Hospitality Award Pay Rates 2026-27: Every Level
Minimum rates under the Hospitality Industry (General) Award 2020 (MA000009), effective from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026.
The short answer
A Level 1 hospitality employee is paid $26.44 an hour or $1,004.90 a week full-time. A casual at the same classification is paid $33.05 an hour, including the 25% casual loading. On that full-time wage, take-home pay after income tax and the Medicare levy is $45,013 a year, or $1,731 a fortnight.
MA000009 rates by classification.
All 15 classifications, with the casual rate the award publishes and what each one actually takes home after tax.
Minimum rates
1 July 2026 · PR799290
| Classification | Weekly | Hourly | Casual hourly | Take-home a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introductory level | $978.10 | $25.74 | $32.18 | $44,066 |
| Level 1 | $1,004.90 | $26.44 | $33.05 | $45,013 |
| Level 2 | $1,029.10 | $27.08 | $33.85 | $45,869 |
| Level 3 | $1,062.90 | $27.97 | $34.96 | $47,064 |
| Level 4 | $1,119.10 | $29.45 | $36.81 | $49,051 |
| Level 5 | $1,189.40 | $31.30 | $39.13 | $51,537 |
| Level 6 | $1,221.10 | $32.13 | $40.16 | $52,658 |
Casino gaming minimum rates
1 July 2026 · PR799290
| Classification | Weekly | Hourly | Casual hourly | Take-home a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introductory level | $993.00 | $26.13 | $32.66 | $44,592 |
| Level 1 | $1,050.20 | $27.64 | $34.55 | $46,615 |
| Level 2 | $1,084.10 | $28.53 | $35.66 | $47,814 |
| Level 3 | $1,119.10 | $29.45 | $36.81 | $49,051 |
| Level 3A | $1,171.70 | $30.83 | $38.54 | $50,911 |
| Level 4 | $1,189.40 | $31.30 | $39.13 | $51,537 |
| Level 5 | $1,224.70 | $32.23 | $40.29 | $52,785 |
| Level 6 | $1,260.00 | $33.16 | $41.45 | $54,034 |
Take-home is an estimate for a single Australian resident for tax purposes with no study loan debt and no Medicare levy surcharge, calculated with the same Wage Calculator used across this site. Superannuation is paid by your employer on top of these rates and is never deducted from them.
Where these figures come from.
Provenance
Verified- Award
- Hospitality Industry (General) Award 2020 (MA000009)
- Effective from
- 1 July 2026
- Consolidated to
- 1 July 2026
- Determinations
- PR799280, PR799290, PR799447
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-06
- Cross-checked
- 15 of 15 rates against Schedule B
Every rate above was read from the award text at the Fair Work award library and then checked a second time against Schedule B of the same award, which republishes the hourly rates. Casual rates are the award’s own published figures rather than our multiplication, because the award rounds differently from a calculator. Nothing here is copied from another pay site.
What this page does not cover.
Listed as plainly as what it does, because a rate page that hides its gaps is how the wrong number ends up on a payslip.
Overtime
Overtime is paid for hours beyond the ordinary ones and is set separately in the award.
Junior rates
Employees under 21 are paid a percentage of the adult rate for their level.
Apprentices
Apprentice cooks are paid on a separate percentage scale not published here.
Hospitality Award Pay Rates questions, answered.
What is the hourly rate for a hospitality award?
The Hospitality Industry (General) Award starts at $25.74 an hour for an Introductory level employee and runs to $32.13 an hour at Level 6. Casino gaming employees are paid on a separate, higher scale in the same award.
What are the hospitality award pay rates for 2026?
The rates on this page take effect from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026. Level 1 is $1,004.90 a week or $26.44 an hour, and every other classification is listed in the tables above.
What is level 3 pay in hospitality?
A Level 3 hospitality employee is paid $1,062.90 a week, $27.97 an hour full-time, or $34.96 an hour as a casual. Level 3 covers cooks grade 2, food and beverage attendant grade 3, fork-lift driver and front office grade 2, among others.
What are the current hospitality award rates in Queensland?
The same as everywhere else in Australia. Modern awards are national instruments, so the Hospitality Industry (General) Award sets one set of minimum rates that applies in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and every other state and territory. There are no state-specific hospitality award rates.
Why are casino gaming rates different?
The award carries a separate rate table for casino gaming employees, set slightly above the general scale at every level. Both tables are published above, so check which one your classification sits in before comparing your payslip.
