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Tasmania Paramedic Wages

Paramedic pay — current classifications, rates, penalties & allowances

Enterprise Agreement
Ambulance Tasmania Industrial Agreement 2025 (T15376) & Ambulance Tasmania Award No. 4 of 2026 (T15375)
Current (registered 6 August 2026; increases to 1 September 2027)
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Roles & Wages

RolePay PointDec 2024Dec 2025Aug 2026Dec 2026Sept 2027
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
$32.17
$63,777 / yr
$33.50
$66,411 / yr
$33.50
$66,411 / yr
$34.87
$69,124 / yr
$35.83
$71,025 / yr
Year 2
$34.29
$67,976 / yr
$35.68
$70,736 / yr
$35.68
$70,736 / yr
$37.12
$73,579 / yr
$38.14
$75,602 / yr
Year 3
$37.24
$73,828 / yr
$38.72
$76,764 / yr
$38.72
$76,764 / yr
$40.25
$79,788 / yr
$41.36
$81,982 / yr
Paramedic Intern
Shift Worker (Composite Wage)
Composite annual salary for the graduate intern year before appointment as a Paramedic.
Year 1
$38.23
$75,777 / yr
$39.74
$78,771 / yr
$39.74
$78,771 / yr
$41.29
$81,855 / yr
$42.43
$84,106 / yr
Paramedic
Shift Worker (Composite Wage)
Level 1 is the immunisation paramedic rate; Level 2 covers Years 1-7 as a paramedic gains experience. Composite annual salary — shift and weekend penalties are already averaged into the rate.
Level 1
$38.23
$75,777 / yr
$39.74
$78,771 / yr
$39.74
$78,771 / yr
$41.29
$81,855 / yr
$42.43
$84,106 / yr
Level 2, Year 1
$42.21
$83,666 / yr
$43.84
$86,897 / yr
$43.84
$86,897 / yr
$45.51
$90,225 / yr
$46.77
$92,706 / yr
Level 2, Year 2
$43.45
$86,140 / yr
$45.12
$89,445 / yr
$45.12
$89,445 / yr
$46.84
$92,849 / yr
$48.13
$95,402 / yr
Level 2, Year 3
$44.70
$88,620 / yr
$46.41
$92,000 / yr
$46.41
$92,000 / yr
$48.17
$95,481 / yr
$49.49
$98,107 / yr
Level 2, Year 4
$45.95
$91,096 / yr
$47.70
$94,550 / yr
$47.70
$94,550 / yr
$49.49
$98,108 / yr
$50.85
$100,806 / yr
Level 2, Year 5
$47.59
$94,345 / yr
$49.38
$97,896 / yr
$49.38
$97,896 / yr
$51.23
$101,554 / yr
$52.64
$104,347 / yr
Level 2, Year 6
$48.84
$96,822 / yr
$50.67
$100,448 / yr
$50.67
$100,448 / yr
$52.56
$104,182 / yr
$54.00
$107,047 / yr
Level 2, Year 7
$49.32
$97,768 / yr
$51.16
$101,422 / yr
$51.16
$101,422 / yr
$53.06
$105,186 / yr
$54.52
$108,079 / yr
Intensive Care Paramedic
Shift Worker (Composite Wage)
Composite annual salary for paramedics holding the Intensive Care qualification. The pay scale was shortened from seven year-points to five when the 2025 agreement was registered; paramedics who were on the old Years 3-7 moved onto the new Years 1-5.
Year 1
$51.37
$101,828 / yr
$52.92
$104,898 / yr
$52.92
$104,898 / yr
$54.87
$108,766 / yr
$56.38
$111,757 / yr
Year 2
$51.79
$102,657 / yr
$54.17
$107,374 / yr
$54.17
$107,374 / yr
$56.15
$111,316 / yr
$57.70
$114,377 / yr
Year 3
$52.59
$104,252 / yr
$55.80
$110,623 / yr
$55.80
$110,623 / yr
$57.84
$114,663 / yr
$59.43
$117,816 / yr
Year 4
$53.01
$105,079 / yr
$57.05
$113,100 / yr
$57.05
$113,100 / yr
$59.13
$117,214 / yr
$60.76
$120,437 / yr
Year 5
$53.53
$106,112 / yr
$57.53
$114,046 / yr
$57.53
$114,046 / yr
$59.62
$118,188 / yr
$61.26
$121,438 / yr
Mental Health Emergency Response Paramedic
Shift Worker (Composite Wage)
Paramedics working in the mental health emergency response team. New classification introduced when the 2025 agreement was registered.
Year 1
$51.55
$102,192 / yr
$53.46
$105,979 / yr
$54.93
$108,893 / yr
Year 2
$53.19
$105,441 / yr
$55.15
