Choose your classification and enter your hours. The calculator shows your SCHADS Award minimum rates and the pay for the week, for rates from 1 July 2026 or from 1 December 2026.
A full-time or part-time home care employee – disability care, level 2 pay point 1, earns $28.86 an hour from 1 July 2026 and $33.19 an hour from the first full pay period on or after 1 December 2026; casuals get $36.08 and $41.49.
From 1 December 2026, level 2 pay point 1 (home care – disability care) earns $49.79 on Saturday, $66.38 on Sunday and $82.98 on a public holiday; casuals earn $58.08, $74.68 and $91.27.
The Fair Work Commission's Annual Wage Review 2026 decision records a 23% increase in the minimum award rate for a Certificate III-qualified disability home care worker under the Priority Awards Review, with various increases for other classifications, to be implemented by 1 October 2027.
Base hourly rates are from the Fair Work Ombudsman pay guides effective 1 July 2026 and from the first full pay period on or after 1 December 2026. Penalty rates follow the pay guides: afternoon shift 112.5%, night shift 115%, Saturday 150%, Sunday 200%, public holiday 250% for full-time and part-time employees; casuals get each of these plus 25%. Allowances: sleepover $62.87, broken shift $21.81 (one unpaid break) or $28.87 (two). The calculator reproduces every penalty rate published for level 2 pay point 1 (home care – disability care) and level 2 pay point 1 (social and community services).
Figures checked 24 Oct 2026. Minimum award rates only; enterprise agreements and contracts may pay more. Overtime, on-call and other allowances are not included.