Australia Post prints annual salaries, not hourly rates. The hourly rates here use the agreement's own formula (annual salary ÷ 313 × 6 ÷ 36.75) and match the union's September 2026 table. Full-time hours are 36.75 a week, so the 38-hour weekly example below slightly overstates a standard full-time week.
The 4% rise in September 2026 is the last pay rise this agreement schedules. It reaches its nominal expiry on 9 October 2027; any later rise depends on a new agreement.
These rates are for Australia Post itself. Staff at Licensed Post Offices work for the private licensee and are usually paid under the General Retail Industry Award, and StarTrack has its own agreements.
Which agreement sets Australia Post pay
Australia Post postal staff are paid under the Australia Post Enterprise Agreement 2024 (AG2024/3287, AE526228). It covers Australia Post employees in the classifications it lists, including posties, corporate Post Office counter staff, mail and parcel processing, transport and administrative staff. It does not cover Licensed Post Offices, which are privately owned, or StarTrack, which has its own agreements.
- Approved by the Fair Work Commission: 11 October 2024 ([2024] FWCA 3425), operating from 18 October 2024
- Nominal expiry date: 9 October 2027
- Employer: Australian Postal Corporation (Australia Post)
Australia Post hourly pay rates by level (adults)
Base hourly rates before tax for adult employees. Casual rates include the 22.5% casual loading, paid instead of leave entitlements.
| Level | Full-time & part-time | Casual (incl. 22.5%) |
|---|---|---|
| Trainee Postal Delivery Officer (adult)New postie, for the first 3 months — $56,075 a year. Trainee Mail Officers and Parcel Post Officers are paid the same | $29.25 | $35.83 |
| Postal Delivery Officer — pay point 1Qualified postie, lowest point — $59,948 a year (Mail Officers the same) | $31.27 | $38.31 |
| Postal Delivery Officer — pay point 3Where Delivery Centre posties start after the trainee period (cl 11.8.4) — $64,138 a year | $33.46 | $40.99 |
| Postal Delivery Officer — pay point 5Top of the postie scale — $66,906 a year | $34.90 | $42.75 |
| Senior Postal Delivery Officer Grade 1$69,302 a year | $36.15 | $44.28 |
| Trainee Postal Services Officer (adult)New Post Office counter staff member, for the first 3 months — $56,979 a year | $29.72 | $36.41 |
| Postal Services Officer — pay point 1Post Office counter staff, lowest point — $60,903 a year | $31.77 | $38.92 |
| Postal Services Officer — pay point 5Top of the counter staff scale — $73,050 a year | $38.10 | $46.67 |
Australia Post penalty rates: evenings, weekends and public holidays
Penalty rates are a percentage of the base hourly rate for your level (or, where stated, a flat amount per hour) for hours worked at the times below.
| When | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Friday | Ordinary rate | Ordinary rate + 22.5% |
| Shift any part of which falls between 6pm and 6.30am | + 15% of salary for that shift | + 15%, plus the 22.5% loading |
| Saturday (ordinary duty) | + 50% | + 50%, plus the 22.5% loading (172.5%) |
| Sunday (ordinary duty) | + 100% | + 100%, plus the 22.5% loading (222.5%) |
| Public holidayMinimum extra payment of 4 hours (cl 18.8.1) | Extra time and a half for time worked (250% in total) | Extra time and a half on top of the casual rate (272.5%) |
- Penalties are percentages of the ordinary hourly rate (cl 18.1). They stand alone: they are not counted in overtime and not paid on top of another penalty (cl 18.2).
- Casuals get the same penalties as permanent staff, in addition to the 22.5% loading — the two are added, not multiplied (cl 10.3).
- For a trainee postie ($29.25 an hour) that is $43.88 on a Saturday ($50.46 casual) and $58.50 on a Sunday ($65.08 casual) — our arithmetic.
- Posties are also paid a 15% Delivery Allowance for a shift on which they deliver, unless they already get a shift penalty (cl 13.23). Full-timers on shifts wholly between 6pm and 8am for more than 4 weeks get 30% instead of 15%.
Overtime
| When | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Friday, first 3 hours | 150% | 150% |
| Monday to Friday, after 3 hours | 200% | 200% |
| Saturday | 150% for the first 3 hours, then 200% (shiftworkers 200%) | Same as permanent |
| Sunday | 200% | 200% |
| Public holiday | 250% | 250% |
To price a mix of weekday, weekend and overtime hours, use the overtime and penalty rate calculator.
How much Australia Post pays a week
Gross weekly pay for an adult at Trainee Postal Delivery Officer (adult), with every hour at the ordinary weekday rate. Weekend and evening shifts push these figures up; tax comes off them.
| Hours a week | Part-time / full-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|
| 15 hours | $438.75 | $537.45 |
| 25 hours | $731.25 | $895.75 |
| 38 hours | $1,111.50 | $1,361.54 |
A full-time year (38 hours × 52 weeks) at $29.25 is $57,798 before tax. See take-home pay on $60,000 (the nearest salary we publish) and $29.06 an hour as a yearly salary (the nearest hourly rate we publish).
Enter your hourly rate and hours in the weekly pay calculator to see tax withheld and what lands in your account. Casual or part-time with a second job? Check the second job tax calculator.
What this page does not show
We publish only what we could read from a primary source. Left off rather than estimated:
- The exact date the September 2026 rise started — "the first full pay period in September", which Australia Post does not print.
- Other scales (transport, administrative, Postal Manager, co-ordinator and team roles) — in the Booklet but not shown here.
- Casual hourly rates are the formula rate plus 22.5%, rounded to the cent; the union's table can differ by a cent.
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How this page is sourced▼
Every rate on this page was read from the Australia Post Enterprise Agreement 2024 (AG2024/3287, AE526228) as lodged with the Fair Work Commission on 24 September 2026. Nothing is estimated or averaged. Junior dollar figures the instrument does not print are calculated from its own percentages and labelled as such.
Rates change on dates written into the agreement, and a new agreement can replace this one. Re-check against your payslip and the instrument itself; the Fair Work Ombudsman (13 13 94) can confirm what applies to you.
Sources & References
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- 2AP — Rates of Pay — September 2026 — 4%— Communications Workers Union (CEPU)
Last verified: 24 September 2026. Our content is based on the latest information from official Australian government sources.
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