VIC Paramedic Salary 2026 — Ambulance Victoria Pay Scale

VIC paramedic pay 2026 at a glance

Full-time base salaries from 21 October 2025. Tap a table name for every row, or a salary to see it after tax.

Which agreement sets VIC paramedic pay

Paramedics employed by Ambulance Victoria are paid under the Ambulance Victoria Enterprise Agreement 2024. The rates below apply from 21 October 2025 and were read from the source on 24 September 2026.

Next scheduled increase: 21 October 2026. The agreement's next column applies from the first full pay period on or after 21 October 2026. It takes a Graduate Ambulance Paramedic Level 1 to $1,454.17 a week, an ALS Paramedic Year 11 to $2,004.38 a week and a MICA Paramedic Year 12 to $2,563.01 a week (aggregated base rates).

Ambulance Victoria 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

A Graduate Ambulance Paramedic (GAP) is an employee who has completed, or is undertaking, an AHPRA-approved paramedicine program and is employed in AV's Graduate Ambulance Paramedic program.

From the first full pay period on or after 21 October 2025, a Graduate Ambulance Paramedic Level 1 (from commencement, under direct supervision) is paid an aggregated base rate of $1,398.24 a week (about $72,908 a year), and Level 2 (once under indirect supervision) $1,443.45 a week (about $75,266 a year).

Graduates on shift rosters are paid the Appendix 2 rolled-in rate instead: $1,808.49 a week for Level 1 and $1,860.31 a week for Level 2 from 21 October 2025.

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 Ambulance Victoria Enterprise Agreement 2024:

• Shift workers are paid a weekly rolled-in rate (Appendix 2) that absorbs shift and weekend penalties - for example $2,193.19 a week for an ALS Paramedic Year 1 from 21 October 2025, against an aggregated base rate of $1,713.15.
• Unsociable shift incentive: $185 for each qualifying rostered shift of six hours or more (clause 37.3).
• Flexible Shift Paramedic Allowance: $100 per shift; Roster Cycle Allocation Paramedic Allowance: $65 per shift (clause 44.6).

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 VIC paramedic salary is worth after tax

Every salary in the tables links to its take-home figure. Start with take-home pay on $73,000 for the entry rate or take-home pay on $100,000 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 VIC 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:

• Advanced Life Support Ambulance Paramedic - Year 12: the row exists in the agreement, but its aggregated base rate did not survive text extraction from the agreement PDF and is not published here rather than being estimated. (Its rolled-in rate from 21 October 2025 is $2,427.84 a week.)
• Relieving, Senior Reserve, Rural Senior Relieving, ARU, flight and community support coordinator classifications are in Appendix 1 of the agreement but are not reproduced here.

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