. Below are links to Pay and Conditions Guides for 10 key industries divided into states.
You can access Pay and Conditions Guides for other industries through our Award Finder tool.