Brisbane Catholic Education (published scale): teacher pay 2026

Full name: Brisbane Catholic Education schools: the employer's own published scale (3% effective 5 Jul 2025)

CatholicBrisbane Catholic Education (Archdiocese of Brisbane). Rates are the employer's own schedule. The Diocesan agreement AE522955 does not print its 1 Jul 2025 rise. · 146 schools

Pays under the Catholic Employers Single Enterprise Collective Agreement - Diocesan Schools of Queensland 2023-2026, which passed its nominal expiry on 30 Jun 2026 .

First year

$86,601

Graduate, from 5 Jul 2025

$2,621 a fortnight after tax

Top of scale

$126,797

Experienced Proficient Teacher, from 5 Jul 2025

$3,668 a fortnight after tax

Next pay rise

Not announced

The agreement: expired Jun 2026, still applies until replaced.

Beside Queensland’s government schools

Each labelled. Never ranked against other schools or systems.

First year

This scale$86,601

Government$90,164

First year: $3,563 a year more at Queensland government schools

Top of scale

This scale$126,797

Government$127,549

Top of scale: $752 a year more at Queensland government schools

this scale's rates are from 5 Jul 2025; its agreement expired on 30 Jun 2026.

Bars start at $80,000 so the differences show.

This scale: Employer super: not on record for this sector. Government: Employer super 12.75%.

Government school pay in Queensland

Every step

The scale's own classifications, at the rates in force today.

Lead Teacher
$147,050
$4,164 a fortnight after tax
Highly Accomplished Teacher
$134,696
$3,874 a fortnight after tax
Experienced Proficient Teacher · top
$126,797
$3,668 a fortnight after tax
Proficient 8
$124,725
$3,614 a fortnight after tax
Proficient 7
$120,230
$3,497 a fortnight after tax
Proficient 6
$114,957
$3,360 a fortnight after tax
Proficient 5
$112,296
$3,290 a fortnight after tax
Proficient 4
$107,989
$3,178 a fortnight after tax
Proficient 3
$99,622
$2,960 a fortnight after tax
Proficient 2
$95,142
$2,843 a fortnight after tax
Proficient 1
$90,832
$2,731 a fortnight after tax
Graduate · first year
$86,601
$2,621 a fortnight after tax
Step 2
$79,314
$2,431 a fortnight after tax
Step 1
$76,689
$2,362 a fortnight after tax

Bars start at $70,000 so the differences show.

Principals

The principals' scale for this employer's schools, in its own order and words, at the rates in force today.

Brisbane Catholic Education principals under the Brisbane Catholic Education Principals' Agreements

Later rises follow a formula in the agreement and haven't been published as figures. These are the last printed rates, from 1 Jul 2024. Every figure is a minimum: at least this much.

AE526404 cl 4.1.1(b)-(d): rises starting 1 Jul 2025, 2026 and 2027 of 1 per cent above the Brisbane teachers' rise. Not printed, and the teachers' 1 Jul 2025 rate is itself not printed in the Diocesan agreement (qld-catholic-diocesan gap). (source)

Principal Level 8, Step 3$232,549
Principal Level 8, Step 2$227,212
Principal Level 8, Step 1$222,122
Principal Level 7, Step 3$221,523
Principal Level 7, Step 2$216,432
Principal Level 7, Step 1$211,578
Principal Level 6, Step 3$209,746
Principal Level 6, Step 2$204,927
Principal Level 6, Step 1$203,382
Principal Level 5, Step 3$201,837
Principal Level 5, Step 2$197,196
Principal Level 5, Step 1$192,781
Principal Level 4, Step 3$190,704
Principal Level 4, Step 2$186,318
Principal Level 4, Step 1$182,135
Principal Level 3, Step 3$181,139
Principal Level 3, Step 2$176,983
Principal Level 3, Step 1$173,007
Principal Level 2, Step 3$172,685
Principal Level 2, Step 2$168,727
Principal Level 2, Step 1$164,940
Principal Level 1, Step 3$164,647
Principal Level 1, Step 2$160,867
Principal Level 1, Step 1$157,262

Brisbane Catholic Education Principals' Agreement 2024 (AE526404)

Beside Queensland’s government schools

Every step

Principals

Brisbane Catholic Education principals under the Brisbane Catholic Education Principals' Agreements

The 146 schools on this scale