Architects Award Classification Levels 2025–26
Rates effective 1 July 2025 · MA000079
Your classification level under the Architects Award determines your minimum pay rate. Being classified one level too low can cost you $2–4 per hour — more than $3,000 per year for a full-time worker.
Classification levels
Graduate
Base rate: $32.84/hr · Casual: $41.05/hr
Base rate: $34.58/hr · Casual: $43.22/hr
Base rate: $36.31/hr · Casual: $45.39/hr
Base rate: $37.97/hr · Casual: $47.46/hr
Registered
Base rate: $37.97/hr · Casual: $47.46/hr
Base rate: $39.14/hr · Casual: $48.93/hr
Base rate: $40.32/hr · Casual: $50.40/hr
Student
Base rate: $11.49/hr · Casual: $14.36/hr
Base rate: $16.42/hr · Casual: $20.53/hr
Base rate: $21.35/hr · Casual: $26.69/hr
Base rate: $22.99/hr · Casual: $28.74/hr
Base rate: $24.63/hr · Casual: $30.79/hr
Base rate: $24.95/hr · Casual: $31.19/hr
Bachelor Pathway
Base rate: $27.91/hr · Casual: $34.89/hr
Base rate: $29.56/hr · Casual: $36.95/hr
Base rate: $31.20/hr · Casual: $39.00/hr
See also: Pay rates by classification | Am I being underpaid?
Source: Classification levels are defined in the Architects Award (MA000079), published by the Fair Work Commission.
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