Sugar Ops Award Classification Levels 2025–26
Rates effective 1 July 2025 · MA000087
Your classification level under the Sugar Ops 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
Bulk Terminal Employees
Base rate: $24.28/hr · Casual: $30.35/hr
Base rate: $25.12/hr · Casual: $31.40/hr
Milling Distillery Refinery And Maintenance Employ
Base rate: $24.28/hr · Casual: $30.35/hr
Base rate: $24.95/hr · Casual: $31.19/hr
Field Experiment Stations And Cane Tester Employee
Base rate: $24.95/hr · Casual: $31.19/hr
Base rate: $25.77/hr · Casual: $32.21/hr
Base rate: $25.77/hr · Casual: $32.21/hr
Base rate: $25.77/hr · Casual: $32.21/hr
Base rate: $25.77/hr · Casual: $32.21/hr
Base rate: $27.12/hr · Casual: $33.90/hr
General
Base rate: $31.80/hr · Casual: $39.75/hr
Base rate: $31.80/hr · Casual: $39.75/hr
Base rate: $31.80/hr · Casual: $39.75/hr
Base rate: $25.77/hr · Casual: $32.21/hr
Base rate: $25.77/hr · Casual: $32.21/hr
Base rate: $25.77/hr · Casual: $32.21/hr
Base rate: $25.77/hr · Casual: $32.21/hr
See also: Pay rates by classification | Am I being underpaid?
Source: Classification levels are defined in the Sugar Ops Award (MA000087), published by the Fair Work Commission.
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