3rd year—80%, Has completed Year 12
Minimum pay rate under the Hair and Beauty Industry Award 2020.
What this rate has been
Award rates change on 1 July each year, and can change at other times when the Fair Work Commission makes a decision. If you are checking an older payslip, compare it against the rate that applied then.
| From | Hourly | Weekly |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | $23.56 | $895.28 |
| 2025-07-01 | $22.49 | $854.72 |
| 2024-07-01 | $21.73 | $825.84 |
| 2023-07-01 | $20.95 | $796.00 |
| 2022-07-01 | $19.81 | $752.72 |
What this rate is, and is not
This is the minimum ordinary hourly rate — the rate for ordinary hours, before penalty rates, overtime, allowances or loadings. An employer can pay more than the minimum. They cannot pay less.
Rates at other times
Worked out from the $23.56 ordinary rate above. Which figure applies depends on your employment type.
- Saturday ratesWhat is the Saturday rate?
- Sunday ratesWhat is the Sunday rate?
- Public holiday ratesWhat is the public holiday rate?
- Overtime ratesWhat is the overtime rate?
- Evening and night ratesWhat is the rate after 6pm?
Before you compare this to your own pay
Classification depends on the duties you actually perform, not your job title. If the work you do does not match this classification, this is not the rate to compare against — and that is the single most common reason a comparison goes wrong.
This page also does not account for your hours, whether you are casual, part-time or full-time, penalty rates for the times you worked, overtime, allowances, superannuation, or anything else that appears on a payslip.
If your own figures do not match what you expected, the Fair Work Ombudsman gives free advice and accepts anonymous reports.