$109,325 / yr
$56.67
$112,331 / yr
Year 3
$54.44
$107,918 / yr
$56.44
$111,877 / yr
$57.99
$114,954 / yr
Year 4
$54.92
$108,864 / yr
$56.93
$112,851 / yr
$58.49
$115,954 / yr
Primary Care Paramedic
Shift Worker (Composite Wage)
Paramedics delivering primary and urgent care in the community. New classification introduced when the 2025 agreement was registered.
Year 1
$52.92
$104,898 / yr
$54.87
$108,766 / yr
$56.38
$111,757 / yr
Year 2
$54.17
$107,374 / yr
$56.15
$111,316 / yr
$57.70
$114,377 / yr
Year 3
$55.80
$110,623 / yr
$57.84
$114,663 / yr
$59.43
$117,816 / yr
Year 4
$57.05
$113,100 / yr
$59.13
$117,214 / yr
$60.76
$120,437 / yr
Year 5
$57.53
$114,046 / yr
$59.62
$118,188 / yr
$61.26
$121,438 / yr
Secondary Triage Paramedic
Shift Worker (Composite Wage)
Paramedics providing secondary triage from the communications centre. New classification introduced when the 2025 agreement was registered.
Year 1
$52.92
$104,898 / yr
$54.87
$108,766 / yr
$56.38
$111,757 / yr
Year 2
$54.17
$107,374 / yr
$56.15
$111,316 / yr
$57.70
$114,377 / yr
Year 3
$55.80
$110,623 / yr
$57.84
$114,663 / yr
$59.43
$117,816 / yr
Year 4
$57.05
$113,100 / yr
$59.13
$117,214 / yr
$60.76
$120,437 / yr
Year 5
$57.53
$114,046 / yr
$59.62
$118,188 / yr
$61.26
$121,438 / yr
Extended Care Paramedic
Shift Worker (Composite Wage)
Composite annual salary, Years 1-2.
Year 1
$58.05
$115,067 / yr
$60.15
$119,240 / yr
$60.15
$119,240 / yr
$62.32
$123,538 / yr
$64.03
$126,935 / yr
Year 2
$58.62
$116,207 / yr
$60.74
$120,414 / yr
$60.74
$120,414 / yr
$62.93
$124,747 / yr
$64.66
$128,178 / yr
Critical Care Flight Paramedic
Shift Worker (Composite Wage)
Composite annual salary, Years 1-2, renamed from Flight Paramedic. Fixed wing and rotary wing flight paramedics are paid the same rate.
Year 1
$57.20
$113,389 / yr
$60.31
$119,553 / yr
$60.31
$119,553 / yr
$62.48
$123,861 / yr
$64.20
$127,267 / yr
Year 2
$57.77
$114,513 / yr
$60.90
$120,731 / yr
$60.90
$120,731 / yr
$63.09
$125,074 / yr
$64.83
$128,514 / yr
Branch Station Officer Level 1
Shift Worker (Composite Wage)
Composite annual salary, Years 1-3, renamed from Branch Station Officer.
Year 1
$50.53
$100,177 / yr
$52.41
$103,903 / yr
$52.41
$103,903 / yr
$54.35
$107,741 / yr
$55.85
$110,704 / yr
Year 2
$52.62
$104,307 / yr
$54.56
$108,157 / yr
$54.56
$108,157 / yr
$56.56
$112,123 / yr
$58.12
$115,206 / yr
Year 3
$53.14
$105,340 / yr
$55.10
$109,221 / yr
$55.10
$109,221 / yr
$57.11
$113,219 / yr
$58.68
$116,333 / yr
Branch Station Officer Level 2
Shift Worker (Composite Wage)
Composite annual salary, Years 1-3, renamed from Branch Station Officer — Intensive Care Paramedic. This is the intensive-care-qualified stream of Branch Station Officer.
Year 1
$57.20
$113,389 / yr
$60.31
$119,553 / yr
$60.31
$119,553 / yr
$62.48
$123,861 / yr
$64.20
$127,267 / yr
Year 2
$58.45
$115,864 / yr
$61.62
$122,147 / yr
$61.62
$122,147 / yr
$63.83
$126,532 / yr
$65.59
$130,012 / yr
Year 3
$59.03
$117,013 / yr
$62.23
$123,352 / yr
$62.23
$123,352 / yr
$64.46
$127,774 / yr
$66.23
$131,288 / yr
Paramedic Educator
Shift Worker (Composite Wage)
Composite annual salary across two levels, each with two year increments.
Level 1, Year 1
$55.12
$109,261 / yr
$57.13
$113,260 / yr
$57.13
$113,260 / yr
$59.21
$117,379 / yr
$60.84
$120,607 / yr
Level 1, Year 2
$55.66
$110,341 / yr
$57.70
$114,372 / yr
$57.70
$114,372 / yr
$59.79
$118,524 / yr
$61.43
$121,783 / yr
Level 2, Year 1
$76.19
$151,037 / yr
