Pay rates

Schools and preschools

These documents summarise the current rates of pay for Education Act and Children's Services Act staff:

• preschool teachers (PDF 331KB)
• school teachers (PDF 438KB)
• school services officers (PDF 338KB)
• early childhood workers (PDF 148KB)
• Aboriginal education workers (PDF 348KB)
• government service employees and SA transport workers (PDF 328KB).

Public Sector Act employees

• Public sector employees (PDF 400KB)

Trainees, cadets and apprentices

Cadets are employed under an appropriate award and paid according to the level of their duties.

For example, an IT technician working in a school would be paid under the School Service Officers (government schools) Award and, because of their level of responsibility, be paid as an SSO2.

• Rates of pay for trainees, cadets and apprentices (PDF 455.54KB)

Enterprise agreements

• South Australian public sector wages parity enterprise agreement: salaried 2017 (PDF 2.4MB)
• South Australian public sector wages parity enterprise agreement: weekly paid 2015 (PDF 1.2MB)
• South Australian school and preschool education staff enterprise agreement 2020 (PDF 1,206KB)

Pay requirements for new employees

Before starting employment, complete the following forms and forward to Shared Services SA to ensure timely payment. These include:

• bank account details form (PDF 255KB)
• Tax File Number declaration form (PDF 398KB) available from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and most newsagents. The information here will help you complete the form:
  • tax file number declaration overview 
  • residency – what you need to know

To change your bank account details or taxation arrangements, submit new copies of the forms.

Employee Information Kiosk

The Employee Information Kiosk (EIK) allows staff to access pay and other relevant information about themselves and their employment in the department.

The kiosk can be accessed from any location and allows you to:

• access your payment summary (previously known as a group certificate)
• produce a statement of service and estimate long service leave payments
• access and print copies of payslips and payment summaries
• view and update:
  • personal details, such as addresses and emergency contacts
  • qualifications
  • subjects and major functions (where applicable)
• view:
  • pay information
  • booked leave, claims and leave entitlements
  • work rosters (where applicable).

Accessing the Employee Information Kiosk

Your access to the Employee Information Kiosk (EIK) will be allocated and approved after the scheduling for your first day of working in a department site has been processed.

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