Hospitality award pay calculator
Work out one shift under the Hospitality Industry (General) Award 2020 (MA000009), line by line. Every penalty band, hourly rate and amount names the clause it came from and anything the calculator cannot price is said out loud instead of guessed.
Covers: Hotels, pubs, taverns, motels, resorts and casinos, from bar and gaming staff to housekeeping and kitchen.
Rates in this calculator: 1 July 2025 and 1 July 2026 versions. The date you enter picks the one in force.
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A casual level 2 on a Friday night into Saturday. Before midnight the evening loading is a flat amount per hour on top of the casual rate; after midnight it is Saturday and the flat amount stops.
Worked example · 8h attended, 7h 30m paid
Friday 9 October 2026, 18:00 to 02:00
Level 2 (food and beverage attendant grade 2, cook grade 1, guest service grade 2) · Casual
| Band and clause | When | Hours | Of base | Hourly rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary hoursMA000009 clause 18.1, Table 3; 11.1 and 29.2 | Fri 18:00 to 19:00 | 1h | 125% | $33.85of $27.08 | $33.85 |
| Evening (7pm to midnight)MA000009 clause 29.2, Table 14 | Fri 19:00 to 21:00 | 2h | 125%plus $2.95/h | $36.80of $27.08 | $73.60 |
| Evening (7pm to midnight)MA000009 clause 29.2, Table 14 | Fri 21:30 to 24:00 | 2h 30m | 125%plus $2.95/h | $36.80of $27.08 | $92.00 |
| SaturdayMA000009 clause 29.2, Table 14 | Sat 00:00 to 02:00 | 2h | 150% | $40.62of $27.08 | $81.24 |
| Total for the shift, before tax and super | $280.69 | ||||
Assumptions in this figure
- Priced as the only shift in its week, so overtime for passing 38 hours in a week is not counted. Add the week up before relying on a single shift.
What this calculator does not price and why
- Rates change from the first full pay period starting on or after 1 July. With a workspace pay cycle set (Settings, Award) the engine applies that rule; without one it switches on the operative date itself.
- Junior office employees are on a different scale (clause 18.4, Table 6: 45/55/65/75/90%). Only the general junior scale is applied. Set a clerical junior up without a date of birth and price them by hand.
- Junior liquor service employees and trade-qualified juniors must be paid the adult rate (clause 13.5). The engine cannot tell which members those are, so it applies the junior scale to every junior. Leave their date of birth unset to pay the adult rate.
- Apprentices and hotel managerial staff are not modelled as classifications.
- The public holiday arrangement at 125% plus time added to annual leave or a day off (clause 29.4(d)) and Christmas Day on a weekend at 125% (clause 29.4(g)) are not applied. Mark the day you treat as the public holiday.
- Minimum payment of 4 hours for overtime on a rostered or accrued day off (clause 28.2(e)) is not applied.
- The full-time minimum of 6 ordinary hours a day and the part-time minimum of 3 (clauses 15.1(c), 15.2(a)) are rostering minimums, not minimum payments, so no top-up is applied for them.
- The 10-hour break between shifts (clause 15.5(e)) is not checked; the award prescribes no penalty rate for breaching it.
- Overnight-stay and remote-location catering arrangements are not applied.
- Allowances (fork-lift, airport catering supervisory, meal, tools, uniforms, vehicle and the like) are not applied. Where the fork-lift or airport catering supervisory allowance applies, the pay guide says its printed rates should not be used.
The same five steps a payroll officer takes
The calculator runs the award engine LoggerIQ uses to price shifts, against award content where every rate carries its clause, operative date and the page it was read from.
Find the base rate
The adult hourly rate for the classification, from the award table. For a junior, the junior percentage comes off first, worked out the way that award says to round it.
Cut the shift at every boundary
The shift is split at midnight and at the edge of every penalty window. The unpaid break comes out where it was taken. Hours after midnight on Saturday are Sunday hours, priced as Sunday.
Decide what is overtime
Time past the award’s daily limit for that employment type is overtime, counted from the end of the shift. Where the limit depends on an arrangement the calculator cannot see, it refuses rather than picks.
Price each piece
Each piece takes the highest band in force. Casual figures are the all-inclusive percentages the pay guide publishes, so the casual loading is never added twice. Flat evening and night amounts are added per hour.
Top up and add up
A shift shorter than the minimum engagement is topped up to it. Each hourly rate is rounded to the cent before it is multiplied, so every line reconciles with the pay guide.
A general guide, not payroll advice
This calculator prices one shift against minimum award rates. It does not know your enterprise agreement, an individual flexibility arrangement, above-award pay, the rest of the person’s week or allowances. The Fair Work Ombudsman pay guide for MA000009 is the authority (open the pay guide, checked 30 September 2026). If a figure here and the pay guide differ, the pay guide is right and we would like to hear about it at support@loggeriq.io.
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