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Toowoomba Catholic Schools (QLD, published scale): teacher pay 2026

Full name: Toowoomba Catholic Schools: the employer's own published scale (first full pay period on or after 1 Jul 2025)

CatholicDiocese of Toowoomba Catholic Schools. Rates are the employer's own schedule. The Diocesan agreement AE522955 does not print its 1 Jul 2025 rise. · 31 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

$86,600

Graduate, from 1 Jul 2025

$2,621 a fortnight after tax

Top of scale

$126,795

Experienced Proficient Teacher, from 1 Jul 2025

$3,668 a fortnight after tax

Beside Queensland’s government schools

Each labelled. Never ranked against other schools or systems.

First year

Catholic · This scale$86,600
Public · Government$90,164

First year: $3,564 a year more at Queensland government schools

Top of scale

Catholic · This scale$126,795
Public · Government$127,549

Top of scale: $754 a year more at Queensland government schools

this scale's rates are from 1 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.

  1. Lead Teacher

    $147,048

    $4,164 a fortnight after tax

  2. Highly Accomplished Teacher

    $134,695

    $3,874 a fortnight after tax

  3. Experienced Proficient Teacher · top

    $126,795

    $3,668 a fortnight after tax

  4. Proficient 8

    $124,724

    $3,614 a fortnight after tax

  5. Proficient 7

    $120,229

    $3,497 a fortnight after tax

  6. Proficient 6

    $114,956

    $3,360 a fortnight after tax

  7. Proficient 5

    $112,295

    $3,290 a fortnight after tax

  8. Proficient 4

    $107,988

    $3,178 a fortnight after tax

  9. Proficient 3

    $99,621

    $2,960 a fortnight after tax

  10. Proficient 2

    $95,141

    $2,843 a fortnight after tax

  11. Proficient 1

    $90,831

    $2,731 a fortnight after tax

  12. Graduate · first year

    $86,600

    $2,621 a fortnight after tax

  13. Step 2

    $79,313

    $2,431 a fortnight after tax

  14. 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.

Toowoomba Catholic Schools principals under the Toowoomba Catholic Education (starting 2020 Toowoomba Catholic Schools) 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.

AE526142 cl 4.1.2: rises starting 1 Jul 2025, 2026 and 2027 of 1 per cent above the Diocesan teachers' rise. Not printed, and the teachers' 1 Jul 2025 rate is itself not printed in the Diocesan agreement (qld-catholic-diocesan gap). (source)

  1. Principal Level 9, Pay Point 5$243,499
  2. Principal Level 9, Pay Point 4$237,912
  3. Principal Level 9, Pay Point 3$232,578
  4. Principal Level 9, Pay Point 2$227,466
  5. Principal Level 9, Pay Point 1$222,576
  6. Principal Level 8, Pay Point 5$232,458
  7. Principal Level 8, Pay Point 4$227,124
  8. Principal Level 8, Pay Point 3$222,032
  9. Principal Level 8, Pay Point 2$217,152
  10. Principal Level 8, Pay Point 1$212,484
  11. Principal Level 7, Pay Point 5$221,434
  12. Principal Level 7, Pay Point 4$216,344
  13. Principal Level 7, Pay Point 3$211,495
  14. Principal Level 7, Pay Point 2$206,849
  15. Principal Level 7, Pay Point 1$202,414
  16. Principal Level 6, Pay Point 5$209,663
  17. Principal Level 6, Pay Point 4$204,846
  18. Principal Level 6, Pay Point 3$200,255
  19. Principal Level 6, Pay Point 2$195,857
  20. Principal Level 6, Pay Point 1$191,653
  21. Principal Level 5, Pay Point 5$201,759
  22. Principal Level 5, Pay Point 4$197,120
  23. Principal Level 5, Pay Point 3$192,701
  24. Principal Level 5, Pay Point 2$188,475
  25. Principal Level 5, Pay Point 1$184,415
  26. Principal Level 4, Pay Point 5$190,625
  27. Principal Level 4, Pay Point 4$186,246
  28. Principal Level 4, Pay Point 3$182,065
  29. Principal Level 4, Pay Point 2$178,078
  30. Principal Level 4, Pay Point 1$174,238
  31. Principal Level 3, Pay Point 5$181,070
  32. Principal Level 3, Pay Point 4$176,914
  33. Principal Level 3, Pay Point 3$172,940
  34. Principal Level 3, Pay Point 2$169,143
  35. Principal Level 3, Pay Point 1$165,515
  36. Principal Level 2, Pay Point 5$172,615
  37. Principal Level 2, Pay Point 4$168,659
  38. Principal Level 2, Pay Point 3$164,871
  39. Principal Level 1, Pay Point 5$172,615
  40. Principal Level 1, Pay Point 4$168,659
  41. Principal Level 1, Pay Point 3$164,871

Toowoomba Catholic Schools Principals' Agreement 2024-2028 (AE526142)

The 31 schools on this scale

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