Real Estate Award Pay Rates 2026-27

Real Estate Award Pay Rates by Level

Adult minimum rates for full-time and part-time employees under the Real Estate Industry Award 2020. Part-time employees are paid the same hourly rate as full-time employees at their classification — the difference is hours, not rate. The casual column adds the 25% loading (cl 11.2(a)).

Weekly rates are the award's minimum weekly rates (cl 14.1); the hourly figure is the weekly rate divided by 38, as printed in Schedule B.

Which level am I?

• Level 1 (Associate): The entry classification. The lower rate applies for the first 12 months at this level; past service as a Level 1 counts (cl 14.2 NOTE).
• Level 2 to Level 4: Representative, Supervisory and In-Charge levels. The full definitions are in Schedule A.
• Commission-only: A salesperson at Level 2 or higher can agree to commission-only pay, in which case the weekly rates here do not apply (cl 14.3, 16.7). Strict conditions apply, including a minimum income threshold.

Worked example: a Level 2 employee working a public holiday

Chris is a permanent Level 2 (Representative) employee ($29.45 an hour) who is directed to work a 4-hour shift on a public holiday.

1. Public holiday work is 200% of the minimum hourly rate: $29.45 × 2 = $58.90 an hour.
2. 4 hours × $58.90 = $235.60 before tax. The minimum payment on a public holiday is 3 hours.
3. A casual at Level 2 is paid $36.81 an hour on an ordinary day and 200% of that, $73.62, on a public holiday.

Try your own hours in the overtime pay calculator or the casual loading calculator, add up a full week in the weekly pay calculator, or check the public holiday pay guide.

Real Estate Award Pay Guide 2026-27: Every Level, Every Day

The hourly rate for each classification at each penalty band, in the layout of the Fair Work pay guide. Find your level, then the day you worked.

Full-time and part-time

Casual

Casual columns marked “of casual rate” apply the percentage to the casual hourly rate; the others are a percentage of the minimum rate that already includes the loading. Figures are rounded to the cent. A dash means the column does not apply to that classification.

Real Estate Award Penalty Rates

There are no Saturday, Sunday or evening penalty rates for ordinary hours in the Real Estate Industry Award. Ordinary hours are 38 a week and may be worked on any day (cl 13.1), so weekend open-for-inspection hours within a normal 38-hour week are paid at the ordinary rate.

A public holiday is paid at 200% of the minimum hourly rate for hours worked, with a minimum payment of 3 hours (cl 25.3). For a casual it is 200% of the casual hourly rate.

Real Estate Award Overtime Rates

Overtime is only paid for hours worked at the specific direction of the employer. Work done on your own initiative, without an express instruction, is not payable under this clause (cl 19.1(b)–(c)).

Hours over the ordinary 38 that are not on a rostered day off are paid at the ordinary hourly rate — 100% — not at 150%. The higher rates apply on a rostered day or half day off.

The award sets no casual rate for overtime on a rostered day off, so none is printed. Time off instead of overtime can be agreed in writing (cl 19.2).

Real Estate Award Junior Rates

Junior rates are a percentage of the adult rate for the classification (cl 14.4), and apply to the adult weekly rate for the classification (junior employees cannot be commission-only). The dollar columns apply the percentage to Level 1 (Associate) — first 12 months ($1,010.60 a week) and divide by 38. The full adult rate applies from age 21.

For how junior scales compare across awards and against the National Minimum Wage, see our junior pay rates guide.

Real Estate Award Allowances

Fixed-dollar allowances in cl 17, operative from 1 July 2026. Each is paid only where the clause’s conditions are met.

Minimum Shifts and Hours

• A casual must be engaged for at least 3 hours (cl 11.1). A casual cannot be employed on commission only (cl 11.4).
• Ordinary hours are 38 a week and may be worked on any day, averaged over up to 8 weeks. Employees other than casuals get 1.5 or 2 rostered days free of duty each week (cl 13.1–13.3).
• No employee can be required to work more than 5 hours without an unpaid meal break of at least 30 minutes (cl 13.4).

What This Page Does Not Cover

These parts of the award carry rules or rates we have not verified line by line, so we publish no figures for them:

• Commission and bonus arrangements (cl 16), including the commission-only minimum rate of 31.5% of gross commission and the minimum income threshold
• Vehicle standing-charge and per-kilometre allowances by engine size (cl 17.2(b)(iii))
• Stand-by and call-out compensation for property management and strata roles (cl 19.3)
• National Training Wage (Schedule E of the Miscellaneous Award) trainee rates

An enterprise agreement, if one covers your workplace, replaces these award rates — though it must leave you better off overall.

When These Rates Took Effect

Applies from the first full pay period starting on or after 1 July 2026, not universally 1 July. If your pay period began before 1 July 2026, the previous rate lawfully applies to that whole period and the rise starts with the next one. The award was varied by determination PR799386 following the Annual Wage Review 2026. If you have been paid below these rates, our backpay calculator works out what is owed.

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