$78.84
$156,289 / yr
$78.84
$156,289 / yr
$81.57
$161,699 / yr
$83.81
$166,146 / yr
Level 2, Year 2
$76.95
$152,538 / yr
$79.62
$157,835 / yr
$79.62
$157,835 / yr
$82.37
$163,291 / yr
$84.64
$167,782 / yr
Clinical Support Officer
Shift Worker (Composite Wage)
Composite annual salary, Years 1-4.
Year 1
$58.87
$116,694 / yr
$62.06
$123,017 / yr
$62.06
$123,017 / yr
$64.28
$127,429 / yr
$66.05
$130,933 / yr
Year 2
$59.28
$117,517 / yr
$62.49
$123,880 / yr
$62.49
$123,880 / yr
$64.73
$128,317 / yr
$66.51
$131,846 / yr
Year 3
$59.70
$118,344 / yr
$62.93
$124,747 / yr
$62.93
$124,747 / yr
$65.18
$129,210 / yr
$66.97
$132,763 / yr
Year 4
$60.29
$119,516 / yr
$63.55
$125,975 / yr
$63.55
$125,975 / yr
$65.82
$130,475 / yr
$67.63
$134,063 / yr
Emergency Communications Officer Level 1
Shift Worker (Composite Wage)
Composite annual salary, Years 1-3, State Communications Centre. Previously called Emergency Medical Dispatch Support Officer.
Year 1
$36.73
$72,821 / yr
$38.20
$75,727 / yr
$38.20
$75,727 / yr
$39.71
$78,720 / yr
$40.80
$80,885 / yr
Year 2
$38.51
$76,346 / yr
$40.03
$79,357 / yr
$40.03
$79,357 / yr
$41.60
$82,459 / yr
$42.74
$84,727 / yr
Year 3
$38.87
$77,050 / yr
$40.40
$80,083 / yr
$40.40
$80,083 / yr
$41.97
$83,206 / yr
$43.13
$85,494 / yr
Emergency Communications Officer Level 2
Shift Worker (Composite Wage)
Composite annual salary, Years 1-5, State Communications Centre. Previously called Emergency Medical Dispatcher.
Year 1
$39.37
$78,036 / yr
$40.91
$81,098 / yr
$40.91
$81,098 / yr
$42.50
$84,252 / yr
$43.67
$86,569 / yr
Year 2
$40.22
$79,729 / yr
$41.79
$82,842 / yr
$41.79
$82,842 / yr
$43.41
$86,048 / yr
$44.60
$88,414 / yr
Year 3
$40.80
$80,870 / yr
$42.38
$84,017 / yr
$42.38
$84,017 / yr
$44.02
$87,259 / yr
$45.23
$89,659 / yr
Year 4
$42.16
$83,575 / yr
$43.79
$86,803 / yr
$43.79
$86,803 / yr
$45.47
$90,128 / yr
$46.72
$92,607 / yr
Year 5
$42.58
$84,399 / yr
$44.22
$87,652 / yr
$44.22
$87,652 / yr
$45.91
$91,003 / yr
$47.17
$93,506 / yr
Communications Team Leader
Shift Worker (Composite Wage)
Composite annual salary, Years 1-2, State Communications Centre.
Year 1
$45.49
$90,173 / yr
$47.22
$93,599 / yr
$47.22
$93,599 / yr
$49.00
$97,128 / yr
$50.34
$99,799 / yr
Year 2
$45.94
$91,063 / yr
$47.68
$94,516 / yr
$47.68
$94,516 / yr
$49.47
$98,072 / yr
$50.83
$100,769 / yr
Communications Centre Educator
Shift Worker (Composite Wage)
Educator role in the State Communications Centre. New classification introduced when the 2025 agreement was registered.
Increment 1
$55.47
$109,961 / yr
$57.50
$113,981 / yr
$59.08
$117,115 / yr
Increment 2
$56.02
$111,041 / yr
$58.06
$115,093 / yr
$59.66
$118,258 / yr
Ambulance Manager
Day Worker
Annual salary, Levels 1-4, renamed from Manager; Ambulance Managers are day workers on the 19-day-month/ADO system and receive day-work overtime rates instead of a composite wage.
Level 1
$61.62
$122,145 / yr
$63.83
$126,530 / yr
$63.83
$126,530 / yr
$66.11
$131,047 / yr
$67.93
$134,651 / yr
Level 2
$76.07
$150,796 / yr
$78.72
$156,041 / yr
$78.72
$156,041 / yr
$81.44
$161,443 / yr
$83.68
$165,883 / yr
Level 3
$89.85
$178,112 / yr
$92.91
$184,176 / yr
$92.91
$184,176 / yr
$96.06
$190,422 / yr
$98.70
$195,659 / yr
Level 4
$94.31
$186,961 / yr
$97.51
$193,291 / yr
$97.51
$193,291 / yr
$100.80
$199,811 / yr
$103.57
$205,306 / yr
Hourly rates calculated as: Annual ÷ 52.167 weeks ÷ 38 hours. Annual equivalent shown beneath each rate.

