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Car Parking Award Pay Calculator

Work out what a week under the Car Parking Award actually pays — the right officer level, weekend penalties, casual loading and super, calculated the way the award says.

How the Car Parking Award is applied

Minimum rates are set per level (clause 17.1), current from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026.
Casuals get a 25% loading, and the weekend/public-holiday percentages below already include it.
This award has no separate evening penalty — ordinary weekday hours are paid at the flat rate regardless of the time of day; only Saturday, Sunday and public holidays attract a loading.
Overtime bites at 2 hours: 150% for the first 2 hours beyond ordinary hours, then 200% (casuals: 175% / 225%).
Public holiday hours pay 250% for all time worked, not just ordinary hours — higher than the more common 225%.
Superannuation (12%) applies to ordinary-time earnings, including weekend and public-holiday penalties — but not to overtime.

Who the award covers

Employers providing car parking and related services on a commercial basis
Car parking officers — cashiering, ticket-machine, patrol and customer-facing roles
Multilevel car park opening, closing and stack/jockey parking staff
Traffic-directing and car park cleaning duties (including ride-on machines)
Labour hire and group-training employees placed into car parking roles

Parking services that are only incidental to another business — a shopping centre or hospital running its own car park as a sideline — aren’t covered by this award. Employers already covered by the Clerks—Private Sector, General Retail, Hospitality, Local Government or Security Services awards use those instead.

Which level is your team member?

The Car Parking Award has just three officer levels, and progression is almost entirely about time in the industry plus induction, rather than a skills test. Get the tenure and training right and the classification follows.

Level	Per hour	Per week (38h)	Typical roles	The test
Level 1	$26.73	$1015.80	Trainee car parking officer	Little or no prior industry experience, undertaking employer induction training, exercising minimal judgment — under 6 months in the industry.
Level 2	$27.58	$1047.90	Car parking officer · Cashier · Ticket-machine operator · Patrol	More than 6 months’ experience and induction complete; exercises discretion between options, works solo or in a team — parking cars, cashiering, opening/closing, ticket-machine work, traffic direction and cleaning.
Level 3	$28.60	$1086.70	Senior car parking officer · Site supervisor	Extensive industry experience, performs every Level 2 skill, and may supervise staff at a location and help deliver training.

Level 1 is capped at under 6 months in the industry and covers anyone still going through employer induction training.
Level 2 is the working-day-to-day classification: past 6 months, induction complete, doing the real mix of cashiering, ticket machines, patrol and customer service — solo or in a team.
Level 3 needs extensive experience on top of every Level 2 skill, plus some supervisory or training responsibility at a site.
Higher duties matter here: an employee doing higher-level work for more than 4 hours in a day or shift is paid the higher rate for the whole day or shift; 4 hours or less, only for the time actually worked.

Allowances that can apply on top

Base rates and penalties aren’t the whole pay picture. The Car Parking Award adds allowances for particular duties and situations — being the designated first aid officer, working overtime without notice, using your own car. They’re small lines individually, but they’re legal entitlements and they add up. The common ones (1 July 2026 amounts):

First aid allowance — trained, qualified and appointed first aid officer$26.62/week (pro rata for part-time/casual)

Laundering allowance — required to launder a supplied uniform$17.59/week full-time · $3.45 per shift part-time or casual

Meal allowance — unnotified overtime beyond 2 hours$13.72 per occasion

Transfer from job-to-job allowance — travel time and cost when moved between sites same dayPaid as time worked, plus reimbursed travel costs

Accommodation allowance — unable to return home overnightMinimum 8–12 hours’ pay for the day, plus reasonable board and lodging

Annual leave loading17.5% of the employee’s minimum rate

The calculator below doesn’t include allowances — add the ones that apply to your team on top of the result. The full list lives in the award’s allowances clause.

Break entitlements under the Car Parking Award

Breaks are part of the award too — and missed or worked-through breaks usually carry a penalty rate, so they belong in the roster, not just the tea room. Here’s what the Car Parking Award requires:

Meal break — starting no later than 5 hours inUnpaid, at least 30 minutes per day or shift

Can’t leave the workstation during the meal breakThe break counts as time worked and is paid at the minimum hourly rate

Rest breaks — morning and afternoon of each day workedPaid, 10 minutes each, taken on site and counted as time worked (may be staggered or combined with lunch by agreement)

The full rules live in clause 16 of the award.

Calculate a week under the Car Parking Award

Enter the week as it’s actually rostered. Weekend, evening and public-holiday hours are paid at the award’s penalty rates; anything beyond 38 hours is priced as overtime; super is applied to ordinary-time earnings only.

Classification levelEmployment typeState or territoryWeekday ordinary hoursAfternoon or night shift hours (Mon–Fri, shiftworkers)A 12.5% shift loading; permanent (non-rotating) night shift pays 125% (150% casual) instead — use the higher rate for a nights-only roster.Saturday hoursDay workers. Shiftworkers on Saturday or Sunday get 150% (175% casual) for ordinary shift hours.Sunday hoursPublic holiday hours

Rates current as of 1 July 2026 (adult minimums, MA000095) — first full pay period on or after that date.

This week’s numbers

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Are these the exact legal rates?

The classification minimums are the adult rates from the award (clause 17.1), current at 1 July 2026. Two of the current 1 July 2026 variation determinations for this award (rates and allowances) were still being collected into the archive at time of writing, so treat this as a planning number and confirm against the award or your payroll adviser before running payroll.

Is there an evening penalty for late shifts?

No — unlike retail or hospitality, the Car Parking Award pays ordinary hours at the same flat rate any time Monday to Friday. Only Saturday, Sunday and public holiday hours attract a penalty.

How does the 4-hour higher-duties rule work?

If someone works higher-classification duties for more than 4 hours in a day or shift, the whole day or shift is paid at the higher rate. Work 4 hours or less on higher duties, and only that time is paid at the higher rate.

What’s the practical difference between Level 2 and Level 3?

Both do the same day-to-day work — cashiering, patrol, ticket machines, opening and closing. Level 3 requires extensive experience beyond the 6-month Level 2 threshold and some supervisory or training role at the site.

This is a general calculator, not legal advice. It applies the award’s published adult minimums to the hours you enter — it can’t see your enterprise agreement, allowances or individual arrangements, and junior, apprentice and shiftwork rates differ. Always confirm pay against the award, your agreement or your adviser. If you believe something here is materially wrong or out of date, please contact us — we’ll review it promptly.

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