The Firefighting Industrial Agreement of 2025 applied from 1 July 2025 and was in force until 30 June 2026 (clause 1.3.2). The parties agreed to start negotiating a replacement from December 2025.
No replacement agreement was listed by the Tasmanian Industrial Commission when we checked on 24 September 2026, so the 1 December 2025 salaries remain the latest published rates. A new agreement may bring a back-dated increase.
TAS firefighter pay 2026 at a glance
Full-time base salaries from 1 December 2025. Tap a table name for every row, or a salary to see it after tax.
| Pay table | Rows | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firefighters (Schedule 1, clause 16.1.1) | 7 | $74,169 | $105,801 |
| Leading Firefighters and officers (Schedule 1, clause 16.1.1) | 10 | $108,076 | $140,927 |
Which agreement sets TAS firefighter pay
Firefighters employed by Tasmania Fire Service are paid under the Firefighting Industrial Agreement of 2025. The rates below apply from 1 December 2025 and were read from the source on 24 September 2026.
Tasmania Fire Service pay scale — every classification
Annual full-time base salary before tax and before superannuation. Part-time staff are paid pro rata.
Firefighters (Schedule 1, clause 16.1.1)
Career firefighters from entry-level Firefighter Year 1 to Senior Firefighter (Advanced). Each Firefighter year needs 12 months' satisfactory service plus the required units; First Class (Year 4) follows 3 years' service.
Leading Firefighters and officers (Schedule 1, clause 16.1.1)
Leading Firefighter and Station Officer are reached by promotion; the Year 2 and 3 points within each rank are advancement points based on competencies.
| Classification | Annual salary | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Leading Firefighter 1 | $108,076 | |
| Leading Firefighter 2 | $109,145 | |
| Leading Firefighter 3 | $110,225 | |
| Station Officer 1 | $117,031 | |
| Station Officer 2 | $118,191 | |
| Station Officer 3 | $119,361 | |
| Senior Station Officer 1 | $121,859 | |
| Senior Station Officer 2 | $123,066 | |
| Senior Station Officer 3 | $124,285 | |
| District Officer | $140,927 |
Every salary links to its take-home figure. Take-home pages exist for every $1,000 up to $150,000 and in wider steps above that, so a salary without a page of its own links to the nearest one.
Recruit firefighter pay
The agreement does not set a separate recruit or trainee rate. Firefighter Year 1 — described as entry-level firefighters — is $74,169 a year from 1 December 2025.
Shift penalties, loadings and allowances
Base salary is not the whole of it: firefighters on rotating rosters are paid extra for shift work. In summary, from the Firefighting Industrial Agreement of 2025:
- Career brigades work the 2 days on / 2 nights on / 4 days off 10/14 shift roster within an average 42-hour week (clause 5.5).
- The agreement sets salaries as annual amounts; the weekly wage rate is the agreement salary ÷ 365.25 × 7 (clause 4.3).
Check the instrument for the exact conditions that apply to your roster. Overtime is worked out separately — the overtime pay calculator handles time and a half and double time.
What a TAS firefighter salary is worth after tax
Every salary in the tables links to its take-home figure. Start with take-home pay on $74,000 for the entry rate or take-home pay on $106,000 for the top of the scale. Those figures cover base salary only; shift penalties and allowances are taxed as ordinary income on top.
Employer superannuation is paid on top of these salaries. For your own pay including penalties, a study loan or salary packaging, use the take-home pay calculator or the TAS pay calculator.
What this page does not show
We publish only what we could read from a primary source. These are left off rather than estimated:
- No recruit-course (trainee) rate is published separately; the entry row is Firefighter Year 1.
- Communications, Community Fire Safety and Fire Equipment classifications and Senior District Officer rates are printed in Schedule 1 but not shown here.
- Volunteer brigade members are not paid under this agreement.
TAS firefighter pay questions
Firefighter pay in other states
How this page is sourced▼
Every salary on this page was read from the Firefighting Industrial Agreement of 2025 or Tasmania Fire Service’s own published pay table on 24 September 2026, and applies from 1 December 2025. Nothing is estimated, averaged or interpolated. Where the instrument publishes a weekly or fortnightly rate, the annual figure is that rate multiplied out and the published rate is shown in the notes column.
Take-home figures come from the site’s own calculator using ATO rates for the current income year.
Sources & References
- 1Firefighting Industrial Agreement of 2025 (T15342 of 2026)— Tasmanian Industrial Commission
- 2Public Sector Agreements — current agreements list— Tasmanian Industrial Commission
- 3Salary — Tasmania Fire Service Recruitment— Tasmania Fire Service
Last verified: 24 September 2026. Our content is based on the latest information from official Australian government sources.
Anita Bell
AuthorFounder & Senior Bookkeeper
Accountancy degree (2015); certified in Xero, QuickBooks Online, MYOB, Saasu, Zoho and Reckon One
Anita Bell earned her accountancy degree in 2015 and has worked as a senior bookkeeper with Prime Bookkeeping for over 5 years. This built her skills in Australian and New Zealand tax legislation and industry regulations. She is certified in Xero, QuickBooks Online, MYOB, Saasu, Zoho and Reckon One, and works with payroll and rostering software including Gusto, Deputy, Tsheets and KeyPay. She has strong experience in hospitality, building and construction, financial services, real estate, ecommerce, and medical and health services.
Areas of Expertise