South Australia

Public hospital doctor pay — interns to specialists, with penalties, on-call & allowances

Enterprise Agreement

SA Health Salaried Medical Officers Enterprise Agreement 2025 (SAET ET-25-03807)

Current

AnnualHourly

Roles & Wages

Role	Pay Point	Apr 2026
Intern Medical Practitioner Group Base annual salary for a first-year intern (PGY1), paid at Medical Practitioner Step 1.	PGY1	$91,757
Resident Medical Officer Medical Practitioner Group Base annual salary for a second-year Resident Medical Officer (PGY2), paid at Medical Practitioner Step 2.	PGY2	$99,707
Senior Resident Medical Officer Medical Practitioner Group Base annual salary at Medical Practitioner Step 3; the scale caps at Step 3, so PGY4 Senior RMOs stay on the same rate as PGY3.	PGY3	$107,655
	PGY4	$107,655
Registrar Medical Practitioner Group Base annual salary; Registrar Years 1-5 correspond to Medical Practitioner Steps 4-8.	Year 1	$124,346
	Year 2	$134,677
	Year 3	$142,627
	Year 4	$150,573
	Year 5	$158,523
Senior Registrar Senior Medical Staff Base annual salary; Senior Registrar Steps 1 and 2.	Step 1	$163,291
	Step 2	$169,648
Consultant Senior Medical Staff Base annual salary at the first step of the nine-step Consultant scale.	Step 1	$243,212
Senior Consultant Senior Medical Staff Base annual salary at the top (ninth) step of the Consultant scale.	Step 9	$320,467

Showing annual salary rates

Allowances

Allowance	Unit	Apr 2025	Apr 2026
Professional Development Allowance Payable to all doctors in training and registrars.	Per annum	—	$4,500.00
Remote Call Allowance — part period On call from home for a night, part of a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, or a day normally rostered off.	Per period	—	$51.70
Remote Call Allowance — full period On call from home for a full Saturday, Sunday, public holiday or rostered day off.	Per period	—	$82.12
Managerial Allowance — small unit Head of a small unit, or of a sub-unit of a large unit.	Per annum	—	$10,333.00
Managerial Allowance — large unit Head of a large unit.	Per annum	—	$24,242.00
Annual Leave Loading Loading paid on annual leave (five weeks per year).	% of salary	—	17.5%
Consultant Recall — standard Hourly addition when a Consultant (Steps 1-4) is recalled to duty; published at the 14 April 2025 rate.	Per hour	$21.74	—
Consultant Recall — Sunday Hourly addition for a Consultant (Steps 1-4) recalled on a Sunday; published at the 14 April 2025 rate.	Per hour	$28.98	—
Consultant Immediate Recall — 8am to midnight Hourly addition for a Consultant (Steps 1-4) on immediate recall between 8am and midnight; published at the 14 April 2025 rate.	Per hour	$43.48	—
Consultant Immediate Recall — midnight to 8am Hourly addition for a Consultant (Steps 1-4) on immediate recall between midnight and 8am; published at the 14 April 2025 rate.	Per hour	$130.44	—

Penalty Rates

Saturday (ordinary hours)150%

Time and a half for ordinary hours worked on a Saturday.

Sunday (ordinary hours)200%

Double time for ordinary hours worked on a Sunday.

Public Holiday250%

Double time and a half for hours worked on a public holiday.

Afternoon Shift15%

Shift loading for hours worked after 6pm and before midnight.

Night Shift25%

Shift loading for hours worked after midnight.

Overtime — weekday150% → 200%

Time and a half for the first 2 hours of overtime, double time thereafter.

Overtime — Sunday200%

Flat double time for all overtime worked on a Sunday.

Recall to duty150%, 2 hr min

Recall is paid at overtime rates with a minimum 2-hour payment; travel time counts as time worked. Consultants also receive the hourly recall additions listed under Allowances.

Casual loading125%

Casual doctors receive a 25% loading in lieu of annual leave, sick leave and public holidays not worked.

Public Holiday — casual150% + 25% loading

Casuals are paid 150% of the hourly rate plus the 25% casual loading for all public-holiday hours worked.

Notes

•These figures are the annual base salary in Australian dollars at the 14 April 2026 increment, taken from Schedule 1 of the agreement (the General Public Sector salary-sacrifice scheme); Schedule 2 lists parallel rates for doctors on the alternative salary-sacrifice arrangement.
•The agreement delivers a 13% wage rise over its term: 3.5% from 14 April 2025, then 3.25% from 14 April 2026, 3.25% from 14 April 2027 and 3% from 14 April 2028. Only the 14 April 2026 rates — the column in force now — are shown here.
•Ordinary full-time hours are 38 per week. The agreement also publishes weekly and hourly equivalents derived from the annual salary; only the annual figures are shown here.
•Intern through Registrar classifications sit on the Medical Practitioner salary scale (Steps 1-8), and a PGY4 Senior Resident Medical Officer remains on the Step 3 rate. The Consultant scale runs nine steps: the first (Consultant Step 1) and last (Senior Consultant Step 9) are shown; the intermediate steps 2-8 are not listed here.
•Consultant recall hourly additions apply to Consultants on Steps 1-4 and are shown at their published 14 April 2025 rate; the other allowances are at the 14 April 2026 rate.
•The agreement also provides 11.5% employer superannuation, five weeks of annual leave with 17.5% leave loading, five days of study leave and 12 days of sick leave per year.
•Continuous duty is capped at 16 hours, after which an 8-hour break is required; SA Health fatigue-management provisions apply.
•Source: SA Health Salaried Medical Officers Enterprise Agreement 2025 (SAET-approved 20 October 2025, case ET-25-03807), SA Health — https://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/3f961b93-04e4-4848-bcc5-2fb498456a81/Order+and+EA+-+SA+Health+Salaried+Medical+Officers+Enterprise+Agreement+2026.pdf?MOD=AJPERES