The Fair Work Commission Have Released The 2025 / 2026 Annual Wage Review Decision

Each financial year an expert panel from the Fair Work Commission reviews and sets the minimum wages for employees for the following financial year.

The panel sets:

1. The National Minimum adult wage, which covers employees who are Award and Enterprise agreement free, and
2. The minimum adult rate for all modern awards.

Today, the Fair Work Commission represented by President Hatcher announced that the National Minimum adult wage and the Minimum adult modern award rate will both increase by 3.5% effective from the start of the employees first full pay period on or after 1 July 2025.

The MTA Employment Relations team will be calculating the amended rates and placing them into the 2025/2026 Wage Guide which will be available on the MTA website and ERIS, for members to download at their convenience.

Members are reminded that from 1st July 2025 the employer superannuation guarantee will increase from 11.5% to 12%.

Some allowances are calculated by the Australian Taxation Office and will be made available as soon as the calculations are complete.

The Wage Guide will be available on the MTA website on or before the 28th June 2025.

To read a summary of the Annual Wage Review decision click the link below.

Click here to read the full summary of the Annual Wage Review.