Children's Services Award Classification Levels 2025–26
Rates effective 1 March 2026 · MA000120
Your classification level under the Children's Services 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
Support Worker
Base rate: $26.19/hr · Casual: $32.74/hr
Base rate: $27.00/hr · Casual: $33.75/hr
Base rate: $29.52/hr · Casual: $36.90/hr
Base rate: $31.50/hr · Casual: $39.38/hr
Educator
Base rate: $26.19/hr · Casual: $32.74/hr
Base rate: $27.00/hr · Casual: $33.75/hr
Base rate: $29.52/hr · Casual: $36.90/hr
Base rate: $31.50/hr · Casual: $39.38/hr
Base rate: $33.24/hr · Casual: $41.55/hr
Base rate: $34.78/hr · Casual: $43.48/hr
Base rate: $36.37/hr · Casual: $45.46/hr
Base rate: $41.93/hr · Casual: $52.41/hr
See also: Pay rates by classification | Am I being underpaid?
Source: Classification levels are defined in the Children's Services Award (MA000120), published by the Fair Work Commission.
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