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WA Public Transport Authority / ARTBIU Industrial Agreements (Railway Employees, Railcar Drivers, Transit Officers & Transwa)
Current (nominal expiries 2026-2028)
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Roles & Wages
| Role | Pay Point | Oct 2023 | May 2024 | Oct 2024 | Feb 2025 | Mar 2025 | May 2025 | Oct 2025 | Feb 2026 | Mar 2026 | May 2026 | Feb 2027 |
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Railway Employee Railway Employees (Transperth) IA 2024 Weekly rate for Transperth station and passenger-service staff; REA 3 and REA 5 rates include an annualised leave loading (1.3% / 1.9%), and REA 5 (Customer Service Assistant) is an aggregated classification whose actual roster pay is higher than the printed rate. | REA 1 | — | $60,471.6 | — | — | — | $62,892.13 | — | — | — | $66,022.13 | — |
| REA 2 | — | $63,267.73 | — | — | — | $65,797.82 | — | — | — | $68,927.82 | — | |
| REA 3 — Parking Attendant | — | $66,653.35 | — | — | — | $69,321.68 | — | — | — | $72,492.37 | — | |
| REA 4 — Passenger Ticketing Assistant | — | $69,298.2 | — | — | — | $72,068.25 | — | — | — | $75,198.25 | — | |
| REA 5 — Customer Service Assistant | — | $74,325.5 | — | — | — | $77,296.92 | — | — | — | $80,486.39 | — | |
| REA 6 | — | $74,478.35 | — | — | — | $77,457.07 | — | — | — | $80,587.07 | — | |
Railcar Driver (Transperth) Railcar Drivers (Transperth) IA 2025 Weekly base rate of pay for train drivers on the Transperth suburban network; shift allowances, weekend penalties and overtime are paid on top as separately earned (no wage aggregation applies under this agreement). | Trainee Railcar Driver | — | — | — | — | $80,174.95 | — | — | — | $83,377.98 | — | — |
| Railcar Driver | — | — | — | — | $94,322.55 | — | — | — | $98,094.2 | — | — | |
| Driver Trainer | — | — | — | — | $99,982.63 | — | — | — | $103,978.6 | — | — | |
| Tutor Driver | — | — | — | — | $103,754.28 | — | — | — | $107,901.53 | — | — | |
| Driver Coordinator | — | — | — | — | $111,302.8 | — | — | — | $115,752.62 | — | — | |
Transit Officer Transit Officers IA 2023 Weekly base rate of pay for fare-compliance and security Transit Officers across the Transperth network; shift allowances and weekend/overtime penalties are paid on top as separately earned. | Trainee | $62,913 | — | $65,432.65 | — | — | — | $67,717.55 | — | — | — | — |
| TO1 | $74,014.07 | — | $76,977.13 | — | — | — | $79,668.93 | — | — | — | — | |
| TO2 | $75,688.62 | — | $78,714.28 | — | — | — | $81,468.68 | — | — | — | — | |
| TO3 | $77,446.63 | — | $80,545.33 | — | — | — | $83,362.33 | — | — | — | — | |
| TO4 | $79,303.77 | — | $82,475.5 | — | — | — | $85,360.32 | — | — | — | — | |
| TO5 | $81,254.8 | — | $84,504.78 | — | — | — | $87,462.63 | — | — | — | — | |
| First Class Officer | $82,047.73 | — | $85,329.02 | — | — | — | $88,312.95 | — | — | — | — | |
| STO1 | $82,835.45 | — | $86,148.03 | — | — | — | $89,163.27 | — | — | — | — | |
| STO2 | $84,431.75 | — | $87,806.93 | — | — | — | $90,879.55 | — | — | — | — | |
| STO3 | $86,012.4 | — | $89,455.4 | — | — | — | $92,585.4 | — | — | — | — | |
Railcar Driver (Transwa) Transwa IA 2025 Weekly ordinary wage rate (including 1.9% annualised leave loading) on Transwa regional services; Driver and Trainer are aggregated classifications whose actual roster pay is higher, while the Coordinator is paid this rate plus penalties and shift allowances as separately earned. | Railcar Driver | — | — | — | $111,301.76 | — | — | — | $115,756.27 | — | — | $119,807.01 |
| Railcar Driver Trainer | — | — | — | $117,978.57 | — | — | — | $122,704.35 | — | — | $126,994.01 | |
| Railcar Driver Coordinator | — | — | — | $130,778.7 | — | — | — | $136,015.19 | — | — | $140,772.79 | |
Road Coach Operator Transwa IA 2025 Weekly ordinary wage rate (including 1.9% annualised leave loading) for Transwa regional road-coach drivers; both levels are aggregated classifications, so actual pay adds a roster-specific aggregate component on top of the printed rate. | Road Coach Operator | — | — | — | $77,993.34 | — | — | — | $81,113.43 | — | — | $84,302.9 |
| Road Coach Operator Instructor | — | — | — | $82,671.13 | — | — | — | $85,982.67 | — | — | $89,363.59 | |
Passenger Assistant Transwa IA 2025 Weekly ordinary wage rate (including 1.9% annualised leave loading) for on-board customer service staff on Transwa rail services; both levels are aggregated classifications, so actual pay adds a roster-specific aggregate component. | Passenger Assistant | — | — | — | $68,233.48 | — | — | — | $70,960.23 | — | — | $74,149.7 |
| Senior Passenger Assistant | — | — | — | $77,993.34 | — | — | — | $81,113.43 | — | — | $84,302.9 | |
