Australian Capital Territory

Rail & bus pay — current classifications, rates, penalties & allowances

Enterprise Agreement

Transport Canberra Operations (ACTION) Enterprise Agreement 2023-2026 (AE523990)

Current (past nominal expiry 31 Mar 2026; continues to operate until replaced)

AnnualHourly

Roles & Wages

Role	Pay Point	June 2024	Dec 2024	June 2025	Dec 2025
Bus Operator Operations Annual composite rate as printed in the agreement's pay schedule; the training rate applies while completing bus operator training.	Training	$80,524	$83,032	$83,862	$85,836
	Bus Operator	$89,141	$91,863	$92,781	$94,930
BGSO Operations Annual composite rate for the BGSO72 and BGSO74 classifications as printed in the agreement's pay schedule.	BGSO72	$91,964	$94,740	$95,688	$97,883
	BGSO74	$95,351	$98,164	$99,146	$101,377
Transport Officer Operations Annual composite rate as printed in the agreement's pay schedule for Transport Officer Grades 2-4.	Grade 2	$105,120	$108,159	$109,240	$111,657
	Grade 3	$116,379	$119,522	$120,717	$123,243
	Grade 4	$126,522	$129,648	$130,944	$133,495
Special Needs Transport Operations Annual composite rate for Special Needs Transport crews under Schedule 5; attendants are classified GSO24 and drivers GSO54.	Attendant (GSO24)	$73,836	$76,193	$76,955	$78,803
	Driver (GSO54)	$77,662	$80,025	$80,825	$82,691
General Service Officer Trades & General Service Annual base salary; where a level has multiple incremental pay points in the agreement, the commencing pay point is shown unless a specific pay point is indicated.	Level 2	$55,776	$62,860	$63,489	$65,124
	Level 3 — 3.4	$60,848	$62,957	$63,587	$65,222
	Level 4 — 4.1	$61,516	$63,631	$64,267	$65,910
	Level 4 — 4.2	$62,292	$64,415	$65,059	$66,710
	Level 4 — 4.3	$63,054	$65,184	$65,836	$67,494
	Level 4 — 4.4	$63,875	$66,013	$66,674	$68,340
	Level 5	$64,785	$66,933	$67,602	$69,278
	Level 6	$68,011	$70,191	$70,893	$72,602
	Level 7	$73,034	$75,265	$76,017	$77,778
	Level 8	$78,846	$81,134	$81,946	$83,765
	Level 9	$84,665	$87,011	$87,882	$89,760
	Level 10	$97,182	$99,654	$100,650	$102,657
Technical Officer Trades & General Service Annual base salary for Technical Officer Levels 1-4; the commencing pay point is shown for each level.	Level 1	$67,744	$69,921	$70,620	$72,326
	Level 2	$73,034	$75,265	$76,017	$77,778
	Level 3	$84,665	$87,011	$87,882	$89,760
	Level 4	$97,182	$99,654	$100,650	$102,657
Senior Officer (Technical) Trades & General Service Annual base salary; the commencing pay point of each grade is shown. Grade C and above are not eligible for overtime (cl C9).	Grade C	$121,389	$124,103	$125,344	$127,597
	Grade B	$142,329	$145,253	$146,705	$149,172
Apprentice (GSO) Trades & General Service Annual apprentice salary, set as a rising percentage of the trade rate over the four years of the apprenticeship (55% to 92%).	Year 1 (55%)	$35,632	$36,813	$37,181	$38,103
	Year 2 (65%)	$42,110	$43,506	$43,941	$45,031
	Year 3 (75%)	$48,589	$50,200	$50,702	$51,959
	Year 4 (92%)	$59,602	$61,578	$62,194	$63,736
Adult Apprentice (GSO) Trades & General Service Annual adult-apprentice salary, set at higher percentages of the trade rate than junior apprentices (80% to 92% across the four years).	Year 1 (80%)	$51,828	$53,546	$54,082	$55,422
	Year 2 (86%)	$55,715	$57,562	$58,138	$59,579
	Year 3 (88%)	$57,011	$58,901	$59,490	$60,965
	Year 4 (92%)	$59,602	$61,578	$62,194	$63,736
Administrative Services Officer Administrative & Corporate Annual base salary for Administrative Services Officer Classes 1-6, each with incremental pay points.	Class 1 — 1.1	$58,793	$62,860	$63,489	$65,124
	Class 1 — 1.2	$60,553	$62,860	$63,489	$65,124
	Class 1 — 1.3	$62,031	$64,152	$64,793	$66,441
	Class 1 — 1.4	$64,319	$66,462	$67,126	$68,798
	Class 2 — 2.1	$65,715	$67,872	$68,551	$70,236
	Class 2 — 2.2	$67,351	$69,525	$70,220	$71,922
	Class 2 — 2.3	$68,955	$71,145	$71,856	$73,575
	Class 2 — 2.4	$70,581	$72,787	$73,515	$75,250
	Class 2 — 2.5	$72,193	$74,415	$75,159	$76,910
	Class 3 — 3.1	$73,983	$76,223	$76,985	$78,755
	Class 3 — 3.2	$75,744	$78,001	$78,781	$80,569
	Class 3 — 3.3	$77,499	$79,774	$80,572	$82,377
	Class 3 — 3.4	$79,349	$81,643	$82,459	$84,284
	Class 4 — 4.1	$81,743	$84,061	$84,901	$86,750
	Class 4 — 4.2	$84,138	$86,479	$87,344	$89,217
	Class 4 — 4.3	$86,162	$88,524	$89,409	$91,303
	Class 4 — 4.4	$88,213	$90,595	$91,501	$93,416
	Class 5 — 5.1	$90,451	$92,855	$93,784	$95,722
	Class 5 — 5.2	$93,081	$95,512	$96,467	$98,432
	Class 5 — 5.3	$95,531	$97,987	$98,967	$100,956
	Class 6 — 6.1	$97,182	$99,654	$100,650	$102,657
	Class 6 — 6.2	$99,453	$101,947	$102,967	$104,996
	Class 6 — 6.3	$102,001	$104,521	$105,566	$107,622
	Class 6 — 6.4	$106,817	$109,385	$110,479	$112,584
	Class 6 — 6.5	$110,708	$113,315	$114,448	$116,592
Senior Officer Administrative & Corporate Annual base salary for Senior Officer Grades C, B and A; Senior Officers Grade C and above are not eligible for overtime payments (cl C9).	Grade C — C1	$121,389	$124,103	$125,344	$127,597
	Grade C — C2	$130,392	$133,195	$134,527	$136,873
	Grade B — B1	$142,329	$145,253	$146,705	$149,172
	Grade B — B2	$149,502	$152,497	$154,022	$156,563
	Grade B — B3	$159,780	$162,877	$164,506	$167,151
	Grade A — A1	$164,725	$167,872	$169,551	$172,246

