Updates
Changelog
Every material change to our pay data, guides and tools, dated. Pay figures are re-checked whenever a state's agreement changes.
Pay data last verified
- New South Wales: verified 16 October 2026. Final 3% rise paid from Oct 2026; award expires 8 Oct 2027 with no further rise scheduled.
- Victoria: verified 28 October 2026. VGSA 2026 approved by the FWC (16 Oct 2026), in operation from 23 Oct; back pay to 10 Aug 2026
- Queensland: verified 16 October 2026. In QIRC arbitration: 3% interim rise from 7 Sep 2026 (or the higher 4.75% award rate from 1 Sep 2026); final decision expected late 2026 or 2027
- Western Australia: verified 16 October 2026. 2023 GA expires 5 Dec 2026; last rise 3% (Dec 2025); successor agreement being bargained, no offer yet
- South Australia: verified 16 October 2026. EA 2024 nominally expires about March 2027; final 3% paid May 2026; AEU EA27 campaign under way, no offer yet
- Tasmania: verified 16 October 2026. Teachers Agreement 2025 in force to Sep 2028; next rise 3% in March 2027
- Australian Capital Territory: verified 20 October 2026. Agreement expired 31 Mar 2026; 9% over 3 years offer rejected 11 Sep 2026; rolling 1-hour stoppages 19–23 Oct 2026, with longer action flagged; revised offer expected within weeks
- Northern Territory: verified 16 October 2026. Agreement in force to 31 Dec 2027; final 4.3% rise due January 2027; no bargaining under way
Change log
28 October 2026
VGSA 2026 approved: Victorian rates updated
The Fair Work Commission approved VGSA 2026 on 16 October 2026 and it came into operation on 23 October 2026. Victorian teacher and education support pay scales, calculators and guides now use the approved rates. Our tracker said approval was pending until today; that was out of date and is corrected.
27 October 2026
Calculators inside guides, and pay scale update emails
Guides now include the matching calculator instead of a link to it. Catholic and independent school pages point to a payslip check rather than a government calculator. Every pay scale PDF offers an email when that scale changes, and calculators show what your future rises and step increases add up to.
21 October 2026
Payslip checks for teacher aides, and clearer search titles
The payslip checker now works for school support staff (teacher aides, SLSOs, education support and school admin), checked against each state's support staff rates. Support staff pages get a pay-rise alert for aides, every guide now suggests a next step straight after the answer, and several page titles now answer the search directly.
21 October 2026
Calculators now show your next step right under your result
Every calculator with a premium report now shows what that report adds for your own result directly beneath it, including on the calculators built into state, pay rise and step pages. Calculators can open pre-set to your state and step, every step page now has its own take-home calculator, guides link to the matching free tool near the top, and long values in worked examples no longer run off narrow screens.
20 October 2026
Every pay step, the Teacher Pay Index and a free widget
A page for every pay step in every state (salary, 2026–27 take-home with and without HELP, part-time, pay history and upcoming rises, and the same experience in other states). The Australian Teacher Pay Index 2026 ranks every state and compares pay with inflation since 2022. A free pay rise tracker widget for school and union sites, a teacher job application calendar and a guide to transfer rounds. NSW's 1 January 2023 rise added to its pay history; pending back-dated rises now show correctly on the tracker.
20 October 2026
ACT teacher stoppages added
New post on the ACT's rolling 1-hour stoppages (19–23 October 2026): dates by area, estimated pay lost at each step and the flagged escalation. ACT status, strike pages and the pay rise tracker updated.
20 October 2026
Four new AI tools and a report writing section
New AI tools: a payslip and back pay checker, a report comment writer, a pay step and prior service checker, and a retirement and defined benefit planner, each checked against our verified state pay data and free to try once. Plus a new report writing section with comment banks, guides to reading your payslip in each state, defined benefit scheme guides and prior service recognition rules.
20 October 2026
Pay deal trackers and pay alerts
New live trackers for VGSA 2026 approval and the Queensland pay arbitration, a calendar of every state's next pay rise, free email pay alerts for each state, and the back pay calculator on every state's pay rise page.
19 October 2026
Free PDF pay scales and five new guides
Every state pay scale and the main Catholic scales (BCE, Sydney Catholic Schools, NSW and ACT Catholic, CESA, MACS, CEWA) can now be downloaded as a one-page PDF. New guides: teacher super funds by state, graduate and pre-service teacher resumes, QLD Senior Teacher salary, 2027 pay scales, and part-time FTE explained. Tasmania's default super fund updated to CareSuper.
17 October 2026
New sections: support staff pay, rights & workplace, news
Added about 100 pages: school support staff pay in all eight states and territories, Catholic diocese and independent school pay, TAFE, school counsellor and psychologist pay, workplace rights and strike pay, tax time, super and retirement, careers and applications, and a news section. Eight new tools, two free downloads, and verified Catholic rates for QLD, WA and NT.
16 October 2026
Fact-check pass across every page
Every guide, state page and tool page was cross-checked against the state data files and research. About 60 small corrections: South Australian figures added where missing, Queensland rate dates corrected to 1 September 2026, unconfirmed figures hedged.
16 October 2026
TeacherPay AU launched
Pay scales for all eight states and territories, verified against each agreement or award, with 2026–27 take-home figures, 23 tools and 75 guides.