What's changed
Short, newest first, only what a reader would notice.
- New: "Your 2010 pay in today's dollars" on Pay vs inflation, with a line on each state page; independent schools' pay scales say once that their figures are the agreement's minimums; and a directory of every Catholic and independent school's pay scale, at /schools, with a search.
- Redesigned, answer first and shorter on phones, with nothing removed: the Teacher Shortage and International Teachers overviews, Moving states and State of teacher pay.
- The pay map: the key is one strip under the map, "Who you are" opens from one button on phones, and each school leads with its total cash. On a laptop, your settings on the left, the map in the middle and the school on the right.
- The 28 state-against-state pages: the difference first on phones, both states side by side on a laptop, and every step one tap away. Pages where a state's rates are in dispute or being decided say so first.
- Each state's leave page: long service leave and parental leave one at a time on phones, the main rule first and the rest a tap away.
- The relief teacher planner opens with an answer: an example, or your saved state, which you change with a tap.
- LANTITE practice rebuilt: Quick 10, a full-screen question view, a score screen and progress by topic.
- Redesigned, answer first, with nothing removed: Why teachers leave, Where the shortages are, What's been tried, Registration and English, Visas, jobs and moving, Becoming a teacher and Sources.
- Finishing touches: a lighter front page with one sector switch; About, Privacy, What's changed, back pay, and each state's leaders and casual pages in the same light style; the compare tables fit on laptops; a bigger pay map on laptops; and in LANTITE practice, "Learn this skill" shows after you check your answer.
- LANTITE practice: fractions are shown stacked, in the questions, answers, worked solutions and lessons.
- New: leave for public school teachers in every state. Long service leave and paid parental leave, each fact with its clause and source: a leave overview, a comparison page for each, and a leave page for each state. Public schools only.
- Two leave calculators: "How much long service leave will I have?" and "What will I be paid on parental leave?".
- A new front page ranking: every state's pay today beside where it lands at the end of 2027, with each state's agreement status (in force, or expired). The bars start near the lowest figure, so the differences show. On phones, a shorter top and a card per state.
- Equal figures now share a rank everywhere a rank is shown (for example, two states on the same first-year pay are both 2nd).
- State pages: school leaders' pay and casual and relief pay have their own page for each state. Long citations sit behind a small "Source" button, and the pages are shorter on phones, with nothing removed.
- Easier on phones: super, International Teachers, Teacher Shortage, Moving states, Becoming a teacher and State of teacher pay are shorter on phones. The longer explanations are a tap away, and nothing is removed.
- Fixes: the front page timeline on phones, the back-pay calculator's cut-off menu, the leaders' tables and compare tables on phones, and bigger tap targets across the site. "Pay checked" is now the one date in the header, with what it means.
- LANTITE practice has moved out of the main menu while it's rebuilt. The page is still here, at /lantite.
- Sources: the documents behind the leave facts are now listed on the Sources page.
- The front page's Catholic and Independent tabs work on phones, with a short top and a card for each state or system.
- State pages redesigned: the answer first, a shorter page on phones, and the whole pay scale one tap away.
- Pay vs inflation redesigned, with new bars that show each state's pay rise against prices side by side.
- Every pay rise coming is now a timeline on phones, with a switch for public, Catholic and independent schools.
- Catholic and independent systems go by a shorter name, with the full name one tap away and on each system's own page.
- The calculators open with an answer: an example, or your saved details, which you change with a tap. Take-home pay, payslip check, promotion pay, career earnings, HECS-HELP, long service leave, parental leave pay, starting step and super.
Earlier changes
- Victorian teacher back pay: a page of its own, with the agreement's clauses, the $2,000 lump sum, and a calculator for your own back pay.
- The front page news strip: one item from each state, in an easier list.
- Catholic and independent next pay rises now show the month and year, as their agreements print them.
- On phones: the pay rises tables are cards, wide tables show a scroll hint, and the map no longer jumps as it loads.
- Pages load faster on phones, and the print button sits beside the pay ladder.
- New calculators: promotion pay (what a leadership or principal role pays against your classification now), career earnings (your pay added up year by year at today's rates, as far as your state's progression rule goes) and HECS-HELP (the compulsory repayment on your salary, at the ATO's rates for this year).
- Compare any two states: 28 state-against-state pages, from first-year pay to relief rates.
- School and system pages: a page for each Catholic and independent school or system with its own pay scale.
- Find your school: search by name from the front page, Pay Breakdown and the state pages.
- Relief teacher pay: plan a year of relief work in any state, from the day rates.
- Starting step checker: what step your experience counts for in each state, from its own rules.
- The Sources page loads faster again.
- Payslip check: compare your fortnightly base pay with the figure your state's pay sheet prints.
- State pages: what principals and school leaders earn, a part-time switch for the pay tables, and a printable pay scale.
- Every pay rise coming: public, Catholic and independent pay rises on one page.
- Moving states: the exact pay difference, and a note on the top of the scale.
- Queensland Catholic principals: their last printed rates, shown as minimums, with a label saying later rises follow a formula.
- Becoming a teacher: the Commonwealth Prac Payment ($338.60 a week in 2026), first-year pay in every state, and what registration costs.
- Moving states and the starting step checker: how many steps below the top you'd start, and the top's pay.
- State of teacher pay 2026: every state ranked, and pay against prices since 2010.
- The front page: the latest pay news from every state.
- State pages: take-home pay per fortnight and per year, with a HELP switch, and the next pay rise near the top.
- Clearer page titles in search results.
- Sources and method: "How we check every figure" and "Corrections", plus this "What's changed" page.
- Pay map: Catholic and independent next pay rises from the agreements, with minimums shown as "at least".
- Victoria: a back-pay estimate while the VGSA 2026 back pay is due.
- Queensland: figures now match the Department's published salary schedule.
- The Sources page loads faster.
- Teacher Shortage: Jobs and Skills Australia's 2026 shortage list (national ratings only).
- Victoria: the 2026 agreement's rates are live (first year $92,882, top of scale $133,456), the day the agreement started operating.
- Pay map: each school's panel shows its next pay rise, or when its agreement ends.
- Faster pages: the front page and state pages load much less data.
- State pages: what's next, with a timeline; casual rate tiles; registering rules; every step of the scale as a ladder.
- Teacher Shortage is now four pages: overview, why teachers leave, where the shortages are, and what's been tried.
- International Teachers is now three pages: overview, registration and English, and visas, jobs and moving.
- LANTITE practice: diagrams for more than 100 questions.
- Super: key figures at a glance, and the calculator's result stays in view.
- teacherpay.com.au launched.