Showing annual salary rates

Allowances

Allowance	Unit	June 2025	Dec 2025
Workshop Trade Staff Allowance (cl 16.1) Workshop Trades, Workshop Technicians and TGSO8 Lube Inspector; paid in lieu of condition-related allowances (confined spaces, diesel, dirty work) and included in the annualised salary.	Per annum	$7,579.96	$7,726.26
Warehouse Industrial Allowance — SGSO6 (cl 16.3) Disability allowance for SGSO6 warehouse staff; included in the annualised salary.	Per annum	$5,055.22	$5,152.78
Industry Allowance — Workshops (cl 23, Sch 4) All workshop employees (including GSO 9s); payable on all forms of paid leave.	Per annum	$3,091.54	$3,151.21
Gas Fitter Annual Allowance (cl 16.4) Trade staff who have completed the CNG Gasfitter for Natural Gas Motor Vehicles qualification; paid as a taxable allowance on the first payday in December each year.	Per annum	$1,876.66	$1,912.88
Electric Vehicle Technology Allowance (cl 16.5) Workshop employees actively participating in electric fleet vehicle training, limited to isolation of vehicle high-voltage circuits.	Per annum	$1,575.25	$1,605.65
Shoe Allowance — Bus Operators (Sch 2 cl 32) For the purchase of black shoes worn as part of the Transport Canberra uniform.	Per annum	$142.83	$145.59
Shoe Allowance — Transport Officers (Sch 3 cl 15) For the purchase of black shoes worn as part of the Transport Canberra uniform.	Per annum	$290.12	$295.72
Community Language Allowance — Level 1 (Annex C) Employees regularly using a language other than English at NAATI Level 1 (Community Language Aide).	Per annum	$1,414.79	$1,442.09
Community Language Allowance — Level 2+ (Annex C) Employees regularly using a language other than English at NAATI Level 2 or higher (Certified Provisional Interpreter).	Per annum	$2,826.28	$2,880.83
Corporate Citizens Allowance (Annex C) Designated First Aid Officer, Fire Warden, or elected and trained Health and Safety Representative; one payment only where an employee holds a combination of roles.	Per day	$3.22	$3.28
Advanced First Aid Allowance — Level 1, advanced (Annex C) Designated first aid officers holding an advanced qualification; not payable together with the Corporate Citizens allowance for the first aid role.	Per day	$3.99	—
Advanced First Aid Allowance — Level 2, occupational/specialist (Annex C) Designated first aid officers holding an occupational or specialist qualification; not payable together with the Corporate Citizens allowance for the first aid role.	Per day	$4.74	—
Overtime Meal Allowance (Annex C) Payable when working 1.5 or more hours of overtime after ordinary hours, or 5 or more hours on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.	Per occasion	$34.71	$35.38
Directorate Liaison Officer Allowance (cl C19) Employees engaged as a Directorate Liaison Officer; fixed at 7% of the fortnightly rate of pay for the employee's classification, paid in lieu of overtime.	% of fortnightly pay	7%	—

Penalty Rates

Shift work — evening/night (cl C8.1)+15%

Loading on the ordinary rate for a rostered shift any part of which falls between 6:00pm and 6:30am.