See what an award rate leaves you with.
Enter your hourly rate and hours to work out take-home pay for your own roster.
Open the pay calculatorHospitality Industry (General) Award 2020 penalty rates.
Clause 29 prices 6 conditions on ordinary hours, each as a percentage of the ordinary hourly rate. Schedule B prints the dollar figure for every classification, so the tables below are the award’s own arithmetic. They cover 220 classifications.
The short answer
A full-time or part-time Introductory level is paid $32.18 an hour on a Saturday, $38.61 on a Sunday and $57.92 on a public holiday, against $25.74 for ordinary hours. A casual at the same level is paid $38.61, $45.05 and $64.35 on the same three days.
Adult full-time and part-time employees—ordinary and penalty rates
| Classification | Ordinary hours1100% | Saturday125% | Sunday150% | Public holiday225% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introductory level | $25.74 | $32.18 | $38.61 | $57.92 |
| Level 1 | $26.44 | $33.05 | $39.66 | $59.49 |
| Level 2 | $27.08 | $33.85 | $40.62 | $60.93 |
| Level 3 | $27.97 | $34.96 | $41.96 | $62.93 |
| Level 4 | $29.45 | $36.81 | $44.18 | $66.26 |
| Level 5 | $31.30 | $39.13 | $46.95 | $70.43 |
| Level 6 | $32.13 | $40.16 | $48.20 | $72.29 |
Adult casual employees—ordinary and penalty rates
| Classification | Ordinary hours1125% | Saturday150% | Sunday175% | Public holiday250% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introductory level | $32.18 | $38.61 | $45.05 | $64.35 |
| Level 1 | $33.05 | $39.66 | $46.27 | $66.10 |
| Level 2 | $33.85 | $40.62 | $47.39 | $67.70 |
| Level 3 | $34.96 | $41.96 | $48.95 | $69.93 |
| Level 4 | $36.81 | $44.18 | $51.54 | $73.63 |
| Level 5 | $39.13 | $46.95 | $54.78 | $78.25 |
| Level 6 | $40.16 | $48.20 | $56.23 | $80.33 |
The award publishes 16 ordinary-hours tables in all. The two above are the adult scale; the rest price junior, apprentice and trainee classifications off the same percentages.
The casual loading is added, not multiplied
the casual percentage is the full-time percentage plus the casual loading in points, not multiplied by it. Saturday is 125% of the ordinary hourly rate for a full-time or part-time employee and 150% for a casual, which is 125 plus 25. Multiplying by 1.25 would give 156.25%, which appears nowhere in the award. Every one of the 3 priced conditions sits exactly 25 percentage points above its full-time figure.
Read from Table 14—Penalty rates. A casual weekend rate cannot be worked out by taking the full-time weekend rate and adding a quarter.
Conditions the award states as a percentage only.
Schedule B prints no dollar column for these, so they appear exactly as the award states them and never as an hourly figure.
Monday to Friday – 7.00pm to midnight
100% of the ordinary hourly rate plus $2.95 an hour, casual 125% plus $2.95 an hour. Stated in Table 14—Penalty rates, clause 29.
Monday to Friday—midnight to 7.00am
100% of the ordinary hourly rate plus $4.42 an hour, casual 125% plus $4.42 an hour. Stated in Table 14—Penalty rates, clause 29.
The percentage applies to the ordinary hourly rate.
Table 14—Penalty rates says so, and Schedule B calculates its dollar columns on that figure. Not every award uses the same base, so a percentage read here does not transfer to another award.
Penalties are not cumulative. Clause 29.3: Subject to clause 29.3(c), where more than one penalty rate would be payable for hours worked at a particular time, the employer must pay the employee the highest applicable penalty rate, but no other applicable penalty rate is payable.
Where these figures come from
Verified- Percentages stated in
- Clause 29
- Dollars printed in
- Schedule B, tables B.2.1 and B.2.3
- Dollars effective from
- 1 July 2026, PR799290
- Percentages last varied
- 1 July 2026, PR799290
Every percentage was read twice, once in clause 29 and once in the heading of the schedule column that prices it, and Olivia Harper checked the dollar figures against the printed ordinary hours dollar and the printed percentage, ROUND_HALF_UP to the cent. Retrieved from the Fair Work award library on 2026-09-06, award consolidated to 1 July 2026.
What a penalty rate is, and what the other awards published here state, is on Penalty Rates. This page carries only what Hospitality Industry (General) Award 2020 (MA000009) states itself.