Graduate teacher salary in Queensland (2026)

Your first-year salary in a Queensland state school depends on two things: whether you are four-year trained, and whether you start on Permission to Teach or as an intern. Here's what you'll be paid, what you'll take home and the incentives that can add thousands if you start in the bush.

Graduate teacher pay in Queensland

Where graduates start on the scale

• Four-year-trained graduate: Band 2 Step 1, $90,164 from 1 September 2026.
• Permission to Teach or intern: Band 1 Step 1 ($80,615) or Step 2 ($83,302) until you're fully qualified.
• Year two: Band 2 Step 2, $94,599. Year five: Band 3 Step 1, $107,643.

What a Queensland graduate takes home

Rural and remote start: extra money

Graduates appointed to transfer-rating 4-7 locations get a one-off Beginning Teacher payment of $1,000 (TR4-5), $1,500 (TR6) or $2,000 (TR7). On top of that, RoRRS pays up to $3,000 in the first year, locality allowance pays up to $4,596 (single) or $9,193 (family), and TR5-7 locations get travel allowance of up to $3,000 per person a year, plus subsidised housing. See rural and remote teaching in Queensland.

Registration and your first years

You start with provisional registration with the Queensland College of Teachers and move to full registration once you meet the Proficient standard. You must stay registered to keep teaching. See becoming a teacher in Queensland and the graduate teacher first-year guide.