Modern Award guides
Australian Modern Award pay rate guides.
Australian minimum pay and conditions are set by the Modern Awards, and getting the right one wrong is how underpayment happens. MyGig’s award engine interprets them shift by shift, clause cited. Deep guides below for the awards our clients touch most, plus current casual rate tables for 114 awards, as at 1 July 2026. For every award’s entry casual rate on one page - always the current year - see casual award rates, current.
Deep guides
MA000084Storage Services AwardWarehousing, storage, wholesale, and distribution operations: the award behind most DC and 3PL shift work, from pick-pack to warehouse forklift operation.Read the guide →MA000004Retail AwardRetail businesses selling goods to the public: shop floors, checkouts, stockrooms, and retail supervision, from single stores to national chains.Read the guide →MA000009Hospitality AwardHotels, pubs, motels, casinos, catering businesses, and most bars and cafés. Standalone restaurants have their own award (Restaurant Industry Award), as do registered clubs.Read the guide →MA000002Clerks AwardClerical and administrative work in the private sector across industries: an occupation-based award that follows the work, not the industry.Read the guide →MA000022Cleaning AwardContract and commercial cleaning services: offices, venues, and facilities cleaned by cleaning businesses or on-hire cleaning staff.Read the guide →MA000038Road Transport AwardRoad freight transport and the distribution operations tied to it: drivers, yard staff, and distribution-facility employees in transport-driven businesses.Read the guide →MA000003Fast Food AwardFast food and takeaway outlets: quick-service restaurants, takeaway counters, and food-court outlets where food is sold to take away or eat in casual settings.Read the guide →MA000119Restaurant AwardRestaurants, cafés serving meals prepared on the premises, and their catering operations, distinct from pubs/hotels (Hospitality Award) and takeaway outlets (Fast Food Award).Read the guide →MA000020Building & Construction AwardOn-site building, civil, and engineering construction work, from general labouring to trades, with industry-specific allowances that materially change effective rates.Read the guide →MA000010Manufacturing AwardManufacturing, engineering, and associated production and technical occupations: the "C-scale" classification structure many other instruments reference.Read the guide →MA000028Horticulture AwardPlanting, cultivating, harvesting, and packing horticultural crops: farms, orchards, and nurseries, including seasonal picking and packing work.Read the guide →MA000080Amusement & Events AwardAmusement parks, events, exhibitions, festivals, and recreation and leisure services: the award behind much of the event-day casual workforce.Read the guide →MA000058Clubs AwardRegistered and licensed clubs (RSL, sporting, social, and community clubs) and their hospitality-style operations: bars, gaming, functions, and kitchens inside clubs.Read the guide →MA000104Miscellaneous AwardThe safety-net award for employees not covered by any other modern award but working in occupations traditionally covered by awards: the catch-all that closes coverage gaps.Read the guide →
All award rate references
Current adult casual hourly rate tables for every other award in MyGig’s engine, effective 1 July 2026, listed alphabetically. Each page shows the classification table plus links to the award text and official pay guides.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services AwardMA000115Aged Care AwardMA000018Aircraft Cabin Crew AwardMA000047Airline Operations—Ground Staff AwardMA000048Airport Employees AwardMA000049Alpine Resorts AwardMA000092Aluminium Industry AwardMA000060Ambulance and Patient Transport Industry AwardMA000098Animal Care and Veterinary Services AwardMA000118Aquaculture Industry AwardMA000114Architects AwardMA000079Asphalt Industry AwardMA000054Banking, Finance and Insurance AwardMA000019Black Coal Mining Industry AwardMA000001Book Industry AwardMA000078Broadcasting, Recorded Entertainment and Cinemas AwardMA000091Business Equipment AwardMA000021Car Parking AwardMA000095Cement, Lime and Quarrying AwardMA000055Cemetery Industry AwardMA000070Children's Services AwardMA000120Coal Export Terminals AwardMA000045Commercial Sales AwardMA000083Concrete Products AwardMA000056Contract Call Centres AwardMA000023Corrections and Detention (Private Sector) AwardMA000110Cotton Ginning AwardMA000024Dredging Industry AwardMA000085Dry Cleaning and Laundry Industry AwardMA000096Educational Services (Post-Secondary Education) AwardMA000075Educational Services (Schools) General Staff AwardMA000076Electrical Power Industry AwardMA000088Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting AwardMA000025Fitness Industry AwardMA000094Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing AwardMA000073Funeral Industry AwardMA000105Gardening and Landscaping Services AwardMA000101Gas Industry AwardMA000061Graphic Arts, Printing and Publishing AwardMA000026Hair and Beauty Industry AwardMA000005Health Professionals and Support Services AwardMA000027Higher Education Industry—Academic Staff—AwardMA000006Higher Education Industry—General Staff—AwardMA000007Horse and Greyhound Training AwardMA000008Hydrocarbons Field Geologists AwardMA000064Hydrocarbons Industry (Upstream) AwardMA000062Joinery and Building Trades AwardMA000029Journalists Published Media AwardMA000067Labour Market Assistance Industry AwardMA000099Legal Services AwardMA000116Live Performance AwardMA000081Local Government Industry AwardMA000112Marine Towage AwardMA000050Market and Social Research AwardMA000030Meat Industry AwardMA000059Medical Practitioners AwardMA000031Mining Industry AwardMA000011Mobile Crane Hiring AwardMA000032Nursery AwardMA000033Nurses AwardMA000034Oil Refining and Manufacturing AwardMA000072Passenger Vehicle Transportation AwardMA000063Pastoral AwardMA000035Pest Control Industry AwardMA000097Pharmaceutical Industry AwardMA000069Pharmacy Industry AwardMA000012Plumbing and Fire Sprinklers AwardMA000036Port Authorities AwardMA000051Ports, Harbours and Enclosed Water Vessels AwardMA000052Poultry Processing AwardMA000074Premixed Concrete AwardMA000057Professional Diving Industry (Industrial) AwardMA000108Professional Diving Industry (Recreational) AwardMA000109Professional Employees AwardMA000065Racing Clubs Events AwardMA000013Racing Industry Ground Maintenance AwardMA000014Rail Industry AwardMA000015Real Estate Industry AwardMA000106Road Transport (Long Distance Operations) AwardMA000039Salt Industry AwardMA000107Seafood Processing AwardMA000068Security Services Industry AwardMA000016Silviculture AwardMA000040Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry AwardMA000100Sporting Organisations AwardMA000082State Government Agencies AwardMA000121Stevedoring Industry AwardMA000053Sugar Industry AwardMA000087Supported Employment Services AwardMA000103Surveying AwardMA000066Telecommunications Services AwardMA000041Textile, Clothing, Footwear and Associated Industries AwardMA000017Timber Industry AwardMA000071Transport (Cash in Transit) AwardMA000042Travelling Shows AwardMA000102Vehicle Repair, Services and Retail AwardMA000089Waste Management AwardMA000043Water Industry AwardMA000113Wine Industry AwardMA000090Wool Storage, Sampling and Testing AwardMA000044
A handful of awards are not listed because their published rates are not hourly (for example teachers, charter vessels, and models) or the engine is between updates. The full list of all 121 modern awards lives at fairwork.gov.au. For exact current rates, always use the official pay guide linked inside each page, or post a shift and see the all-in estimate with current rates applied.
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