SA Paramedic Salary 2026 — SA Ambulance Service Pay Scale

SA paramedic pay 2026 at a glance

Full-time base salaries from 1 July 2026. Tap a table name for every row, or a salary to see it after tax.

Which agreement sets SA paramedic pay

Paramedics employed by SA Ambulance Service are paid under the SA Ambulance Service Enterprise Agreement 2025. The rates below apply from 1 July 2026 and were read from the source on 24 September 2026.

Next scheduled increase: 31 December 2026. A 3.5% increase from the first full pay period on or after 31 December 2026 is printed in Schedule 1: Intern (pay point 1.2) goes to $79,753, Paramedic pay point 2.1 to $86,841 and pay point 2.7 to $108,114. A new top Paramedic pay point 2.8 ($111,654) starts on 1 July 2027.

SA Ambulance Service pay scale — every classification

Annual full-time base salary before tax and before superannuation. Part-time staff are paid pro rata.

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.

Graduate and intern paramedic pay

From 1 July 2026 a SAAS Intern is paid $77,059 a year (pay point 1.2); the lower Intern pay point 1.1 was deleted on that date.

Student Ambulance Officers in the Sponsored Paramedic Degree Program are paid $72,776 (SPDP 1.1) to $80,531 (SPDP 1.4) a year from 1 July 2026.

Qualified Paramedics start at pay point 2.1 ($83,904 a year) and progress to pay point 2.7 ($104,458 a year from 1 July 2026). Incremental progression under the new pay points occurs yearly on 1 July.

Shift penalties, loadings and allowances

Base salary is not the whole of it: paramedics on rotating rosters are paid extra for shift work. In summary, from the SA Ambulance Service Enterprise Agreement 2025:

• Shift workers not on a rolled-in rate get an early morning penalty of 17% for work between midnight and 6:30am, or a night shift penalty of 20.5% for night shifts between 7pm and 7am (clause 18).
• Most rostered emergency staff are paid a rolled-in rate (RIR) allowance on top of base salary instead of separate shift penalties - 37.57% of base for the Metro Emergency Operations Day/Night roster (Schedule 4).
• Casual employees receive a 25% loading (clause 14.6); casuals working weekends get the 50% weekend penalty under clause 17.10.2 of the Award (clause 38.2).
• Work on part-day public holidays (Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve from 7pm) and Easter Sunday attracts Award penalty rates even for employees on the rolled-in rate (clause 20).

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 SA paramedic salary is worth after tax

Every salary in the tables links to its take-home figure. Start with take-home pay on $77,000 for the entry rate or take-home pay on $104,000 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 SA 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:

• Patient transport, Emergency Support Service, Clinical Instructor, SPRINT, ICP Solo Responder, paramedic team leader (Part 3.1) and operational management pay points are in Schedule 1 but are not reproduced here.

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