The Award Wage League Table 2026
$2.68 /hour separates Australia’s highest and lowest award floor
Across the 25 modern awards in our dataset, the lowest adult full-time rate ranges from $28.42 an hour (Security Services Industry Award) down to $25.74. On the same 38-hour week that is $5,318 a year between the top and bottom of the table. Rates operative 1 July 2026, from the Fair Work Commission’s pay database.
Every Australian worker under a modern award has a legal pay floor, and every award sets its own. We ranked them. The finding is not that the floors are far apart — it is how tightly they cluster, and how differently the same Sunday hour is priced on top of them.
Highest floor$28.42 /hrSecurity Services Industry Award
Lowest floor$25.74 /hr6 awards share it
Gap, full-time year$5,318Top floor vs bottom floor
At or below the minimum wage9of 25 awards
How far above the national minimum wage each award starts
Dollars per hour between each award’s lowest adult full-time classification and the national minimum wage of $26.44 an hour. The heavier vertical line is the national minimum wage itself.
Above the national minimum wageBelow it
Security Services+$1.98Fast FoodGeneral RetailPharmacyAged CareSocial, Community, Home…Hair and BeautyCleaning ServicesStorage Services and…Banking, Finance and…Clerks—Private SectorHealth Professionals and…NursesRoad Transport and…Building and ConstructionReal EstateChildren's ServicesEducational Services…Electrical, Electronic…Amusement, Events and…−$0.70Graphic Arts, Printing…HospitalityManufacturingRestaurantVehicle Repair, Services…
Scale: dollars per hour relative to the national minimum wage. Full figures in the table below.
16 of the 25 awards set their lowest adult classification above the national minimum wage, 3 land on it to the cent, and 6 sit $0.70 an hour below it. That last group matters for how you read the table: the national minimum wage is the floor for adults who are not covered by an award or an enterprise agreement. Where an award covers the work, the award’s own rate is the one that applies, and the awards at the bottom of this table publish an introductory or entry classification a little under the national figure.
The full league table
Ranked by the lowest adult full-time hourly rate each award publishes — the floor a full-time adult cannot legally be paid under, before penalties, allowances or overtime.
| # | Award | Lowest adult classification | Floor /hr | Floor /year | vs NMW | Sunday /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Security Services Industry Award | Security Officer Level 1 | $28.42 | $56,316 | +$1.98 | $56.84 |
| 2 | Fast Food Industry Award | Fast food employee level 1 | $27.81 | $55,102 | +$1.37 | $34.76 |
| 3 | General Retail Industry Award | Retail Employee Level 1 | $27.81 | $55,102 | +$1.37 | $41.72 |
| 4 | Pharmacy Industry Award | Pharmacy assistant level 1 | $27.81 | $55,102 | +$1.37 | — |
| 5 | Aged Care Award | Aged care employee—general—level 1 | $27.77 | $55,029 | +$1.33 | — |
| 6 | Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award | Home care employee level 1—disability care — Pay point 1 | $27.28 | $54,059 | +$0.84 | — |
| 7 | Hair and Beauty Industry Award | Hairdressing — Full-time graduate—first 12 months - 92.5% | $27.24 | $53,974 | +$0.80 | — |
| 8 | Cleaning Services Award | Level 1 | $27.08 | $53,647 | +$0.64 | $54.16 |
| 9 | Storage Services and Wholesale Award | Storeworker grade 1—on commencement | $27.08 | $53,657 | +$0.64 | $54.16 |
| 10 | Banking, Finance and Insurance Award | Level 1 | $26.97 | $53,428 | +$0.53 | — |
| 11 | Clerks—Private Sector Award | Level 1—Year 1 | $26.97 | $53,428 | +$0.53 | $53.94 |
| 12 | Health Professionals and Support Services Award | Level 1 | $26.97 | $53,428 | +$0.53 | — |
| 13 | Nurses Award | 21 years of age and over | $26.97 | $53,428 | +$0.53 | $47.20 |
| 14 | Road Transport and Distribution Award | Transport Worker Grade 1 | $26.87 | $53,235 | +$0.43 | $53.74 |
| 15 | Building and Construction General On-site Award | Level 1 (CW/ECW 1)—CW/ECW1 (level a) | $26.67 | $52,844 | +$0.23 | — |
| 16 | Real Estate Industry Award | Real Estate Employee Level 1 (Associate Level)—first 12 months of employment at this level | $26.59 | $52,693 | +$0.15 | — |
| 17 | Children's Services Award | On commencement — Level 1.1 | $26.44 | $52,395 | level | — |
| 18 | Educational Services (Schools) General Staff Award | 1.1 | $26.44 | $52,395 | level | $46.27 |
| 19 | Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award | Electrical worker grade 1 | $26.44 | $52,395 | level | — |
| 20 | Amusement, Events and Recreation Award | Introductory level employee | $25.74 | $50,998 | −$0.70 | $38.61 |
| 21 | Graphic Arts, Printing and Publishing Award | Level 1 | $25.74 | $50,998 | −$0.70 | — |
| 22 | Hospitality Industry (General) Award | Introductory level | $25.74 | $50,998 | −$0.70 | $38.61 |
| 23 | Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award | C14 / V1 | $25.74 | $50,998 | −$0.70 | — |
| 24 | Restaurant Industry Award | Introductory Level | $25.74 | $50,998 | −$0.70 | $38.61 |
| 25 | Vehicle Repair, Services and Retail Award | R1 — Vehicle RS&R industry employee—Level 1 | $25.74 | $50,998 | −$0.70 | $51.48 |
The CSV carries the weekly rate, the industry group, the Sunday columns, the operative date and the official source URL for every row.
