Queensland teacher aide pay rates 2026

The teacher aide classification structure

Queensland teacher aides are classified on Operational Officer (OO) levels, which is why the codes start with TAOO. The Department of Education Teacher Aides' Certified Agreement 2025 covers them. It was reported as certified by the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission on 17 April 2026 (CB/2026/36), with a nominal expiry of 31 October 2028. School office staff and business managers are on different administrative (AO) scales, covered at the end of this page.

QLD teacher aide pay rates from 1 September 2026

The department publishes hourly, fortnightly and annual figures. The annual figure is a full-time, 52-week equivalent on 38 hours a week (76 hours a fortnight). Casual rates include a 25% loading.

Allowances for Queensland teacher aides

Are QLD teacher aides paid in the school holidays?

The department's annual figures are full-time 52-week equivalents. That tells you the rate, but not how holiday pay works for your job. We could not confirm from a primary source whether Queensland teacher aides are paid through the school holidays or only for term weeks, so we are not going to guess.

Casual aides are paid only for the hours they work. The 25% loading is paid instead of leave. For how it works in other states, see are teacher aides paid in school holidays.

What a part-time teacher aide takes home

Progression and qualifications

Each level has four pay points. From TAOO2 PP1 to PP4 is worth $5,165 a year full time. Moving from TAOO2 to TAOO3 or TAOO4 means being appointed to a role at that level, such as a senior aide role. The ALM, EI and Braille points pay the most because they need specialist skills in Auslan, interpreting or Braille.

We have not confirmed the exact timing rules for moving between pay points; your agreement and letter of offer set them out. Schools set the selection criteria for each job, and every role needs a blue card (Queensland's working with children check). See how to become a teacher aide.

School office and business manager pay in Queensland

Schools officers, administration officers and business managers are on the Administrative Officer (AO) stream. For public servants, the DoE schedule's annual figures are based on 36.25 hours a week (72.5 hours a fortnight). Business managers are typically AO6 to AO7, but we have not confirmed that mapping.

Pay rises and bargaining status

The Teacher Aides' Certified Agreement 2025 is reported to give 3% from 1 November 2025 (back-dated), then 2.5% from 1 November 2026 and 2.5% from 1 November 2027. Department consultation slides also describe a possible CPI uplift adjustment of up to 3.5% a year if Brisbane inflation is higher than the guaranteed rise. We read the slides only as a search snippet and could not open the agreement itself, so treat these details as reported, not confirmed.

The core public service agreement for AO and OO staff (the State Government Entities Certified Agreement 2023) nominally expired on 30 June 2026, and bargaining was under way in mid-2026. Teachers have a separate dispute; see QLD teacher pay and the pay rise tracker.