Casual and relief teacher pay in South Australia
The daily rate for casual and relief teachers in public schools, with the loading it includes in place of leave.
What do casual and relief teachers earn?
The loading differs between employers, so compare with care.
$355.03 to $590.59
a day
Temporary Relieving Teacher, Special Authority to Temporary Relieving Teacher Tier 9, from 1 May 2026. SA Department for Education. Source
Set by a formula in the agreement
Daily rate = Band 1 step 3 (GT1) annual salary x 6/313 x 1/5 x 125/100
Catholic Education SA, from 1 May 2024. Source
Each school sets its own rate
It’s on that school’s panel on the Pay map.
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The rate in force today, from each agreement, award or pay schedule. Casual rates include a loading in place of leave, and the loading differs between employers, so compare with care.
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Public schools: SA Department for Education
Department for Education School Teacher Web Rates (effective 8 May 2026). In force from 1 May 2026. Includes a 25% loading. Source
Printed in the employer's pay schedule.
| Temporary Relieving Teacher Tier 1Tier 1 of the teacher scale (step 1), plus 25% | $407.21 a day |
| Temporary Relieving Teacher Tier 2Tier 2 of the teacher scale (step 2), plus 25% | $428.19 a day |
| Temporary Relieving Teacher Tier 3Tier 3 of the teacher scale (step 3), plus 25% | $449.21 a day |
| Temporary Relieving Teacher Tier 4Tier 4 of the teacher scale (step 4), plus 25% | $470.19 a day |
| Temporary Relieving Teacher Tier 5Tier 5 of the teacher scale (step 5), plus 25% | $491.26 a day |
| Temporary Relieving Teacher Tier 6Tier 6 of the teacher scale (step 6), plus 25% | $512.25 a day |
| Temporary Relieving Teacher Tier 7Tier 7 of the teacher scale (step 7), plus 25% | $533.24 a day |
| Temporary Relieving Teacher Tier 8Tier 8 of the teacher scale (step 8), plus 25% | $561.65 a day |
| Temporary Relieving Teacher Tier 9Tier 9 of the teacher scale (step 9), plus 25% | $590.59 a day |
| Temporary Relieving Teacher, Special AuthorityTeaching under a Special Authority to Teach, plus 25% | $355.03 a day |
Catholic: Catholic Education SA
South Australian Catholic Schools Enterprise Agreement 2020 (AE517602). In force from 1 May 2024. Includes a 25% loading. Source
| Casual teacherEngaged for less than 5 consecutive school days (5 or more days: the same formula on the teacher's own step, cl 62.6) | Daily rate = Band 1 step 3 (GT1) annual salary x 6/313 x 1/5 x 125/100The instrument prints this formula, not a figure. |