Allowances

AllowanceUnitDec 2024July 2025Dec 2025Feb 2026Aug 2026
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. 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).
% of salary8%
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).
% of salary4%
Lower Income Payment — one-off (cl 7.4)
One-off payments under the now-superseded 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. Not carried forward as an ongoing payment in the 2025 Agreement.
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$5.73
Paramedic Specialist Allowance (Award Pt III cl 3)
All Paramedic levels up to and including Intensive Care Paramedic Year 5 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.
Per hour$4.17$4.30
Preceptor Allowance — Communications (Award Pt III cl 4)
Employee other than a Communications Team Leader required to act as a preceptor for an Emergency Communications Officer.
Per hour$4.17$4.30
Mentor Allowance (Award Pt III cl 5)
Renamed from Clinical Coach Allowance and re-scoped in the 2026 award. Paid to a Critical Care Flight Paramedic (fixed wing or rotary wing), Clinical Support Officer, Primary Care Paramedic, Secondary Triage Paramedic, Extended Care Paramedic, Paramedic Educator, State Communications Centre Team Leader or Ambulance Manager Level 1, when rostered to provide structured mentoring, coaching or skills development to another employee in the same classification, above and beyond normal supervisory duties. An employee can receive either the Preceptor Allowance or the Mentor Allowance, but not both.
Per hour$4.30
Missed Meal Break Allowance (Award Pt V)
Where a rostered meal break was not provided, paid for every hour, or part of an hour, until a meal break is given.
Per hour$29.20
Spoiled Meal Allowance (Award Pt V)
Paid each time an employee is disturbed within the first 15 minutes of a meal break. There is no limit to the number of times it can be paid.
Per occasion$29.20
Meal Away From Station Allowance (Award Pt V)
Where an employee has to take a meal break at a station other than the one they started work at and cannot get to the meal they brought from home.
Per occasion$29.20
Training Course Meal Allowance (Award Pt V)
Where an employee attends a day training course away from their usual location and neither a meal nor facilities to bring their own are provided.
Per occasion$29.20
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.
FormulaAt award rates
Private Vehicle Use Allowance (Award Pt V)
Own-vehicle allowance, effective from the first full pay period on or after 16 February 2026. The rate depends on whether the employee is a required or occasional user and the vehicle's engine size, with a lower per-km rate applying once 10,000km has been travelled in a financial year.
Per km97.68c/km (required user, 2L+, first 10,000km)
Overnight Travel Allowance (Award Pt V)
For work travel requiring an overnight stay: accommodation, meals and an incidentals payment for each night away. Figures come from the Australian Taxation Office's annual reasonable-travel determination and are adjusted each 1 July.
Per night$176 accommodation (Tasmania) + meals + $24.50 incidentals

