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Northern Territory
Public hospital doctor pay — interns to specialists, with penalties, on-call & allowances
Enterprise Agreement
Medical Officers Northern Territory Public Sector 2022-2025 Enterprise Agreement ([2023] FWCA 2239)
Current (nominal expiry 31 Dec 2025; continues in force until replaced)
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Roles & Wages
| Role | Pay Point | Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|
Intern Junior Medical Officer Base annual salary for a first-year doctor (classification MO1). Shift, weekend and overtime penalties plus the professional development allowance apply on top. | PGY1 (MO1) | $90,150 |
Resident Medical Officer Junior Medical Officer Base annual salary. PGY2 is classification MO2; the Senior Resident rate shown is MO3 (Resident Year 2) — the agreement contains further resident increments (MO4-MO5) above these. | PGY2 (MO2) | $102,781 |
| Senior RMO — PGY3/PGY4 (MO3) | $109,661 | |
Registrar Base annual salary (classifications REG1-REG6). The scale caps at Year 6; registrars in accredited training programs also receive a $10,803 professional development allowance. | Year 1 | $122,264 |
| Year 2 | $128,154 | |
| Year 3 | $134,190 | |
| Year 4 | $140,378 | |
| Year 5 | $146,712 | |
| Year 6 | $153,195 | |
Senior Registrar Senior Medical Staff Base annual salary (SREG1-SREG2). The scale caps at Year 2; senior registrars also receive a $14,404 professional development allowance — the highest in Australia at this level. | Year 1 | $166,617 |
| Year 2 | $182,143 | |
Staff Specialist (Consultant) Senior Medical Staff Base annual salary at the first-year staff specialist increment (SMO1.1). The agreement contains further specialist increments above this entry rate. | Year 1 (SMO1.1) | $213,380 |
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Allowances
| Allowance | Unit | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Professional Development Allowance — Interns & Residents All interns and resident medical officers. | Per annum | $3,601.00 |
Professional Development Allowance — Registrars Registrars in accredited training programs. Significantly higher than the registrar PD allowance in most other states. | Per annum | $10,803.00 |
Professional Development Allowance — Senior Registrars The highest senior-registrar professional development allowance in Australia. | Per annum | $14,404.00 |
Penalty Rates
Afternoon shift loading (cl 44.6(a)(i))+15%
Ordinary shift hours worked after 6pm and before midnight.
Night shift loading (cl 44.6(a)(ii))+22.5%
Shift with any part worked between 12:01am and 6am.
Saturday (cl 44.6(a)(iv))150%
Ordinary hours worked on a Saturday are paid at time and a half.
Sunday (cl 44.6(a)(v))200%
Ordinary hours worked on a Sunday are paid at double time.
Public holiday (cl 44.6(a)(vi))250%
Work on a public holiday, with a minimum payment of 4 hours.
Overtime — weekday (cl 45.9)150%
Overtime worked Monday to Friday is paid at time and a half.
Overtime — weekend (cl 45.9)200%
Overtime worked on a Saturday or Sunday is paid at double time.
Overtime — public holiday (cl 45.9)250%
Overtime worked on a public holiday is paid at double time and a half.
Recall while on callOvertime rates
Recall to duty is paid at the applicable overtime rate with a minimum payment of 2 hours per recall; travel time counts as time worked.
Annual leave loading17.5%
Loading paid on annual leave.
Notes
- •These figures are the annual base salary in Australian dollars from the agreement's Schedule 1 salary table, at the rate commencing the first full pay period on or after 1 January 2025 — the fourth and final confirmed 3% increase under this agreement.
- •The agreement nominally expired on 31 December 2025 but remains legally in force under the Fair Work Act until a successor is ratified; no replacement agreement had been ratified as of July 2026, with negotiations continuing.
- •Ordinary full-time hours are 38 per week. The source also publishes weekly and hourly rates, but these are direct arithmetic derivations of the annual salary (annual ÷ 52.17857 weeks ÷ 38 hours) and are not repeated here.
- •The registrar scale caps at Year 6 and the senior registrar scale at Year 2 — doctors beyond those years remain on the top rate. The agreement also contains further resident increments (MO4-MO5) and staff specialist increments above SMO1.1 that are not shown here.
- •NT public hospital doctors receive 7 weeks of annual leave — the highest in Australia, compensating for the Territory's isolation — plus 5 days of study leave and 15 days of sick leave per year. Employer superannuation is 11.5%.
- •Doctors in remote and isolated NT locations receive additional remote-area and isolation allowances, but the exact rates depend on separate policy instruments and are not published in the agreement, so they are not listed here.
- •Passive (home-based) on-call attracts a per-period on-call allowance plus overtime if recalled; the primary on-call allowance rates are set by a separate NT Health determination rather than published in the agreement, so dollar figures are not listed here.
- •Source: Medical Officers Northern Territory Public Sector 2022-2025 Enterprise Agreement, Fair Work Commission ([2023] FWCA 2239) — https://ocpe.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/1260075/medical-officers-ntps-2022-2025-enterprise-agreement.PDF
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