This page covers only Qantas Airways Limited's short haul (domestic) cabin crew agreement. If you fly long haul, or are employed by Qantas Domestic Pty Ltd, QantasLink or Jetstar, a different agreement sets your pay — check the agreement named on your payslip.
From 1 July 2026 the Aircraft Cabin Crew Award sets a minimum of $1,097.40 a week ($28.88 an hour) for a full-time cabin crew member. The agreement's printed salaries for years 1 to 3 ($1,038.39) and year 4 ($1,072.28) are lower. The agreement's hourly rates are above the award's $28.88 because its full-time week is shorter than 38 hours. An agreement's base rate can't be below the award's base rate for the same work (Fair Work Act s 206); if you think your pay falls short, check with the Fair Work Ombudsman or your union.
The agreement's last scheduled rise was on 1 January 2026, and it reaches its nominal expiry date on 31 December 2026. Any further rise depends on a new agreement.
Which agreement sets Qantas pay
Qantas short haul cabin crew staff are paid under the Flight Attendants' Association of Australia – Short Haul Division (Qantas Airways Limited) Enterprise Agreement 10 (AG2023/978, AE519994). It covers flight attendants and Customer Service Managers employed by Qantas Airways Limited and mainly working domestic routes. Qantas long haul crew, Qantas Domestic Pty Ltd crew, QantasLink and Jetstar cabin crew are on separate agreements with different pay, which this page does not show.
- Approved by the Fair Work Commission: 11 May 2023 (PR761830), operating from 18 May 2023
- Nominal expiry date: 31 December 2026
- Employer: Qantas Airways Limited
Qantas hourly pay rates by level (adults)
Base hourly rates before tax for adult employees. Casual rates include the 25% casual loading, paid instead of leave entitlements.
| Level | Full-time & part-time | Casual (incl. 25%) |
|---|---|---|
| Flight Attendant — first to third year$1,038.39 a week ($53,996.28 a year) — the same salary applies during initial training and in years 1, 2 and 3 | $32.20 | $47.29 |
| Fourth Year Flight Attendant$1,072.28 a week ($55,758.56 a year) | $33.25 | — |
| Fifth Year Flight Attendant$1,111.89 a week ($57,818.28 a year) | $34.48 | — |
| Sixth Year Flight Attendant$1,153.58 a week ($59,986.16 a year) | $35.77 | — |
| Seventh Year Flight Attendant$1,193.19 a week ($62,045.88 a year) | $37.00 | — |
| Eighth Year Flight Attendant$1,234.51 a week ($64,194.52 a year) | $38.28 | — |
| Ninth Year Flight Attendant$1,275.60 a week ($66,331.20 a year) | $39.55 | — |
| Tenth Year Flight Attendant$1,397.45 a week ($72,667.40 a year) | $43.33 | — |
| First Year Customer Service ManagerCabin manager: $1,653.66 a week ($85,990.32 a year) | $51.28 | — |
| Second Year Customer Service Manager$1,725.43 a week ($89,722.36 a year) | $53.50 | — |
| Third Year Customer Service Manager$1,905.18 a week ($99,069.36 a year) | $59.08 | — |
| Fourth Year Customer Service Manager$1,962.33 a week ($102,041.16 a year) | $60.85 | — |
Qantas pays short haul cabin crew a weekly salary, which rises with each year of service. The hourly figures are the agreement's single-time rate — the annual salary divided by 1,677 hours (cl 12.18) — worked out by us from the printed weekly salary × 52, so treat them as close, not exact. Each level's weekly and annual salary is in its description.
Casual flight attendants are paid one printed rate, $47.29 an hour from 1 January 2026 (Part G cl 2.2). It is based on the First Year salary and adds the 25% casual loading plus a further 10% and the grooming and miscellaneous expense reimbursements (cl 18.2), so it is not simply base + 25%. Casuals get the other allowances and penalties but not bands payments. The agreement has no casual Customer Service Manager rate.
Qantas 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, 5:01am to 3pmBands payments are points × $3.03 for flight attendants, $3.35 for CSMs (Part G, from 1 Jan 2026) | Band 1: 1 point ($3.03) | No bands payments |
| Monday to Thursday, 3:01pm to 10pm; Friday 3:01pm to 7pm | Band 3: 5 points ($15.15) | No bands payments |
| Monday to Friday, midnight to 5am; Monday to Thursday after 10pm | Band 4: 6 points ($18.18) | No bands payments |
| Friday 7:01pm to 10pm; Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 5:01am to 7pm | Band 5: 7 points ($21.21) | No bands payments |
| Friday after 10pm; Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 7:01pm to 5am | Band 6: 9 points ($27.27) | No bands payments |
| Christmas Day, any time | Band 7: 18 points ($54.54) | No bands payments |
- Qantas short haul crew have no percentage weekend or evening penalty. Instead the agreement pays "bands payments" for unsociable hours, weekends and public holidays: each band has a point value, multiplied by $3.03 for a flight attendant ($3.35 for a CSM) from 1 January 2026 (cl 44, Part G). The agreement lists these amounts "per instance"; how instances are counted on a roster is not spelled out in the pages we transcribed.
- A flight attendant who is not being paid bands payments while on duty gets a 10% loading on weekly salary instead of a shift penalty (cl 44.7).
- The same Part G table sets allowances from 1 January 2026, including a $370.17 monthly miscellaneous expense reimbursement, $25.91 a week cosmetic and hairdressing allowance, $13.89 hose and $17.93 shoe allowance a week, and route pay of $20.45 a day.
Overtime
| When | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|
| Daily duty over 8 hours 30 minutes, up to 10 hours | Time and a half | +$20.97 an hour |
| Daily duty over 10 hours | Double time | +$41.91 an hour |
| Drafted to duty on a designated or substitute day offcl 32.4; flights planned into a day off: double time, at least 4 hours (cl 32.2) | Double time, at least 8 hours | — |
To price a mix of weekday, weekend and overtime hours, use the overtime and penalty rate calculator.
How much Qantas pays a week
Gross weekly pay for an adult at Flight Attendant — first to third year, 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 | $483.00 | $709.35 |
| 25 hours | $805.00 | $1,182.25 |
| 38 hours | $1,223.60 | $1,797.02 |
A full-time year at Flight Attendant — first to third year is $53,996 before tax (the agreement’s salary). See take-home pay on $55,000 (the nearest salary we publish) and $32.19 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:
- Pay under Qantas's other cabin crew agreements — long haul (EBA11), Qantas Domestic Pty Ltd, QantasLink and Jetstar — not transcribed.
- How Qantas applies the award floor to the lower salary years in practice — not published.
- How bands-payment "instances" are counted on a roster.
- Whether the annual salary Qantas divides by 1,677 hours is exactly 52 weeks of the weekly rate — our hourly figures assume it is.
Qantas pay questions
Pay rates at other employers
How this page is sourced▼
Every rate on this page was read from the Flight Attendants' Association of Australia – Short Haul Division (Qantas Airways Limited) Enterprise Agreement 10 (AG2023/978, AE519994) 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
- 1
- 2Aircraft Cabin Crew Award 2020 (MA000047), cl 14.2 minimum rates from 1 July 2026— Fair Work Commission
- 3List of agreements approved in 2023 (Qantas cabin crew agreements AE519994, AE520009)— Fair Work Commission
Last verified: 24 September 2026. Our content is based on the latest information from official Australian government sources.
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