Shift work — permanent night (cl C8.2)+30%

Loading for working ordinary hours continuously for more than 4 weeks on a shift falling wholly between 6:00pm and 8:00am.

Shift work — Saturday (cl C8.5)+50%

Loading for all rostered ordinary duty between midnight Friday and midnight Saturday.

Shift work — Sunday (cl C8.6)+100%

Loading for all rostered ordinary duty between midnight Saturday and midnight Sunday.

Shift work — public holiday (cl C8.7)+150%

Loading for all rostered ordinary duty performed on a public holiday.

Overtime — Monday to Saturday (cl C9.12)150% / 200%

Time and a half for the first 3 hours of overtime, double time thereafter, on any day Monday to Saturday.

Overtime — Sunday (cl C9.13)200%

Double time for all overtime worked on a Sunday.

Overtime — public holiday (cl C9.14)250%

Double time and a half for all overtime worked on a public holiday.

Broken shifts — full-time drivers (Sch 2 cl 17.1)+12.5%

Loading on all rostered shift hours of a full-time broken shift.

Broken shifts — part-time drivers (Sch 2 cl 19.2)+12.5%

Loading on the rostered shift hours only of a part-time broken shift.

Late night services — drivers (Sch 2 cl 15.1)+75%

Composite rate plus 75% when operating services outside normal hours of service.

New Year's Eve services — drivers (Sch 2 cl 15.2)+100%

Composite rate plus 100% when operating services outside normal hours of service.

Weekend reliability — drivers (Sch 2 cl 29.1)+15%

Trial arrangement: applies on all weekend work after a permanent Driver/Trainer/Assessor has worked at least 6 weekend details or shifts in a year.

On-call allowance (cl C13)10-20% per hour

Per hour on call when required to be contactable and available for recall to duty outside ordinary hours: 10% Monday to Friday, 15% Saturday and Sunday, 20% on public holidays and ADOs.

Close-call allowance (cl C14)20-40% per hour

Per hour on close call when required to be available for immediate recall to duty (within 30 minutes travel time): 20% Monday to Friday, 30% Saturday and Sunday, 40% on public holidays and ADOs.

Annual leave loading (cl E8)17.5%

Paid at the greater of 17.5% of the ordinary rate or the shift penalties the employee would have received had they not been on leave.

Notes

•These figures are annual salaries in Australian dollars for Transport Canberra bus operations (ACTION) employees in the ACT Public Service — bus operators, transport officers, Special Needs Transport crews, workshop and trade staff, and administrative staff.
•The agreement contains four wage steps: 6 June 2024 (a 1.5% increase), 5 December 2024 (1% plus a flat $1,500, with the full-time minimum salary lifted to $62,860), 5 June 2025 and 4 December 2025.
•Bus Operator, BGSO, Transport Officer and Special Needs Transport figures are the annual composite rates printed in the agreement's pay schedule; other classifications are annual base salaries.
•Hourly conversions assume a 38-hour week (76-hour fortnight), the basis used by the agreement's overtime formula; the agreement itself publishes salaries annually.
•Overtime is calculated from annual salary (annual pay x 12/313 x the overtime multiplier x 1/76 per hour), with a minimum 4-hour overtime attendance and an 8-hour rest period after overtime; Senior Officers Grade C and above are not eligible for overtime.
•During a declared significant emergency event, each shift loading increases by 7 percentage points (cl C17).
•Allowance amounts are shown at the two most recent schedule dates (5 June 2025 and 4 December 2025). A small number of flat-rate allowances for workshop non-trade staff, warehouse staff and accredited Special Needs Transport instructors are set out in Schedules 4 and 5 of the agreement and are not shown here.
•The agreement passed its nominal expiry date of 31 March 2026 but continues to operate under the Fair Work Act until it is replaced or terminated; a successor agreement is being negotiated as part of the 2025 ACTPS enterprise bargaining round.
•Source: Transport Canberra Operations (ACTION) Enterprise Agreement 2023-2026 (AE523990), Fair Work Commission — approved 28 March 2024 ([2024] FWCA 1106), varied 11 February 2026 ([2026] FWCA 346).