Which agreement sets Virgin Australia pay
- Fair Work Commission IDs
- AG2024/723, AE523884
- Approved
- 19 March 2024 (PR772515), operating from 26 March 2024
- Nominal expiry
- 31 August 2026
- Employer
- Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd
- Rates on this page from
- the first full pay period on or after 1 November 2025
- Casual loading
- 25%
- Full-time week
- 36 hours
- Checked against the source
- 24 September 2026
It covers Virgin Australia Airlines employees working as Cabin Crew or Cabin Managers, but not cabin crew management. Virgin Australia Regional Airlines cabin crew have a separate agreement. The agreement passed its nominal expiry date on 31 August 2026 and keeps applying until a new one replaces it.
From 1 July 2026 the Aircraft Cabin Crew Award sets a minimum of $1,097.40 a week ($57,064.80 a year) for a full-time cabin crew member. The Cabin Crew 1 salary ($56,246.04, or $1,081.65 a week) is lower. Every level's hourly rate is above the award's $28.88 — the weekly figure is lower because the agreement's full-time week is 36 hours, not 38. 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 CC1, CC2 and SC1 salaries rose by 3.5% in November 2025, not the 3% printed in the table: the agreement guarantees those levels the Annual Wage Review percentage when it is higher, up to 4%, and the 2025 review gave 3.5%. The figures here apply that rule; your payslip may differ by a cent.
The agreement reached its nominal expiry date on 31 August 2026 and prints no rise after November 2025. Any further increase depends on a new agreement.
Virgin Australia hourly pay rates by level (adults)
Virgin Australia pays cabin crew an annual base salary for a 36-hour week. The hourly figures are the agreement's Base Hourly Rate — full-time salary ÷ 52 ÷ 36 — calculated by us from the November 2025 salaries, because the agreement's printed hourly table stops at November 2024. Each level's salary is in its description.
| Level | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|
| Cabin Crew 1 (CC1)New cabin crew start here: $56,246.04 a year ($1,081.65 a week) — the 2024 salary plus the 3.5% award-protected rise | $30.05 | $37.56 |
| Cabin Crew 2 (CC2)$58,409.19 a year — the 2024 salary plus the 3.5% award-protected rise | $31.20 | — |
| Senior Crew 1 (SC1)$60,572.34 a year — the 2024 salary plus the 3.5% award-protected rise | $32.36 | — |
| Senior Crew 2 (SC2)$65,664 a year | $35.08 | — |
| Senior Crew 3 (SC3)$69,995 a year | $37.39 | — |
| Senior Crew 4 (SC4)$72,162 a year | $38.55 | — |
| Cabin Manager 1 (CM1)Cabin manager without an ad hoc trainer, line check or CCTL qualification: $75,142 a year | $40.14 | — |
| Cabin Manager 2 (CM2)Cabin manager with an ad hoc trainer, line check or CCTL qualification: $84,955 a year | $45.38 | — |
Casual cabin crew are paid the Cabin Crew Base Hourly Rate plus a 25% casual loading (cl 2.12.4): about $37.56 an hour at the CC1 rate. The agreement has no casual rate for Senior Crew or Cabin Managers, and the casual rate is reviewed each year to keep it at or above the Aircraft Cabin Crew Award.
Full-time at Cabin Crew 1 (CC1): $56,246 a year before tax (the printed salary). See take-home pay on $55,000 (nearest we publish).
Virgin Australia penalty rates: evenings, weekends and public holidays
| When | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|
| Weekends and public holidays (ordinary hours)The full-time salary already pays for weekend and public holiday work (cl 3.1.1) | Included in base salary | Base Hourly Rate + 25% |
| Each of the 10 listed public holidays you complete a duty onNew Year's Day, Australia Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Monday, Anzac Day, Christmas, Boxing Day, Labour Day, King's Birthday (Schedule A Part 4) | +$85 (Cabin Manager +$115) | Not confirmed |
| Working a designated day off | +$300 (Cabin Manager +$350) | — |
| Rest break not given (cl 3.5) | $13.37 (CC1 to SC1), up to $18.39 (CM2) | — |
- Virgin cabin crew have no percentage weekend or evening penalty: the base salary covers weekends and public holidays, and the agreement adds fixed payments instead (Schedule A Parts 3 to 5, from 1 November 2025).
- Overtime is paid on top of the Base Hourly Rate; the agreement's overtime clause does not apply to casuals (cl 2.12.4).
Overtime
| When | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic or short haul international: over 9 hours, up to 11 | +50% (time and a half) | — |
| Domestic or short haul international: over 11 hours | +100% (double time) | — |
| Long haul international: over 16 hours | +100% (double time) | — |
| Roster period: over 140 hours, up to 144 | +50% | — |
| Roster period: over 144 hours, or over 1,872 hours a calendar year | +100% | — |
Virgin Australia allowances
| Allowance | Amount | Who gets it |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Travel Allowance — single-day duty | $8.49 an hour | Every hour from sign-on to sign-off at home base (from 1 November 2025) |
| Daily Travel Allowance — multi-day trip | $7.48 an hour | Every hour from sign-on to sign-off at home base (from 1 November 2025) |
What this page does not show
- Virgin Australia's actual payroll figures for CC1, CC2 and SC1 after the award-protection rule — our calculation, not published by Virgin.
- Whether casual crew receive the public holiday payment — the agreement's casual clause does not say clearly.
- Virgin Australia Regional Airlines cabin crew pay (separate agreement AE525417) and cabin crew management pay.
Virgin Australia pay questions
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Sources & References
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- 2Aircraft Cabin Crew Award 2020 (MA000047), cl 14.2 minimum rates from 1 July 2026— Fair Work Commission
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Last verified: 24 September 2026. Our content is based on the latest information from official Australian government sources.
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