What a Sunday is worth
The pay database publishes a resulting Sunday hourly rate for the lowest adult classification in 13 of these awards — the figure a full-time or part-time employee is actually paid for a Sunday hour, not a multiplier we applied ourselves. The premium over the ordinary rate is where the industries separate.
Best Sunday+$28.42 /hrSecurity Services Industry Award (200% of base)
Weakest Sunday+$6.95 /hrFast Food Industry Award (125% of base)
Per 8-hour Sunday shift$227.36extra, against $55.60 at the bottom
The published full-time and part-time Sunday rate, split into the ordinary hourly rate and the premium the Sunday adds.
Ordinary hourly rateSunday premium
Security Services+$28.42Cleaning ServicesStorage Services and…Clerks—Private SectorRoad Transport and…Vehicle Repair, Services…NursesEducational Services…General RetailAmusement, Events and…HospitalityRestaurantFast Food+$6.95
Scale: dollars per hour. Every figure is in the table below.
| Award | Classification | Ordinary /hr | Sunday /hr | Premium /hr | % of base | 8-hr shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Services Industry Award | Security Officer Level 1 | $28.42 | $56.84 | +$28.42 | 200% | +$227.36 |
| Cleaning Services Award | Level 1 | $27.08 | $54.16 | +$27.08 | 200% | +$216.64 |
| Storage Services and Wholesale Award | Storeworker grade 1—on commencement | $27.08 | $54.16 | +$27.08 | 200% | +$216.64 |
| Clerks—Private Sector Award | Level 1—Year 1 | $26.97 | $53.94 | +$26.97 | 200% | +$215.76 |
| Road Transport and Distribution Award | Transport Worker Grade 1 | $26.87 | $53.74 | +$26.87 | 200% | +$214.96 |
| Vehicle Repair, Services and Retail Award | R1 — Vehicle RS&R industry employee—Level 1 | $25.74 | $51.48 | +$25.74 | 200% | +$205.92 |
| Nurses Award | 21 years of age and over | $26.97 | $47.20 | +$20.23 | 175% | +$161.84 |
| Educational Services (Schools) General Staff Award | 1.1 | $26.44 | $46.27 | +$19.83 | 175% | +$158.64 |
| General Retail Industry Award | Retail Employee Level 1 | $27.81 | $41.72 | +$13.91 | 150% | +$111.28 |
| Amusement, Events and Recreation Award | Introductory level employee | $25.74 | $38.61 | +$12.87 | 150% | +$102.96 |
| Hospitality Industry (General) Award | Introductory level | $25.74 | $38.61 | +$12.87 | 150% | +$102.96 |
| Restaurant Industry Award | Introductory Level | $25.74 | $38.61 | +$12.87 | 150% | +$102.96 |
| Fast Food Industry Award | Fast food employee level 1 | $27.81 | $34.76 | +$6.95 | 125% | +$55.60 |
A Sunday hour at the bottom of the Security Services Industry Award carries 4.1 times the premium of a Sunday hour at the bottom of the Fast Food Industry Award — $21.47 an hour of daylight — even though the Fast Food Industry Award sets the higher ordinary rate of the two. Over one 8-hour Sunday shift that is $171.76 between the two rosters. Awards that do not publish a separate Sunday rate for these classifications are not in this cut: an absent penalty is not a penalty of nothing, and we do not calculate one.
Methodology
- Source
- Fair Work Commission — Modern Awards Pay Database (published exports), plus the Commission’s Annual Wage Review decision for the national minimum wage. Nothing here comes from a survey, a job board or a salary submission.
- Data as at
- Rates operative 1 July 2026, last checked 17 July 2026. Award rates change on the first full pay period on or after 1 July each year.
