Western Australia
Public hospital doctor pay — interns to specialists, with penalties, on-call & allowances
Roles & Wages
| Role | Pay Point | Sept 2025 | Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Intern Doctor in Training Base annual salary for first-year interns (PGY1). Shift, weekend and overtime loadings apply on top of the base salary. | PGY1 | $90,864 | $93,590 |
Resident Medical Officer Doctor in Training Base annual salary by year of service after internship (PGY2-PGY4). | Year 1 (PGY2) | $99,395 | — |
| Year 2 (PGY3) | $108,776 | — | |
| Year 3 (PGY4) | $119,165 | — | |
Registrar Doctor in Training Base annual salary. The agreement has a seven-year Registrar scale; the entry, mid-scale and top steps (Years 1, 3 and 7) are shown. | Year 1 | $125,010 | — |
| Year 3 | $140,819 | — | |
| Year 7 | $170,682 | — | |
Senior Registrar Doctor in Training Base annual salary for the first two Senior Registrar yearly steps, a distinct scale above Registrar. | Year 1 | $183,317 | — |
| Year 2 | $192,371 | — | |
Consultant Senior Practitioner Base annual salary under Arrangement A of the agreement (Table 2). The entry and top steps (Years 1 and 9) of the nine-year scale are shown. | Year 1 | $333,305 | — |
| Year 9 | $432,658 | — |
Allowances
| Allowance | Unit | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Professional Development Allowance — Intern/RMO Interns and Resident Medical Officers; payable pro rata fortnightly. | Per annum | $6,268.00 |
Professional Development Allowance — Registrar Registrars and Supervised Medical Officers; rises to $11,380 in 2025. | Per annum | $10,969.00 |
Professional Development Allowance — Senior Registrar | Per annum | $15,671.00 |
Professional Development Allowance — Arrangement A (cl 30(6)) Senior Practitioners under Arrangement A; replaces the standard professional development allowance for this cohort. | Per annum | $33,442.00 |
On-Call Allowance — Doctor in Training Payable per hour of availability to return to work outside normal hours; set at 18.75% of the Registrar Year 4 base hourly rate. | Per hour | $12.80 |
On-Call Allowance — Senior Practitioner Payable per hour of availability to return to work outside normal hours; set at 18.75% of the Consultant Year 7 (Arrangement B) hourly rate. | Per hour | $24.35 |
Gratuity Payment Payable after the first 3 years of continuous service, followed by 4 weeks salary for each subsequent year. | Lump sum | 12 weeks salary |
Study Leave Paid study/professional development leave, inclusive of exam leave; accrues pro rata weekly. | Per year | 3 weeks |
Examination Leave To attend examinations for higher qualifications; includes 3 clear days free from duty immediately prior to the exam. | Per occasion | 4 days |
Penalty Rates
Hours worked between 6:00pm and midnight, Monday to Friday.
Hours worked between midnight and 8:00am, Monday to Friday.
All hours worked on a Saturday.
From midnight Saturday to 8:00am Monday.
Double time and a half from the midnight commencement of the holiday to 8:00am the following day; alternatively time and a half plus a day in lieu (maximum 5 days accumulated).
Hours in excess of 80 per two-week cycle.
Hours in excess of 120 per two-week cycle.
For shifts exceeding 10 hours: time and a half for the first 3 hours beyond 10 hours, double time thereafter.
Double time for all hours beyond 10 on a shift exceeding 10 hours on a Sunday.
Minimum 3 hours payment per recall. Time and a half between 6:00am and midnight (Monday to Saturday), 175% on Sundays between 6:00am and midnight, and double time between midnight and 6:00am on any day or for recall work in excess of 3 hours.
Paid per the hourly recall table (Schedule 1, Table 3): time and a half between 6:00am and midnight (Monday to Saturday), 175% on Sundays between 6:00am and midnight, and double time between midnight and 6:00am. Minimum 3 hours payment per recall.
Loading applied to annual leave. The agreement also provides an additional week of annual leave for each completed year of continuous service.
Notes
- •These figures are the annual base salary in Australian dollars under the WA Health System - Medical Practitioners - AMA Industrial Agreement 2024, which covers doctors employed in the WA public health system. The agreement provides three increases: 4.75% from 3 September 2024, 3.75% from 3 September 2025 and 3% from 3 September 2026 — the rates shown are the 3 September 2025 column.
- •The 3 September 2026 rates (a further 3% increase) are printed in the agreement for all classifications; only the Intern rate for that date is listed here.
- •Ordinary full-time hours are 38 per week. The agreement converts annual salary to an hourly rate as annual ÷ 52.1666 ÷ 38 (clause 12(6)); the weekly and hourly figures it publishes are arithmetic conversions of the annual salaries and are not listed separately.
- •Not every yearly step is listed: the Registrar scale runs to Year 7, Senior Registrar has further steps beyond Year 2, and the Consultant (Arrangement A) scale runs to Year 9 — intermediate steps sit between the figures shown.
- •Consultant rates shown are Arrangement A (Table 2); the agreement also contains a separate Arrangement B remuneration structure for senior practitioners, which is not listed here.
- •On-call is paid as an hourly availability allowance (shown under Allowances), and recall to work is paid at the penalty rates shown with a minimum of 3 hours per recall — or a minimum of 1 hour where the work is done remotely without returning to the workplace. On-call frequency is limited to one day in three except in emergencies, and on-call rosters must be posted at least 14 days in advance.
- •Roster protections: no split shifts, no night shifts immediately prior to approved leave, and rosters must be published 14 days in advance (21 where possible). Continuous duty is capped at 16 hours, followed by a minimum 8-hour break.
- •Annual leave is 5 weeks per year with a 17.5% loading. Allowance and on-call figures are the 3 September 2024 schedule rates; the professional development allowances step up in later years of the agreement.
- •Source: WA Health System - Medical Practitioners - AMA Industrial Agreement 2024 (2024 WAIRC 00992), Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission — https://www.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Corp/Documents/Health-for/Industrial-relations/Awards-and-agreements/Doctors/Medical-practitioners-AMA-industrial-agreement-2024.pdf
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