Station Attendant Transwa IA 2025 Weekly ordinary wage rate (including 1.3% annualised leave loading, reflecting a 4-week leave entitlement); aggregated at the Bunbury depot (Monday-Saturday roster) but non-aggregated at East Perth (Monday-Friday roster), at the same pay rate. | Station Attendant | — | — | — | $67,831.8 | — | — | — | $70,542.38 | — | — | $73,713.07 |
Showing annual salary rates (calculated from weekly × 52.167)
Allowances
| Allowance | Unit | Oct 2023 | May 2024 | Oct 2024 | Feb 2025 | Mar 2025 | Apr 2025 | May 2025 | July 2025 | Feb 2026 | Mar 2026 | May 2026 | Feb 2027 |
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Early Morning / Afternoon Shift — Railway Employees & Transit Officers (cl 5.1.2(a) / 5.1.1) 13.5% of the hourly reference rate, per hour of ordinary time. Early morning shifts starting 0400-0600 (Transit Officers: 0400-0530) and afternoon shifts starting before 1800 and finishing at or after 1830. Not payable to aggregated Customer Service Assistants (REA 5). | Per hour | — | $4.48 | — | — | — | — | $4.66 | — | — | — | $4.87 | — |
Night Shift — Railway Employees & Transit Officers (cl 5.1.2(b) / 5.1.1(b)) 16% of the hourly reference rate, per hour of ordinary time, for night shifts commencing between 1800 and 0359. | Per hour | — | $5.31 | — | — | — | — | $5.53 | — | — | — | $5.77 | — |
Late Shift — Railway Employees & Transit Officers (cl 5.1.2(c) / 5.1.3) Paid per shift, in addition to the hourly shift allowance, where ordinary time starts or finishes between 0101 and 0359. | Per shift | — | $5.31 | — | — | — | — | $5.53 | — | — | — | $5.77 | — |
Continuous Night Shift — Railway Employees (cl 5.1.2(d)) 30% of the hourly reference rate for employees continuously rostered on night shifts starting and finishing between 1800 and 0600; replaces the morning/afternoon/night/late shift allowances. | Per hour | — | $9.96 | — | — | — | — | $10.36 | — | — | — | $10.81 | — |
Long Shift Allowance — Railway Employees (cl 3.4.4) For an ordinary shift longer than 10 hours, paid per hour from the start of the 11th rostered hour; scales with each classification's own base wage rate. | Formula | — | 0.84 x Base Wage Rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Fire Panel Allowance — Railway Employees (cl 5.3) For the employee designated to attend the fire indicator panel on a rostered shift; adjusted annually. | Per shift | — | $7.70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Other Line Allowance — Passenger Ticketing / Customer Service Assistants (cl 5.2.5) Where a shift must commence on a line or location other than the employee's home line or base and travel time cannot be incorporated within the shift. | Formula | — | 1.5 hours' pay at the Base Wage Rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Motor Vehicle Allowance (metro, over 2600cc) — Railway Employees (cl 5.2.8) Employee (other than Passenger Ticketing/Customer Service Assistants) temporarily required to start or finish away from their home line or base; adjusted in line with Public Service Award 1992 rates. | Per km | — | $0.90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Motor Vehicle Allowance (metro, 1600-2600cc) — Railway Employees (cl 5.2.8) | Per km | — | $0.65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Motor Vehicle Allowance (metro, under 1600cc) — Railway Employees (cl 5.2.8) | Per km | — | $0.53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Motor Cycle Allowance (metro) — Railway Employees (cl 5.2.8) | Per km | — | $0.31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Fire Panel Allowance — Transit Officers (cl 5.3.2) For the officer designated to attend the fire indicator panel on a rostered shift; adjusted annually in line with State Wage Case movements. | Per shift | — | — | $7.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Other Line Allowance — Transit Officers (cl 5.2.2) Officer required to commence work on a line other than their designated home line: one hour's pay at the base rate plus $0.895 per kilometre for the return journey between the home line's innermost staffed station and the other line's commencement point. | Formula | 1 hour's pay + $0.895/km return | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Morning / Afternoon Shift — Railcar Drivers (cl 5.1.1(a)) 13.5% of this agreement's hourly reference rate, per hour of ordinary time. Morning shifts starting 0400-0600 and afternoon shifts starting before 1800 and finishing at or after 1830. | Per hour | — | — | — | — | $6.42 | — | — | — | — | $6.68 | — | — |
