SCHADS Pay Rate Calculator
- Fair Work pay guide, 1 July 2026
- SACS and disability home care
- Free, no sign-up
SCHADS Pay Rate Calculator
Free tool from Rostery · rostery.com.au/tools/schads-pay-calculator
Loaded hourly rate
Weekday, day work · Part-time · 100% of the base rate
Level 2, pay point 1, part-time
Tap a rate to use itRates from 1 July 2026
Minimum rates apply from the first full pay period starting on or after 1 July 2026. Disability home care rates are due to change: the 2026 Annual Wage Review decision ([2026] FWCFB 3500) sets a work value increase and a new classification structure for disability home care workers, to be implemented by 1 October 2027. The amounts and dates are not in the award yet. We will update this tool when the award is varied.
How SCHADS pay is worked out
Every SCHADS pay rate starts with the employee’s classification: the stream they work in, their level and their pay point. That gives the ordinary hourly rate. From level 2 up, the SACS rates are the Equal Remuneration Order rates, which the award says are the ordinary rates for all purposes. Everything else is a percentage of that rate, rounded to the cent the way the Fair Work pay guide does it.
What changes the rate
- Casual or permanent. Casuals get a 25% loading, and it is added on top of weekend, public holiday and shift rates.
- The day. Saturday, Sunday and public holiday rates replace the afternoon and night loadings rather than adding to them.
- The shift, Monday to Friday. An afternoon shift finishes after 8 pm and by midnight. A night shift finishes after midnight or starts before 6 am. The loading applies to the whole shift.
- Overtime. Hours past the ordinary hours are paid at overtime rates, which replace the shift and weekend penalties.
Allowances sit beside the hourly rate: a flat amount for each broken shift and for each sleepover night. For the full picture of penalties, broken shifts and sleepovers, read the SCHADS Award guide, or look up every level in the SCHADS Pay Rates Table. Rostery applies these rules to every rostered shift automatically, so timesheets and pay runs come out right without a lookup.
Further reading
- Automating SCHADS Interpretation: Why Manual Payroll FailsManual SCHADS Award interpretation in spreadsheets almost guarantees payroll errors. Here is where it breaks and how automated award interpretation fixes it.
- SCHADS Award Explained: Penalties, Broken Shifts, Sleepovers and OvertimeA plain-English guide to how the SCHADS Award actually costs a shift — the loadings, the allowances most payroll misses, and why the roster is the wrong place to calculate any of it.
- SCHADS Sleepover Allowances Explained (2026 Rates)What the SCHADS sleepover allowance is worth in 2026, how the new clause 25.4 rules work, and exactly what NDIS providers must pay for overnight support.
- Rostery vs SupportAbility: Which Is Better for NDISA practical 2026 comparison of Rostery and SupportAbility for NDIS providers — strengths, the SCHADS award-interpretation gap, pricing transparency, and how to choose.
What this tool follows
- Fair Work Ombudsman pay guide: SCHADS Award [MA000100], from 1 July 2026: published 24 June 2026; minimum hourly, penalty, overtime and allowance rates from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026
- Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 [MA000100]: award text consolidated to 1 September 2026; cl 3 (standard rate), 10.4 to 10.5, 15, 17.1, 20.5, 20.12, 25.6 to 25.7, 26, 28, 29 and 34
- Fair Work Commission: Annual Wage Review decision [2026] FWCFB 3500 (2 June 2026): 4.75% increase to modern award rates from 1 July 2026; disability home care work value change to be implemented by 1 October 2027 (para [72](7))
General information only, not financial, legal or claiming advice. Always check a claim against the current official documents.
Questions people ask
What is the SCHADS Award?
The Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 (MA000100) sets the minimum pay and conditions for most disability support, community services and home care workers in Australia, including penalty rates, allowances and overtime. The rates in this calculator apply from the first full pay period starting on or after 1 July 2026.
How are SCHADS penalty rates worked out?
They are a percentage of the ordinary hourly rate. For full-time and part-time employees: Saturday 150%, Sunday 200%, public holidays 250%, and on Monday to Friday an afternoon shift 112.5% and a night shift 115%. Casuals get the 25% casual loading on top, so 175%, 225%, 275%, 137.5% and 140%. Weekend and public holiday rates replace the shift loading; they are not added together.
Which level is an NDIS support worker?
Disability support work usually falls in the social and community services (SACS) stream, because the award defines that sector to include personal care and support for a person with a disability. The level depends on the duties, responsibility and qualifications described in Schedule B, so check the classification definitions rather than assuming a level.
How is overtime paid under SCHADS?
For full-time and part-time employees, overtime Monday to Saturday is 150% for the first 2 hours and 200% after that; Sunday is 200% and public holidays 250%. Full-time SACS employees who are not doing disability services work get 150% for the first 3 hours. The pay guide lists casual overtime at 175% for the first 2 hours, 225% after and 275% on public holidays. It does not state a casual Sunday overtime rate. Overtime replaces shift and weekend penalties.
What is the minimum shift for part-time and casual workers?
Part-time and casual employees are paid at least 2 hours for each shift, or each period of work in a broken shift, when doing disability services or home care work. Other SACS work has a 3-hour minimum (cl 10.5). Full-time employees have no minimum engagement in this clause.
How much are the broken shift and sleepover allowances?
From 1 July 2026 the broken shift allowance is $21.81 for a shift with one unpaid break and $28.87 for two unpaid breaks. The sleepover allowance is $62.87 a night, and any work during the sleepover is paid at the overtime rate with at least 1 hour paid.
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