Tasmania
Paramedic pay — current classifications, rates, penalties & allowances
Roles & Wages
| Role | Pay Point | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
Student Paramedic Shift Worker (Composite Wage) Composite annual salary for each year of the ambulance-based student program; shift and weekend penalties are already averaged into the rate. | Year 1 | $63,777 |
| Year 2 | $67,976 | |
| Year 3 | $73,828 | |
Paramedic Intern Shift Worker (Composite Wage) Composite annual salary for the graduate intern year before appointment as a Paramedic. | Year 1 | $75,777 |
Paramedic Shift Worker (Composite Wage) Composite annual salary, Years 1-7; weekend and shift penalties are averaged into the rate over the 4-on/4-off roster cycle. | Year 1 | $83,666 |
| Year 2 | $86,140 | |
| Year 3 | $88,620 | |
| Year 4 | $91,096 | |
| Year 5 | $94,345 | |
| Year 6 | $96,822 | |
| Year 7 | $97,768 | |
Intensive Care Paramedic Shift Worker (Composite Wage) Composite annual salary, Years 1-7, for paramedics holding the Intensive Care qualification. | Year 1 | $100,177 |
| Year 2 | $101,002 | |
| Year 3 | $101,828 | |
| Year 4 | $102,657 | |
| Year 5 | $104,252 | |
| Year 6 | $105,079 | |
| Year 7 | $106,112 | |
Extended Care Paramedic Shift Worker (Composite Wage) Composite annual salary, Years 1-2. | Year 1 | $115,067 |
| Year 2 | $116,207 | |
Flight Paramedic Shift Worker (Composite Wage) Composite annual salary, Years 1-2. | Year 1 | $113,389 |
| Year 2 | $114,513 | |
Branch Station Officer Shift Worker (Composite Wage) Composite annual salary, Years 1-3. | Year 1 | $100,177 |
| Year 2 | $104,307 | |
| Year 3 | $105,340 | |
Branch Station Officer — Intensive Care Paramedic Shift Worker (Composite Wage) Composite annual salary, Years 1-3, for Branch Station Officers who hold the Intensive Care Paramedic qualification. | Year 1 | $113,389 |
| Year 2 | $115,864 | |
| Year 3 | $117,013 | |
Paramedic Educator Shift Worker (Composite Wage) Composite annual salary across two levels, each with two year increments. | Level 1, Year 1 | $109,261 |
| Level 1, Year 2 | $110,341 | |
| Level 2, Year 1 | $151,037 | |
| Level 2, Year 2 | $152,538 | |
Clinical Support Officer Shift Worker (Composite Wage) Composite annual salary, Years 1-4. | Year 1 | $116,694 |
| Year 2 | $117,517 | |
| Year 3 | $118,344 | |
| Year 4 | $119,516 | |
Emergency Medical Dispatch Support Officer Shift Worker (Composite Wage) Composite annual salary, Years 1-3, State Communications Centre. | Year 1 | $72,821 |
| Year 2 | $76,346 | |
| Year 3 | $77,050 | |
Emergency Medical Dispatcher Shift Worker (Composite Wage) Composite annual salary, Years 1-5, State Communications Centre. | Year 1 | $78,036 |
| Year 2 | $79,729 | |
| Year 3 | $80,870 | |
| Year 4 | $83,575 | |
| Year 5 | $84,399 | |
Communications Team Leader Shift Worker (Composite Wage) Composite annual salary, Years 1-2, State Communications Centre. | Year 1 | $90,173 |
| Year 2 | $91,063 | |
Manager Day Worker Annual salary, Levels 1-4; Managers are day workers on the 19-day-month/ADO system and receive day-work overtime rates instead of a composite wage. | Level 1 | $122,145 |
| Level 2 | $150,796 | |
| Level 3 | $178,112 | |
| Level 4 | $186,961 |
Allowances
| Allowance | Unit | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Professional Development Allowance (cl 12.4-12.5) $500 paid on the employee's anniversary date plus a further $500 available on application for genuine professional development; increased to $1,000 total from the first full pay period on or after 31 March 2023. All employees, including the Communications Centre. | Per annum | $1,000.00 |
Remote Site Allowance (cl 13.2) Employees whose substantive position is at, and who are working at, a designated Remote site (Miena, Queenstown, Strahan, Zeehan). Payable from the first full pay period on or after 1 December 2022. | % of salary | 8% |
Rural Site Allowance (cl 13.3) Employees whose substantive position is at, and who are working at, a designated Rural site (Beaconsfield, Bicheno, Bridport, Bruny Island, Campbell Town, Deloraine, George Town, Nubeena, Oatlands, Ouse, Scamander, Scottsdale, Smithton, Swansea, St Helens, Triabunna). Payable from the first full pay period on or after 1 December 2022. | % of salary | 4% |
Lower Income Payment — one-off (cl 7.4) Third of three one-off payments under the 2022 Agreement ($1,000 on registration in April 2023, $500 from December 2023, $500 from December 2024) for Student Paramedics, Paramedic Interns, EMD Support Officers and EMDs levels 1-2; pro-rata for part-time and casual employees. | Per occasion | $500.00 |
Availability (On-Call) Allowance (Award Pt VII cl 5(b)(ii)) Paid for each hour an employee is required by roster or direction to be available to resume duty (fit for duty, readily contactable). On-call may only be rostered as back-up to rostered duty staff at Regional and Urban stations. | Per hour | $5.56 |
Paramedic Specialist Allowance (Award Pt III cl 3) All Paramedic levels up to and including Intensive Care Paramedic Year 7 when rostered to perform Preceptor, Wilderness, USAR2, Driving Instructor or Certified Bariatric duties; not cumulative — one allowance per shift even if multiple skills are performed. Rate effective from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2024 (up from $4.05). | Per hour | $4.17 |
Preceptor Allowance — Communications (Award Pt III cl 4) Employee other than a Communications Team Leader required to act as a preceptor for an Emergency Medical Dispatcher or EMD Support Officer. Rate effective from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2024. | Per hour | $4.17 |
Clinical Coach Allowance (Award Pt III cl 5) Clinical Coaches rostered to perform coaching duties with a staff member; also applies to Communications Centre employees. Aligned to the Preceptor Allowance rate. | Per hour | $4.17 |
Travel Time Payment (cl 15.5-15.6) Time in excess of the normal home-to-home-station travel time when required to travel to a re-assigned station for a rostered or overtime shift; paid at applicable award rates. Not payable if the employee requested the shift at the other location. | Formula | At award rates |
Private Vehicle Use Allowance (cl 15.5(iv), 15.6(iv)) Own-vehicle travel to a re-assigned station, for the distance in excess of the normal residence-to-home-station distance, paid at the Occasional User Rate in the Ambulance Tasmania Award (Pt V 3(c)(ii)). Not payable if the employee requested the shift at the other location. | Per km | Occasional User Rate |
Penalty Rates
The composite wage already averages the 9% Monday-Friday shift loading, time-and-a-half Saturday and double-time Sunday rates over a complete 64-week 4-on/4-off roster cycle, so no separate shift or weekend penalties are paid on top of the salaries shown.
