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Sporting Organisations Award Pay Calculator

Work out what a week under the Sporting Organisations Award actually pays — coach or clerical grade, casual loading, overtime for office staff and 12% super — calculated the way the award says.

How the Sporting Organisations Award is applied

Minimum rates are set per classification grade — the calculator uses the adult rates current from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026.
Casuals get a 25% loading on ordinary hours, not paid on overtime; minimum engagement is 2 consecutive hours per occasion.
There is no Saturday or Sunday penalty rate for either stream — confirmed against the FWO’s official MA000082 pay guide, which lists only a public holiday rate and overtime for the clerical stream (no weekend penalty columns at all). Clerical ordinary hours simply span 6am to 6pm, seven days a week, and coaching hours are governed by the NES rather than this award’s hours clause.
Overtime under clause 19 applies to Clerical and Administrative staff only — coaches have no overtime entitlement under this award at all, which surprises a lot of sporting bodies used to paying coaches by the hour.
Clerical overtime is 150% for the first 2 hours then 200% after — casuals get the same percentages but the loading isn’t paid on the overtime hours themselves.
Superannuation (12%) applies to ordinary-time earnings for both streams — but not to clerical overtime.

Who the award covers

National, State and Territory sporting organisations and their governing bodies
Coaches and related coaching staff employed by a sporting organisation
Clerical and administrative staff working for a sporting organisation
On-hire labour supplied into the sporting organisations industry
Group training services for trainees engaged in the industry

Racing clubs, CEOs and senior executives, and AFL/VFL coaches who don’t earn their main income from coaching all sit outside this award — check clause 4.3’s exclusions before you classify.

Which level is your team member?

This award runs two separate ladders with nothing in common between them: Coaching and Related Staff (4 grades, defined by qualifications and coaching experience) and Clerical and Administrative Staff (6 grades, defined by discretion and level of supervision). Work out which stream the role sits in first, then classify within that ladder — don’t try to compare a coach’s grade against a clerical grade.

Level	Per hour	Per week (38h)	Typical roles	The test
Clerical Grade 1	$27.49	$1044.70	Junior clerical/administrative staff	Performs clerical and office tasks as directed, within established routines and procedures, under direct supervision.
Clerical Grade 2 (standard rate)	$28.37	$1077.90	Clerical/administrative officer	A wider range of clerical skills than Grade 1, responsible for their own work under routine supervision. This is the award’s defined “standard rate”.
Clerical Grade 3	$29.45	$1119.10	Senior clerical officer	Works within established guidelines with limited discretion; supervision is general rather than routine.
Clerical Grade 4	$30.68	$1165.90	Senior administrator	Exercises discretion and initiative within prescribed limits; supervision is limited.
Clerical Grade 5	$32.14	$1221.40	Team leader / office manager	Responsible and accountable for the work of others, with minimal supervision.
Clerical Grade 6	$33.70	$1280.60	Senior office/section manager	The top clerical grade — may have responsibility for a section or unit, reporting only to more senior staff.
Coach Grade 1	$33.44	$1270.60	Assistant coach · junior/development coach	Has formal coaching qualifications; works under supervision of a well-qualified coach applying established methods. Salary-based — hourly rate = annual ÷ 52.14 ÷ 38, per the award’s own formula.
Coach Grade 2	$37.52	$1425.80	State development officer · State coaching director	Meets Grade 1 descriptors plus 2+ years’ successful coaching experience at the appropriate level; exercises independent judgment.
Coach Grade 3	$45.09	$1713.40	Elite/national-level coach	Advanced qualifications and considerable experience coaching elite athletes, with recognition as an authority in the sport nationally or internationally.
Coach Grade 4	$51.13	$1942.80	Head coach / national program director	Substantial elite-coaching experience with major responsibility for a sport’s overall development in Australia and for selecting and developing other coaches.

Coaching grades stack: each grade must meet everything in the grade below plus more — Grade 3 explicitly requires meeting the Grade 2 descriptors, and so on.
Clerical grades run on supervision level as the clearest marker: “direct” (Grade 1) through “routine”, “general”, “limited”, “minimal” (Grade 5) to reporting only to senior staff (Grade 6).
Coaching staff annual rates are converted to weekly by dividing by 52.14 (not 52) and rounding to the nearest 10 cents — a quirk specific to this award, so don’t just divide by 52.
Junior rates apply under both streams: 70% under 18, 80% at 18, 90% at 19, 100% at 20 — not modelled here as this calculator is for adult rates.

Allowances that can apply on top

Base rates and penalties aren’t the whole pay picture. The Sporting Organisations 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):

Overtime meal allowance — clerical and administrative staff, overtime after 7pm$19.14 per meal

Vehicle allowance — own vehicle used and authorised for work$1.00/km

Out-of-pocket expenses — reasonable, documentedReimbursed at cost

Travelling allowance — cost of travel including airport parkingReimbursed at cost, unless employer provides transport

Meal allowance while travelling — breakfast, lunch or dinner during travelMeal supplied or reasonable expenses reimbursed

Living-away-from-home allowance — accommodation, meals and incidentalsReasonable expenses reimbursed

Coach training programs — required as a condition of employmentCost of attendance reimbursed

Annual leave loading17.5% on ordinary pay for the leave period

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 Sporting Organisations 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 Sporting Organisations Award requires:

Meal breakAn unpaid meal break of 30–60 minutes, starting no later than 5 hours after work begins.

From the award’s breaks clause (clause 14) — the award’s only break rule. Verify the current award text before relying on it.

Calculate a week under the Sporting Organisations 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 territoryOrdinary hours (6am–6pm, Mon–Sun)Clerical and administrative ordinary hours can be rostered any day of the week, 6am–6pm — the award sets no separate evening, Saturday or Sunday penalty rate in its main body for this stream.Public holiday hoursFull-time/part-time: 250% of the minimum hourly rate (clause 25.4). Casuals: 275% — the 250% public holiday rate plus the ordinary 25% casual loading stacked on top, confirmed against the FWO’s official pay guide (both streams). By written agreement, 150% plus an extra day’s leave or a day off within 28 days is also available for permanent staff (clause 25.5) — not modelled here as it needs a separate agreement.

Rates current as of 1 July 2026 (adult minimums, MA000082) — 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 15), current at 1 July 2026, confirmed against the FWO’s official MA000082 pay guide. Junior rates (under 21) are a percentage of these. Treat the result as a planning number and confirm against the award or your payroll adviser.

Why isn’t there a weekend penalty rate?

The award genuinely doesn’t set one for either stream — clerical ordinary hours run 6am to 6pm across all seven days, and coaching hours sit outside this award’s hours-of-work clause entirely. If your organisation operates under an enterprise agreement, check that instead.

Do coaches get paid overtime?

No — clause 19.1 limits the overtime clause to Clerical and Administrative staff only. A coach working longer hours during a competition period isn’t entitled to an award overtime rate; their hours of work sit under the National Employment Standards instead.

How is a coach’s hourly rate worked out?

Coaching rates in this award are set and published as annual salaries first. The award itself divides the annual rate by 52.14 (not 52) to get the weekly rate, then the weekly rate divides by 38 for the hourly figure used here — that 52.14 divisor is specific to this award, so don’t assume the usual ÷52 shortcut applies.

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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