Woolworths Pay Rates 2026 — Hourly Wage by Age & Level

Which agreement sets Woolworths pay

Woolworths supermarket staff are paid under the Woolworths Australian Food Group Agreement 2024 (AG2024/2300, AE525523). It is one national agreement covering Woolworths supermarkets, Metro stores, eStores, customer fulfilment centres and online and home delivery in every state and territory. It does not cover Big W, BWS (a separate company, Endeavour Group), distribution centres, support office or salaried managers.

• Approved by the Fair Work Commission: 22 July 2024 ([2024] FWCFB 314), operating from 21 October 2024
• Nominal expiry date: 17 April 2028
• Employer: Woolworths Group Limited and Woolworths (South Australia) Pty Ltd

Next scheduled increase: First full pay period on or after 1 July 2027. Base rates rise by the same percentage the Fair Work Commission's 2027 Annual Wage Review gives the General Retail Industry Award (agreement cl 4.3). No dollar figure exists until that decision is made, usually in June.

For the underlying award minimums across every employer in the industry, see Retail Award rates 2026.

Woolworths 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.

Woolworths pay rates by age (junior rates)

Junior employees are paid a set percentage of the adult Store Team Member Level 1 rate for their age. Under cl 4.4 the junior percentages apply only to Store Team Member Level 1 and Clerical Assistant Level 1. At Level 2 and above you are paid the adult rate at any age, and from 20 you are paid the full adult rate — a year earlier than the national minimum wage.

The percentages are the instrument’s own. The dollar figures are our arithmetic — the percentage applied to the adult Store Team Member Level 1 rate, rounded to the cent — because the instrument does not print junior dollars. Your payslip may differ by a cent.

For how junior rates work across every award, and when you move to the adult rate, see junior pay rates in Australia.

Woolworths 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.

• For casuals the penalty and the 25% casual loading are added together, not multiplied: the agreement says there is no penalty on a penalty (cl 4.1(c)). Sunday is base + 75% for a casual, not 150% × 1.25.
• Ordinary hours run Monday to Saturday 7am–11pm and Sunday 9am–11pm (cl 6.1).
• Shiftworkers have their own loadings: + 30% Sunday to Friday, + 50% Saturday, + 75% Sunday (casuals + 55%, + 75%, + 100%).
• By agreement a permanent employee can take base + 25% plus a day off in lieu instead of the public holiday rate (cl 19.3).

Overtime

To price a mix of weekday, weekend and overtime hours, use the overtime and penalty rate calculator.

How much Woolworths pays a week

Gross weekly pay for an adult at Store Team Member Level 1, with every hour at the ordinary weekday rate. Weekend and evening shifts push these figures up; tax comes off them.

A full-time year (38 hours × 52 weeks) at $28.26 is $55,842 before tax. See take-home pay on $55,000 (the nearest salary we publish) and $28.44 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:

• Distribution centre rates — distribution centres are outside this agreement and we have not identified which agreement covers them.
• Salaried store manager pay — excluded from the agreement.
• Allowances (first aid, meal, vehicle and others) — see the agreement itself.

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