Ongoing casual employees: 9% loading added to the base rate for all shifts worked Monday to Friday.
Ongoing casual employees: time and one half of the base salary rate (total) where the major portion of a shift falls on a Saturday.
Ongoing casual employees: double time (total) where the major portion of a shift falls on a Sunday.
Fixed-term casual employees only: loading on the base rate for a shift finishing between 7.00pm and midnight.
Fixed-term casual employees only: loading on the base rate for night shifts.
Fixed-term casual employees only: shifts concluding on a Saturday, excluding payment of afternoon/night shift loading. Weekend and public-holiday status is determined at the conclusion of the shift.
Fixed-term casual employees only: shifts concluding on a Sunday, excluding payment of afternoon/night shift loading.
Fixed-term casual employees only: shifts concluding on a Sunday and shifts concluding on a Holiday with Pay, excluding payment of afternoon/night shift loading.
Manager (day worker) classifications: time and one half for the first two hours and double time thereafter, Monday to Sunday; double time and one half on public holidays. A 20-minute paid meal break is required before starting overtime unless the overtime is 1.5 hours or less.
Flat double time for all time a shift worker works outside rostered ordinary hours — no time-and-a-half tier and no separate public-holiday rate. Where a shift handover applies, overtime accrues from 10 minutes after the completion of duty; calculated to the nearest quarter hour.
An employee recalled to work after leaving the station is paid at overtime rates with a minimum of 3 hours per call, provided 3 hours has elapsed from the commencement of the previous call.
Minimum 1 hour at overtime rates for a Manager Level 1 or above required to undertake duties without returning to the workplace, or any on-call employee directed to perform duties that are not a call-back. Further requirements within 1 hour of the first attract no additional payment until time worked exceeds 1 hour.
Paid in addition to the base salary rate in lieu of paid leave entitlements. Shift and overtime penalties are calculated on the base rate excluding the loading, which is then added last. Minimum engagement of 2 hours per occasion.
Paid to a day worker (excluding casuals) who takes annual recreation leave, calculated on normal salary and capped at the loading payable for Clinical Support Officer Year 1.
Notes
- •These figures are the annual salary in Australian dollars. Salaries come from the Ambulance Tasmania Industrial Agreement 2022, which delivered increases of 3.5% (December 2022) and 3% (December 2023 and December 2024) plus flat cost-of-living and structural adjustments for some classifications; the rates shown are the final tranche, effective from the first full pay period on or after 1 December 2024. Day-to-day conditions (overtime, on-call, casual and shift rules) come from the Ambulance Tasmania Award.
- •Most classifications are shift workers paid a composite wage: weekend and shift penalties (9% Monday-Friday, time-and-a-half Saturday, double-time Sunday) are averaged into the annual figure over a complete 64-week 4-on/4-off roster cycle, so no separate penalties are paid on top. Manager classifications are day workers paid separate overtime instead.
- •Hourly conversions assume 38 ordinary hours per week — the award expresses shift workers' pay through a rostered weekly hours factor rather than a single fixed weekly figure.
- •The 2022 Agreement passed its nominal expiry on 30 June 2025 but continues to operate until replaced. A new three-year agreement (3% + 3% + 2.75%, back-paid from the first full pay period on or after 1 December 2025) was accepted by members in mid-2026 but had not yet been registered with the Tasmanian Industrial Commission, so no new dollar rates were available — the rates shown remain the operative published rates.
- •Casual employees receive a 25% loading on the base salary rate in lieu of paid leave, with shift and overtime penalties calculated on the unloaded rate before the loading is added, and a 2-hour minimum engagement. For casual shift loadings, Saturday, Sunday and public-holiday status is determined at the conclusion of the shift.
- •Allowance amounts are the rates current as at 1 December 2024; several took effect earlier (the Remote and Rural Site Allowances from December 2022, the hourly skill allowances from July 2024) as noted in their descriptions.
- •Source: Ambulance Tasmania Industrial Agreement 2022 ([2023] TASIC 9, T15011 of 2023) and Ambulance Tasmania Award No. 3 of 2025 (Consolidated, T15243 of 2025), Tasmanian Industrial Commission — https://www.tic.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/833641/T15243-No-3-of-2025-Ambulance-Tasmania-Award-.-S004.pdf
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