Live Performance Award Classification Levels 2025–26
Rates effective 24 October 2025 · MA000081
Your classification level under the Live Performance 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
General
Base rate: $24.28/hr · Casual: $30.35/hr
Base rate: $26.30/hr · Casual: $32.88/hr
Base rate: $27.58/hr · Casual: $34.47/hr
Base rate: $28.12/hr · Casual: $35.15/hr
Base rate: $29.00/hr · Casual: $36.25/hr
Base rate: $29.88/hr · Casual: $37.35/hr
Base rate: $31.80/hr · Casual: $39.75/hr
Base rate: $32.89/hr · Casual: $41.11/hr
Base rate: $36.34/hr · Casual: $45.43/hr
Touring Sl
Base rate: $28.53/hr · Casual: $35.66/hr
Base rate: $30.90/hr · Casual: $38.63/hr
Base rate: $32.41/hr · Casual: $40.51/hr
Base rate: $33.04/hr · Casual: $41.30/hr
Base rate: $34.07/hr · Casual: $42.59/hr
Base rate: $35.11/hr · Casual: $43.89/hr
Base rate: $37.36/hr · Casual: $46.70/hr
Base rate: $38.65/hr · Casual: $48.31/hr
Base rate: $42.70/hr · Casual: $53.38/hr
Dancer
Base rate: $30.68/hr · Casual: $38.35/hr
Base rate: $31.80/hr · Casual: $39.75/hr
Base rate: $32.89/hr · Casual: $41.11/hr
Base rate: $33.93/hr · Casual: $42.41/hr
Base rate: $35.07/hr · Casual: $43.84/hr
Base rate: $36.34/hr · Casual: $45.43/hr
Base rate: $37.85/hr · Casual: $47.31/hr
See also: Pay rates by classification | Am I being underpaid?
Source: Classification levels are defined in the Live Performance Award (MA000081), published by the Fair Work Commission.
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