- Coverage
- 25 modern awards — the largest by employee coverage, not the full set of modern awards. Rankings are within this set, and an award outside it could sit anywhere in the order.
- The ranking construct
- Each award’s floor is the lowest published adult full-time ordinary hourly rate across all of its classifications. Where an award publishes an introductory, entry or graduate classification, that is the floor — it is a real adult rate the award permits, though in most awards it applies only for a limited period before the employee moves up. This study ranks floors only; it makes no claim about the top of any award’s classification structure.
- All-purpose allowances
- The figures are award base rates. A few awards — the Building and Construction and the Electrical Contracting awards among them — add an all-purpose industry allowance that is paid for every hour worked, so the rate an employee actually receives is higher than the base rate ranked here. The Fair Work Ombudsman’s pay guides for those awards show the combined figure. Compare like with like before quoting a single award’s floor against another’s.
- What is excluded
- Junior rates, apprentice and trainee rates, and casual rates (casual figures already carry the casual loading and are not comparable to a full-time hourly rate). Classifications defined by an age under 21 are excluded from the adult league table for the same reason — they are junior rates, and counting them would sink an award to the bottom of a table that says “adult”. Piece rates, allowances, overtime, shift loadings and enterprise agreements are all outside this cut.
- Derived figures
- The annual column is the published weekly rate × 52.14 (365 ÷ 7), the multiplier used throughout this site. It assumes a full year of ordinary hours with no overtime, penalties, allowances or leave loading. Every other dollar figure on this page is a rate the Commission published, or a subtraction between two of them.
- Sunday rates
- The published resulting Sunday hourly rate for full-time and part-time employees, taken straight from the database rather than calculated from a base rate and a multiplier — award penalty interaction is not always a clean multiplication. Casual Sunday rates are a different figure and are not in this cut. Penalty rates can differ between classifications inside the same award, so these figures describe each award’s lowest adult classification and not the award as a whole.
- Caveats
- An award floor is a minimum, not what people are paid: most employees sit above it, and enterprise agreements override award rates entirely. Classification structures are not comparable between awards — a “level 1” in one award is not the same job as a “level 1” in another, so read the table as a comparison of legal floors, not of jobs.
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<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">1</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Security Services Industry Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$28.42</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$56,316</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">+$1.98</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">2</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Fast Food Industry Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$27.81</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$55,102</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">+$1.37</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">3</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">General Retail Industry Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$27.81</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$55,102</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">+$1.37</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">4</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Pharmacy Industry Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$27.81</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$55,102</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">+$1.37</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">5</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Aged Care Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$27.77</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$55,029</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">+$1.33</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">6</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$27.28</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$54,059</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">+$0.84</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">7</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Hair and Beauty Industry Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$27.24</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$53,974</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">+$0.80</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">8</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Cleaning Services Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$27.08</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$53,647</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">+$0.64</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">9</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Storage Services and Wholesale Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$27.08</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$53,657</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">+$0.64</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">10</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Banking, Finance and Insurance Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$26.97</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$53,428</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">+$0.53</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">11</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Clerks—Private Sector Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$26.97</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$53,428</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">+$0.53</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">12</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Health Professionals and Support Services Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$26.97</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$53,428</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">+$0.53</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">13</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Nurses Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$26.97</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$53,428</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">+$0.53</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">14</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Road Transport and Distribution Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$26.87</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$53,235</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">+$0.43</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">15</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Building and Construction General On-site Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$26.67</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$52,844</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">+$0.23</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">16</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Real Estate Industry Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$26.59</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$52,693</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">+$0.15</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">17</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Children's Services Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$26.44</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$52,395</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">level</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">18</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Educational Services (Schools) General Staff Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$26.44</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$52,395</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">level</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">19</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$26.44</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$52,395</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">level</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">20</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Amusement, Events and Recreation Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$25.74</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$50,998</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">−$0.70</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">21</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Graphic Arts, Printing and Publishing Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$25.74</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$50,998</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">−$0.70</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">22</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Hospitality Industry (General) Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$25.74</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$50,998</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">−$0.70</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">23</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$25.74</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$50,998</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">−$0.70</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">24</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Restaurant Industry Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$25.74</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$50,998</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">−$0.70</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">25</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:left">Vehicle Repair, Services and Retail Award</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$25.74</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">$50,998</td><td style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f6;text-align:right">−$0.70</td></tr>
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<p style="font-size:12px;color:#6b7688;margin:8px 0 0">Lowest adult full-time rate in each award, operative 1 July 2026. Source: Fair Work Commission Modern Awards Pay Database, compiled by <a href="https://awardscale.com.au/reports/award-wage-league-table-2026/" rel="nofollow">AwardScale</a>.</p>
</figure>Rates current as of 1 July 2026. Source: Fair Work Commission — Modern Awards Pay Database. Last checked .
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