Night Shift — Railcar Drivers (cl 5.1.1(b)) 16% of the hourly reference rate for night shifts commencing between 1800 and 0359. | Per hour | — | — | — | — | $7.61 | — | — | — | — | $7.92 | — | — |
Late Shift — Railcar Drivers (cl 5.1.1(c)) Paid per shift where ordinary time commences or finishes between 0101 and 0359. | Per shift | — | — | — | — | $7.61 | — | — | — | — | $7.92 | — | — |
On Call Allowance — Railcar Drivers (cl 5.3.2) Per hour while on call outside standard hours. | Per hour | — | — | — | — | $5.22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Shed Duties Allowance — Railcar Driver (cl 5.4.1) Per shift when performing shed duties; set at 1% of the Railcar Driver's weekly base rate of pay. | Per shift | — | — | — | — | $18.08 | — | — | — | — | $18.80 | — | — |
Shed Duties Allowance — Trainee Railcar Driver (cl 5.4.2) Per shift when performing shed duties; set at 0.85% of the Railcar Driver's weekly base rate of pay. | Per shift | — | — | — | — | $15.36 | — | — | — | — | $15.98 | — | — |
Shift Break Location Change Allowance — Railcar Drivers (cl 5.5.1) Where a shift break cannot be observed at the originally rostered location due to unforeseen disruption after the shift has commenced; 1% of the weekly base rate of pay. | Per occasion | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $18.08 | — | $18.80 | — | — |
Temporary Transfer Distance Allowance (no reasonable public transport) — Railcar Drivers (cl 5.2.1(b)) Per extra kilometre both ways when a shift must start or finish at a metro depot other than the home depot, adding distance versus the normal commute; adjusted against the median Perth Tariff 1 weekday taxi rate. | Per km | — | — | — | — | $2.13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temporary Transfer Distance Allowance (public transport reasonably available) — Railcar Drivers (cl 5.2.1(b)) | Per km | — | — | — | — | $1.07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Morning Shift — Transwa (cl 5.2.1) Per hour for morning shifts commencing between 0400 and 0530. Shift-allowance dollar values step up on 22 May (tracking the Railway Employees agreement) after the initial 1 February 2025 rate. | Per hour | — | — | — | $4.98 | — | — | $5.18 | — | — | — | $5.41 | — |
Afternoon Shift — Transwa (cl 5.2.2) Per hour for afternoon shifts commencing before 1800 and concluding at or after 1830. | Per hour | — | — | — | $4.98 | — | — | $5.18 | — | — | — | $5.41 | — |
Night Shift — Transwa (cl 5.2.3) Per hour for night shifts commencing between 1800 and 0359. | Per hour | — | — | — | $6.64 | — | — | $6.91 | — | — | — | $7.21 | — |
Late Shift — Transwa (cl 5.2.4) Paid per shift where ordinary time commences or finishes between 0101 and 0359. | Per shift | — | — | — | $6.64 | — | — | $6.91 | — | — | — | $7.21 | — |
Distance Allowance — Road Coach Operator, over 600 km per shift (cl 5.4) Per shift where the distance travelled exceeds 600 km; indexed with the Road Coach Operator base wage rate increases on Transwa's own 1 February dates. | Per shift | — | — | — | $79.84 | — | — | — | — | $83.04 | — | — | $86.30 |
Away from Home and Meal Allowance — Transwa (cl 5.5) Railcar Driver and Road Coach Operator groups, per 2-hour period or part thereof away from home; reviewed annually against Perth food CPI each 1 July. | Per 2 hours | — | — | — | — | — | $9.10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Relieving Allowance — Incidentals, south of 26° south (cl 5.6) Flat rate; thereafter follows Public Service Award 1992 Schedule I as varied. | Flat rate | — | — | — | — | — | $14.55 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Relieving Allowance — Breakfast & Lunch (cl 5.6) | Per meal | — | — | — | — | — | $16.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Relieving Allowance — Dinner (cl 5.6) | Per meal | — | — | — | — | — | $46.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Railcar Driver Training Allowance — Transwa (cl 5.9) Per shift when providing tuition; reviewed annually in line with State Wage Case movements each 1 July. | Per shift | — | — | — | — | — | $37.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Overnight Travel Allowance — Transwa (cl 5.10) For each night away from the usual place of residence when travelling on official business. | Per night | — | — | — | — | — | $20.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Penalty Rates
Overtime, weekday — Railway Employees (cl 3.5.8)184%
Additional hours between midnight Sunday and midnight Friday, on the base wage rate. Aggregated employees instead receive 150% full-time or 170% part-time on the aggregated wage rate. Where more than one penalty applies, only the highest is paid.
