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The short answer
Band 1 Level 5 (Graduate) pays $85,313 a year in Tasmania government schools from 1 March 2026. After 2026–27 income tax and Medicare that's about $2,587 a fortnight ($67,493 a year), plus $10,238 employer super. Scheduled rates take it to $87,872 from 1 March 2027.
- Gross pay: about $3,270 a fortnight (annual ÷ 26.089).
- With a HELP debt: about $2,496 a fortnight take-home.
- Next step up: Band 1 Level 6 at $89,651 (+$4,338 a year).
- Agreement: Teachers Agreement 2025.
Annual salary
$85,313
from 1 March 2026
Take-home a fortnight
$2,587
2026–27 tax, no HELP
Employer super
$10,238
12% a year
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Take-home pay fortnightly
$2,596
Gross pay
$3,281
Income tax
$620
After the low income tax offset
Medicare levy
$66
Employer super
$394
12.0% paid on top
Where each dollar goes
- Take-home$67,493 (79%)
- Income tax$16,114 (19%)
- Medicare levy$1,706 (2%)
- HECS-HELP$0 (0%)
- Salary sacrifice & packaging$0 (0%)
After the next scheduled rise (1 March 2027)
B1L5 becomes $87,872 full-time.
+$67 /fortnight
What your payslip should show
PAYG withheld each fortnight should be about $686 (ATO Scale 2, tax-free threshold claimed). Small differences come from rounding and 27-pay years. Your marginal rate is 32% including Medicare, so each extra $1,000 of salary adds about $680 to take-home.
Estimates for an Australian resident for 2026–27 who claims the tax-free threshold, with no other income, no dependants and private hospital cover not required. Medicare levy uses the 2025–26 low-income thresholds (2026–27 not yet published). Pay data: Teachers Agreement 2025, verified 16 October 2026.
Band 1 Level 5 pay after tax
Resident, tax-free threshold claimed, full-time. Marginal rate 32% including Medicare. Your payslip's tax withheld may differ slightly from the year-end figure.
Pro-rata salary, 2026–27 tax, no HELP debt.
Band 1 Level 5 pay over time
Bargaining status: Teachers Agreement 2025 in force to Sep 2028; next rise 3% in March 2027
Band 1 Level 5 rises to $87,872 from 1 March 2027: about $67 a fortnight more after tax. Any back pay depends on when the rise reaches your pay; work yours out on the TAS pay rise page.
Moving up from Band 1 Level 5
One Band 1 scale of 13 levels with annual increments. Your starting level depends on your training: 4-year trained teachers start at Level 4 and 5-year trained at Level 5, and DECYP says the usual beginning salary is Level 5 (Level 8 in isolated schools). Moving to Level 13 needs full TRB registration and 12 months at Level 12. In the 3-year trained and transition streams, Levels 9 and 10 each take two years. On normal progression, Band 1 Level 5 is about 0 years after the Band 1 Level 5 graduate step; the top classroom step (Band 1 Level 13, $122,393) usually takes about 8 years.
The same experience in other states
Matched by years of normal progression from each state's graduate step; capped at each state's top classroom step. Current payable rates only.
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Should you be on a higher step?
If you have overseas, Catholic, independent, casual or industry experience, check whether it should put you above Band 1 Level 5, and get a letter to HR drafted.
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Sources we checked · last verified 2026-10-16
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