All businesses must observe the pay and conditions set out in Modern Awards.
We’ve produced handy wage circulars exclusively for Master Builders members, which summarise important payment information contained within each Award.
Wages increased from 1 July 2022
An increase of 4.6% with a minimum increase of $40 per week is effective in Awards applying in our industry from the first pay period after 1 July 2022. For non Award employees, the minimum wage increased by $40 which is a 5.2% increase. Read the full announcement.
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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
Previous circulars
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