Penalty Rates

Shift & weekend penalties — permanent shift workers (Pt II cl 8-9)Rolled into salary

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.

Casual shift loading — afternoon shift (Pt II cl 2(c)(v))+15%

All casual employees: loading on the base rate for a shift finishing between 7.00pm and midnight.

Casual shift loading — night shift (Pt II cl 2(c)(v))+27.5%

All casual employees: loading on the base rate for night shifts.

Casual shift loading — Saturday (Pt II cl 2(c)(v))+50%

All casual employees: shifts concluding on a Saturday, excluding payment of the afternoon/night shift loading. Weekend and public-holiday status is determined at the conclusion of the shift.

Casual shift loading — Sunday (Pt II cl 2(c)(v))+100%

All casual employees: shifts concluding on a Sunday, excluding payment of the afternoon/night shift loading.

Casual shift loading — public holiday (Pt II cl 2(c)(v))+150%

All casual employees: shifts concluding on a public holiday, excluding payment of the afternoon/night shift loading. This single casual shift-loading table has applied to every casual employee since the Ambulance Tasmania Award variation took effect on 2 August 2026, replacing a separate, higher loading table (9% Monday-Friday, time-and-a-half Saturday, double-time Sunday) that had previously applied only to ongoing casual employees.

Overtime — day workers (Pt VII cl 2)150% / 200%

Ambulance 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.

Overtime — shift workers (Pt VII cl 3(c))200%

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.

Recall to duty (Pt VII cl 5(c))Overtime rates

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.

Disturbance Allowance (Pt VII cl 5(d))Overtime rates

Minimum 1 hour at overtime rates for an Ambulance 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.

Casual loading (Pt II cl 8)25%

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.

Annual leave loading — day workers (Agreement cl 11.1)17.5%

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

  • The five effectiveDates columns are: 2024-12-01 (the final tranche of the cancelled 2022 Agreement, the applicable rate for shifts before 1 December 2025), 2025-12-01 (+$700 then +3% under the 2025 Agreement — some specialist classifications instead received a relativity-based adjustment), 2026-08-06 (the date both new instruments were registered), 2026-12-01 (+$700 then +3%) and 2027-09-01 (+2.75%). For classifications that already existed, the 2026-08-06 column repeats the 2025-12-01 figure — that date is when the new classification structure and the new roles started, not a pay rise.
  • 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. Ambulance Manager classifications are day workers paid separate overtime instead.
  • The 2025 Agreement restructured several classifications: Intensive Care Paramedic's seven year-points became five (paramedics on the old Years 3-7 moved onto the new Years 1-5), Flight Paramedic became Critical Care Flight Paramedic, Manager became Ambulance Manager, and the dispatch ladders became Emergency Communications Officer Level 1 (previously Emergency Medical Dispatch Support Officer) and Level 2 (previously Emergency Medical Dispatcher). Four new classifications were added: Mental Health Emergency Response Paramedic, Primary Care Paramedic, Secondary Triage Paramedic and Communications Centre Educator.
  • Hourly figures on this page are a simple annual ÷ 52.167 ÷ 38 conversion. The award itself sets the hourly rate as the annual salary divided by the number of working days in the financial year, multiplied by 7.6 hours, so the award's own figure can differ slightly.
  • 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.
  • Source: Ambulance Tasmania Industrial Agreement 2025 ([2026] TASIC 47, T15376 of 2026) — tic.tas.gov.au — and Ambulance Tasmania Award No. 4 of 2026 (Consolidated, [2026] TASIC 46, T15375 of 2026), Tasmanian Industrial Commission — tic.tas.gov.au

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