Overtime, Saturday/Sunday — Railway Employees (cl 3.5.9)200%
Additional hours worked on a weekend, for both non-aggregated (base wage rate) and aggregated (aggregated wage rate) employees. A call-in for an additional shift pays a minimum of 5 hours full-time or 4 hours part-time (cl 3.5.6).
Weekend ordinary hours — Railway Employees 24/7 shift workers (cl 3.5.11-3.5.12)150% Sat / 200% Sun
Ordinary (non-overtime) rostered weekend hours, calculated on the ordinary wage rate; for aggregated Customer Service Assistants this is the loading folded into the aggregate component.
Monday-Friday afternoon/night shift work — Railway Employees (cl 5.1.5)125-150%
Five consecutive weekday afternoon or night shifts (non-24/7 arrangement): 125% for the first 8 hours and 150% after; weekend hours under this arrangement pay 200%.
Public holiday — Railway Employees (cl 6.1.4)250%
Double time and a half for all hours worked on a public holiday, in lieu of all other penalties. A public holiday falling on a non-rostered day is paid as 8 hours at the ordinary wage rate.
Overtime — Railcar Drivers (cl 3.3.3(b))150%
Payable on the hourly base rate once a full-time driver exceeds 80 standard hours in a fortnight (76 for part-time) — a fortnightly threshold rather than a per-shift trigger.
Weekend additional hours / RDO recall — Railcar Drivers (cl 3.3.3(d)-(e))200%
Additional hours on a Saturday or Sunday, and recall to work on a rostered day off (standard hours rostered 0000-0400 on the RDO remain ordinary time).
Weekend ordinary hours — Railcar Drivers shift employees (cl 3.3.4)150% Sat / 200% Sun
All time worked on Saturdays (shift employees) and Sundays.
Weekend-crossing night loading — Railcar Drivers (cl 5.1.2)+75% per hour
Standard hours between midnight Sunday and 0730 Monday on a shift that started on the Sunday; replaces the standard shift allowances for those hours.
Public holiday — Railcar Drivers (cl 3.3.5)150% + 8 hrs
Time and a half for the first 8 hours worked (double time and a half beyond 8 hours), plus a separate 8-hour payment at the base rate or 8 hours' leave in lieu at the driver's election.
Overtime — Transit Officers (cl 3.2.6)184% wkday / 200% wkend
Calculated on the base rate of pay: 184% between midnight Sunday and midnight Friday, 200% on Saturdays and Sundays. Minimum call-out of 3 hours on weekdays and 4 hours on weekends and public holidays (cl 3.2.7).
Weekend ordinary hours — Transit Officers (cl 3.1.7)150% Sat / 200% Sun
Ordinary rostered weekend hours; no other shift penalties apply on top.
Public holiday — Transit Officers (cl 6.1.3-6.1.7)150% + 8 hrs (max 250%)
Time and a half for all time worked on the public holiday shift (in lieu of all other penalties), plus either a further 8 hours at the base rate or 8 hours' leave in lieu; capped at double time and a half overall.
