Zambrero Pay Rates 2026 — Hourly Wage by Age & Level

Which award sets Zambrero pay

Zambrero fast food staff are paid under the Fast Food Industry Award 2020 (MA000003). We found no Zambrero enterprise agreement on the Fair Work Commission's lists of agreements approved since 2016, so crew fall under the Fast Food Industry Award unless the business that runs their restaurant has its own agreement — which still cannot pay a base rate below the award.

Employer: The business that runs your restaurant — for a franchised restaurant, the franchisee, not Zambrero head office

Next scheduled increase: First full pay period on or after 1 December 2026. Crew aged 18 to 20 who have worked for their employer for more than 6 months move up: 18-year-olds from 70% to 75%, 19-year-olds from 80% to 85%, and 20-year-olds from 90% to 95% of the adult rate (determination PR813654). At Level 1 that is $20.86, $23.64 and $26.42 an hour. Adult rates next change with the 2027 Annual Wage Review.

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

Zambrero 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.

Zambrero pay rates by age (junior rates)

Junior employees are paid a set percentage of the adult Fast food employee level 1 rate for their age. The Fast Food Award pays the full adult rate from 21 (cl 15.2). The dollar figures below are printed in the award's Schedule A for Level 1. Casual and part-time shifts must be at least 3 hours, including for school students.

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

Zambrero 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.

• Percentages are of the minimum hourly rate for your level (award cl 21, Table 6). Casual figures add the 25% loading rather than multiply it: Saturday casual is 150%, not 156.25%.
• There is no evening penalty before 10pm on weekdays.
• For an adult Level 1 sandwich artist that is $34.76 an hour on a Saturday or Sunday ($41.72 casual) and $62.57 on a public holiday ($69.53 casual).

Overtime

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

How much Zambrero pays a week

Gross weekly pay for an adult at Fast food employee 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 $27.81 is $54,953 before tax. See take-home pay on $55,000 (the nearest salary we publish) and $27.81 an hour as a yearly salary.

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:

• Whether any individual Zambrero restaurant owner has its own enterprise agreement — agreements are registered under the owner's company name, which we cannot search restaurant by restaurant.
• Agreements approved before 2016 were not checked.
• Salaried restaurant manager pay — set by contract.

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