Tasmania

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

Enterprise Agreement

Medical Practitioners (Tasmanian State Service) Agreement 2025 (T15338 of 2026)

Current (nominal expiry 1 Aug 2026)

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Roles & Wages

Role	Pay Point	Jan 2026
Intern Doctor in Training Base annual salary for first-year doctors (PGY1) completing their intern year in the Tasmanian public health service.	MP Level 1	$92,298
Resident Medical Officer Doctor in Training Base annual salary, progressing annually through Resident Years 1-3 (MP Levels 2-4); a higher Level 4 rate applies to Senior RMO appointments.	MP Level 2 (Year 1)	$98,133
	MP Level 3 (Year 2)	$105,029
	MP Level 4 (Year 3)	$111,395
	MP Level 4 — Senior RMO	$121,540
Registrar Doctor in Training Base annual salary, progressing annually through Registrar Years 1-6 (MP Levels 5-10) while in an accredited specialty training position.	MP Level 5 (Year 1)	$138,978
	MP Level 6 (Year 2)	$146,404
	MP Level 7 (Year 3)	$152,770
	MP Level 8 (Year 4)	$159,135
	MP Level 9 (Year 5)	$180,883
	MP Level 10 (Year 6)	$189,371
Senior Registrar Doctor in Training Base annual salary for the Senior Registrar classification, the top of the medical practitioner ladder (MP Level 11).	MP Level 11	$194,675
Career Medical Officer Career Medical Officer Base annual salary for the seven-level CMO ladder — experienced hospital non-specialist doctors outside a specialty training program.	Level 1	$132,613
	Level 2	$140,039
	Level 3	$146,404
	Level 4	$157,013
	Level 5	$167,622
	Level 6	$178,231
	Level 7	$188,840
Senior Career Medical Officer Career Medical Officer Base annual salary for the three-level SCMO ladder above Career Medical Officer.	Level 1	$193,083
	Level 2	$202,632
	Level 3	$212,180
Specialist Medical Practitioner Specialist Base annual salary across the 11-step SMP band; full-time specialists also receive a 35% clinical loading in lieu of rights to private practice.	Level 1	$222,789
	Level 2	$231,066
	Level 3	$239,343
	Level 4	$247,620
	Level 5	$255,897
	Level 6	$264,174
	Level 7	$272,451
	Level 8	$280,728
	Level 9	$289,006
	Level 10	$297,284
	Level 11	$305,539
Senior Specialist Medical Practitioner Specialist Base annual salary before clinical loadings for the three-step Senior Specialist (SSMP) band, the top of the specialist ladder.	Level 1	$309,222
	Level 2	$314,461
	Level 3	$319,701

Showing annual salary rates

Allowances

Allowance	Unit	Amount
Professional Development Allowance All medical practitioners; covers conferences, materials and courses.	Per annum	$3,500.00
Clinical Loading — Specialists Full-time specialists and entitled practitioners; paid in lieu of rights to private practice.	% of salary	35%
Higher Medical Qualification Allowance On attainment of a fellowship or equivalent higher medical qualification.	Per annum	$4,125.00
Meal Allowance — overtime Payable when work extends more than 1.5 hours beyond the rostered shift.	Per meal	$16.50
On-Call Allowance — weekday For remaining available for duty during off-duty hours, Monday to Friday. Recall to duty is paid separately (see Penalties).	Per hour	$4.85
On-Call Allowance — weekend For remaining available for duty during off-duty hours on weekends.	Per hour	$7.22
Salary Packaging — FBT-exempt cap FBT-exempt salary-packaging cap available to public hospital employees; the full benefit is retained by the employee.	Per annum	$11,660.00

Penalty Rates

Overtime — first 2 hours (Mon-Sat)150%

Time and a half for the first two hours of overtime worked Monday to Saturday.

Overtime — after 2 hours (Mon-Sat)200%

Double time after the first two hours of overtime, Monday to Saturday.

Overtime — Sunday200%

All overtime worked on a Sunday is paid at double time.

Afternoon Shift Loading15%

Rostered shift finishing after 6:00pm.

Night Shift Loading25%

Rostered shift finishing after midnight.

Weekend — Saturday & Sunday (cl 32(d)(2))150%

Ordinary hours worked on a Saturday or Sunday are paid at time and a half.

Public Holiday250%

Work on a public holiday, with a minimum payment of 4 hours.

Recall while on call150%

Recall to duty is paid at overtime rates with a minimum 3-hour payment, including travel time to and from the hospital; 200% applies on Sundays and public holidays.

Annual Leave Loading17.5%

Applied to the ordinary rate of pay while on annual leave.

Notes

•These figures are the annual full-time base salary in Australian dollars. The Agreement lifted salaries by 3% from the first full pay period on or after 1 January 2026 (the rates shown), and the Department of Health applied the new rates in payroll from 24 May 2026.
•Ordinary full-time hours are 38 per week; hourly equivalents are derived from the annual salary.
•The medical practitioner ladder runs from Intern (MP Level 1) through Resident and Registrar years to Senior Registrar (MP Level 11), with separate ladders for Career Medical Officers (CMO and SCMO) and for Specialists (SMP and SSMP).
•Specialist salaries are base rates — full-time specialists also receive a 35% clinical loading in lieu of rights to private practice (shown under Allowances).
•Allowance, on-call and penalty rates are the 1 July 2025 rates under the Medical Practitioners (Public Sector) Award, which operates alongside the Agreement.
•On-call rosters must be provided 14 days in advance; duty is capped at 16 consecutive hours, with a mandatory 8-hour break between shifts.
•The Agreement also provides 12% employer superannuation, five weeks of annual leave with 17.5% leave loading, 10 days of study leave, 10 days of sick leave and the $3,500 annual professional development allowance.
•Source: Medical Practitioners (Tasmanian State Service) Agreement 2025 (T15338 of 2026), Tasmanian Industrial Commission; salary rates as published by the Department of Health Tasmania — https://www.health.tas.gov.au/careers/employee-benefits/salary-rates/medical-practitioner-salary-rates