The Clerks — Private Sector Award 2020 (MA000002) sets minimum pay and conditions for clerical and administrative employees in private-sector businesses across Australia. It defines classification levels, minimum rates, casual loading, penalties for overtime and weekend work, and allowances. Fair Work updates the rates at least annually, usually on 1 July.
The Clerks — Private Sector Award covers employees mainly performing clerical and administrative work in the private sector — reception, data entry, bookkeeping, office administration and similar — where no other award or enterprise agreement applies. Many small businesses have at least one Clerks-Award-covered role.
Employees are graded by the skill and responsibility of their duties; each level has a minimum rate.
Casuals receive a loading on top of the base rate.
Evening, weekend and public-holiday work and overtime attract loadings.
First-aid, meal and other allowances where applicable.
Where to find current Clerks Award rates: minimum rates, casual loading, penalties and allowances are set by Fair Work and change at least annually (usually from the first full pay period on or after 1 July). Use the official Fair Work Clerks Award Pay Guide and Pay & Conditions Tool for the current figures — always confirm before running pay. Employment Star configures and audits Clerks-Award pay in Employment Hero so your office staff are paid correctly.
We don’t publish a static rate table here, since the figures change each year — the authoritative rates live in the Fair Work guide above. We can prepare and verify a tailored Clerks-Award rate summary for your roles on request.
Employment Star configures and audits Clerks-Award pay in Employment Hero so your office staff are paid correctly.
Private-sector employees mainly doing clerical and administrative work — reception, data entry, bookkeeping, office admin — where no other award or agreement applies.
By the skill and responsibility of their duties across classification levels, each with its own minimum rate — not by job title alone.
Yes — casuals receive a loading on top of the base rate, plus any applicable penalties.
At least annually, usually from the first full pay period on or after 1 July following the Fair Work annual wage review.
Yes — we review classifications and configure Clerks-Award pay correctly in Employment Hero, and audit past pay runs.
