Published 29 May 2025

The Fair Work Commission will announce its minimum wage decision at 10 am AEST on Tuesday 3 June 2025.

On this page:

• What’s the minimum wage decision
• When’s the decision
• What this means for you
• What to do now
• More information

What’s the minimum wage decision

The Fair Work Commission (the Commission) is the national workplace relations tribunal. It’s responsible for maintaining a safety net of minimum wages and employment conditions.

Each year, the Commission conducts the Annual Wage Review and reviews:

• the National Minimum Wage
• minimum pay rates under awards.

The Commission makes a decision each year whether to increase these pay rates. This is commonly known as the 'minimum wage decision'.

When’s the decision

The Commission will announce its decision at 10 am AEST on Tuesday 3 June 2025.

You can watch the decision announcement live. A link will be provided shortly before the hearing on the Commission's website.

What this means for you

The decision will determine if there will be a change to the National Minimum Wage and minimum award pay rates.

Any changes are likely to take effect from the first pay period on or after 1 July.

National Minimum Wage

The National Minimum Wage applies to employees who aren’t covered by an award or enterprise agreement.

Awards and agreements

Employees covered by an award or enterprise agreement have to be paid the minimum pay rates in their award or agreement, including penalty rates and allowances. These pay rates may be higher than the National Minimum Wage.

You can find enterprise agreements on the Commission’s website: Find an agreement.

If you need help checking if an enterprise agreement applies to you, follow our tips on Finding an agreement.

What to do now

We’ll let you know when the minimum wage decision is issued.

We’ll let you know what it means for you and when you can access any new minimum pay rates. This includes in our pay tools.

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More information

Find out about minimum pay rates under awards and the National Minimum Wage at Minimum wages.

Understand the differences between us (Fair Work Ombudsman) and the Commission at Difference between the Fair Work Ombudsman and the Fair Work Commission.