All businesses must observe the pay and conditions set out in Modern Awards.
2025 wage circulars
The Fair Work Commission announced its minimum wage decision on Tuesday 3 June 2025. We are working on our 2025 wage circulars to get them to you as early as we can. Members should keep an eye on their inbox for a wage circular email at the end of June/start of July.
2024 wage circulars
We’ve produced handy wage circulars exclusively for Master Builders members, which summarise important payment information contained within each Award.
- Apprentices wages – Other than onsite construction – 2024
- Building and Construction Onsite Award – Residential – 2024
- Building and Construction Onsite Award – Non-residential – 2024
- Building Cadets Salary Guide – 2024
- Clerks Private Sector Award – 2024
- Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award – 2024
- Gardening and Landscaping Services Award – 2024
- Joinery and Building Trades Award – 2024
- Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award – 2024
- Miscellaneous Award – 2024
- Mobile Crane Hiring Award – 2024
- Pest Control Industry Award – 2024
- Plumbing and Fire Sprinklers Award – 2024
- Plumbing Apprentices Award – 2024
- Road Transport and Distribution Award – 2024
- Timber Industry Award – 2024
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Previous circulars
2023 wage circulars
- Apprentices other than onsite construction – 2023
- Building and Construction Onsite Award residential – 2023
- Building and Construction Onsite Award non-residential – 2023
- Building Cadets Salary Guide – 2023
- Clerks Private Sector Award – 2023
- Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award – 2023
- Gardening and Landscaping Services Award – 2023
- Joinery and Building Trades Award – 2023
- Manufacturing and Associated Industries Award – 2023
- Miscellaneous Award – 2023
- Mobile Crane Hiring Award – 2023
- Pest Control Industry Award – 2023
- Plumbing and Fire Sprinklers Award – 2023
- Plumbing Apprentices Award - Plumbing and Fire Sprinklers – 2023
- Road Transport and Distribution Award – 2023
- Timber Industry Award – 2023
2022 wage circulars
- Apprentices other than onsite construction – 2022
- Building and Construction Onsite Award residential – 2022
- Building and Construction Onsite Award non residential – 2022
- Building cadets Salary Guide – 2022
- Clerks Private Sector Award – 2022
- Gardening and Landscaping Services Award – 2022
- Joinery and Building Trades Award – 2022
- Manufacturing and Associated Industries Award – 2022
- Miscellaneous Award – 2022
- Mobile Crane Award – 2022
- Pest Control Industry Award – 2022
- Plumbing and Fire Sprinklers Award – 2022
- Plumbing Apprentices – 2022
- Road Transport and Distribution Award – 2022
- Timber Industry Award – 2022
2021 wage circulars
- Apprentice Wages - Off Site – wage circular 2021
- Building & Construction General On-site Award (Non-residential) – 2021
- Building & Construction General On-site Award (Residential) – 2021
- Clerks – Private sector – wage circular 2021
- Gardening and Landscaping – wage circular 2021
- Joinery and Building Trades – wage circular 2021
- Manufacturing – wage circular 2021
- Miscellaneous – wage circular 2021
- Mobile Crane Hire – wage circular 2021
- Pest Control – wage circular 2021
- Plumbing and Fire Sprinklers – wage circular 2021
- Plumbing Apprentices – wage circular 2021
- Road Transport and Distribution Award – 2021
- Timber – wage circular 2021
2020 wage circulars
- Apprentice Wages - Off Site – wage circular 2020
- Building & Construction General On-site Award (Non-residential) – 2020
- Building & Construction General On-site Award (Residential) – 2020
- Clerks - Private sector – wage circular 2020
- Gardening and Landscaping – wage circular 2020
- Joinery and Building Trades – wage circular 2020
- Manufacturing – wage circular 2020
- Miscellaneous – wage circular 2020
- Mobile Crane Hire – wage circular 2020
- Pest Control – wage circular 2020
- Plumbing and Fire Sprinklers – wage circular 2020
- Plumbing Apprentices – wage circular 2020
- Road Transport and Distribution Award
- Timber – wage circular 2020
2019 wage circulars
- Apprentice Wages - Off Site – wage circular 2019
- Building Apprentices - Modern Award – wage circular 2019
- Building Apprentices - Queensland Transitional – wage circular 2019
- Building – wage circular 2019
- Clerks - private sector – wage circular 2019
- Gardening and Landscaping – wage circular 2019
- Joinery and Building Trades – wage circular 2019
- Manufacturing – wage circular 2019
- Miscellaneous – wage circular 2019
- Mobile Crane Hire – wage circular 2019
- Pest Control – wage circular 2019
- Plumbing Apprentices - wage circular 2019
- Plumbing and Fire Sprinklers – wage circular 2019
- Road Transport – wage circular 2019
- Timber – wage circular 2019
2018 wage circulars
- Apprentice Wages - Off Site – wage circular 2018
- Building Apprentices - Modern Award – wage circular 2018
- Building Apprentices - Queensland Transitional – wage circular 2018
- Building Cadets salary guide 2018
- Building – wage circular 2018
- Clerks - private sector – wage circular 2018
- Gardening and Landscaping – wage circular 2018
- Joinery and Building Trades – wage circular 2018
- Manufacturing – wage circular 2018
- Miscellaneous – wage circular 2018
- Mobile Crane Hire – wage circular 2018
- Pest Control – wage circular 2018
- Plumbing Apprentices – wage circular 2018
- Plumbing and Fire Sprinklers – wage circular 2018
- Road Transport – wage circular 2018
- Timber – wage circular 2018
2017 wage circulars
- Apprentices - Modern Award – wage circular 2017
- Apprentices - off-site – wage circular 2017
- Apprentices - plumbing – wage circular 2017
- Building Cadets salary guide 2017
- Building – wage circular 2017
- Clerks - private sector – wage circular 2017
- Gardening and Landscaping – wage circular 2017
- Joinery and Building Trades – wage circular 2017
- Manufacturing – wage circular 2017
- Miscellaneous – wage circular 2017
- Mobile Crane Hire – wage circular 2017
- Pest Control – wage circular 2017
- Plumbing and Fire Sprinklers – wage circular 2017
- Road Transport – wage circular 2017
- Timber – wage circular 2017