Overtime, extended shift — Transwa (cl 3.3.3)150-200%
Time added to a rostered shift. Non-aggregated: 150% for the first 3 weekday hours then 200%, and 200% on weekends, on the ordinary hourly rate. Aggregated classifications: 150% on the aggregated hourly rate.
Overtime, additional shift — Transwa (cl 3.3.3)184% wkday / 200% wkend
A whole extra shift, paid on the ordinary hourly wage rate for both aggregated and non-aggregated employees.
Weekend ordinary hours — Transwa aggregated classifications (cl 3.3.6)150% Sat / 200% Sun
The weekend loadings folded into aggregated classifications' aggregate component; East Perth Station Attendants (Monday-Friday roster) have no weekend ordinary hours.
Altered shift taking the week over 40 hours — Transwa (cl 3.3.4)150%
On the aggregated hourly rate.
Shift hours beyond 11 — Transwa aggregated classifications (cl 3.3.7)200%
On the ordinary hourly rate; factored into the aggregate component rather than paid per shift.
Public holiday — Transwa (cl 6.1.5-6.1.7)150% + 8 hrs
Time and a half for rostered time worked on the public holiday, plus either a day in lieu or a flat 8-hour payment (7.6 hours for 38-hour Monday-Friday rosters) — effectively 250% for a standard 8-hour shift. Aggregated classifications use the aggregated hourly rate.
Notes
- •These figures are full-time weekly rates in Australian dollars for a 40-hour week, drawn from four separate WA Public Transport Authority (PTA) enterprise agreements: Railway Employees (Transperth station staff), Transperth Railcar Drivers, Transit Officers, and Transwa (regional rail and road coaches). Each agreement has its own pay-rise calendar, so each classification only shows figures in its own agreement's date columns.
- •Increase schedules: Railway Employees rates rose 5% from 22 May 2024 and 4% from 22 May 2025, with a flat $60-per-week increase from 22 May 2026. Transperth Railcar Driver rates apply from 17 March 2025 and 17 March 2026, Transit Officer rates from 7 October 2023, 2024 and 2025, and Transwa rates from 1 February 2025, 2026 and 2027.
- •Railway Employees REA 3 and REA 5 rates and all Transwa weekly rates are ordinary wage rates that include an annualised leave loading (1.3% or 1.9%); all other rates are base rates, with annual leave loading (17.5% for day workers, 20% for most shift workers) paid separately when leave is taken. The Railway Employees agreement does not publish job titles for levels REA 1, REA 2 and REA 6.
- •Customer Service Assistants (REA 5) and most Transwa classifications are "aggregated": actual weekly pay adds a roster-specific aggregate component covering averaged shift and weekend penalties, so real earnings are higher than the printed rate. Non-aggregated classifications are paid the printed rate plus shift allowances and penalty rates as separately earned.
- •Transwa casual Road Coach Operators and Passenger Assistants are paid flat hourly rates that already include the casual loading — $45.85 and $40.11 per hour from 1 February 2025, $47.68 and $41.72 from 1 February 2026, and $49.56 and $43.59 from 1 February 2027. They are omitted from the weekly table because the agreement publishes them hourly.
- •Transit Officer shift allowances are set as a percentage of the Railway Employees agreement's Passenger Ticketing Assistant (REA 4) reference rate, and the printed Transwa shift-allowance schedule also steps up each 22 May after its initial 1 February 2025 rate — so both sets of dollar amounts move on the Railway Employees agreement's 22 May dates rather than their own agreements' wage dates.
- •Travelling and district allowances under the Transwa agreement are paid at rates set by external public-sector instruments (Public Service Award 1992; District Allowance (Government Wages Employees) General Agreement 2010) and are not listed here. The Transit Officer other-line allowance's station-to-station kilometre distances are set out in a schedule to that agreement.
- •Nominal expiry dates: Transit Officers 6 October 2026, Transperth Railcar Drivers 17 March 2027, Railway Employees 22 May 2027, Transwa 31 January 2028.
- •Source: Public Transport Authority/ARTBIU Railway Employees (Transperth Train Operations) Industrial Agreement 2024 (AG 22 of 2024), Public Transport Authority/ARTBIU (Transperth Train Operations Railcar Drivers) Industrial Agreement 2025 (AG 53 of 2025), Public Transport Authority/ARTBIU (Transit Officers) Industrial Agreement 2023 (AG 20 of 2024) and Public Transport Authority/ARTBIU (Transwa) Industrial Agreement 2025 (AG 21 of 2025), Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission — https://www.wairc.wa.gov.au
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