NT Registrar Salary and Take-Home Pay 2025–26

This page is for NT registrars and senior registrars comparing base salary, estimated take-home, shift penalties, overtime, restrictive duty and recall/call-back. It focuses on registrar progression and the roster items that can move Northern Territory registrar income beyond the base row.

By Jacob Stretton — RN & final-year medical student · figures sourced from the public EBAs & the ATO · About & methodology →

Takeaways

• NT registrar base salary runs from $122,264 to $153,195.
• NT senior registrar rows run from $166,617 to $182,143.
• NT overtime is listed as 1.5x weekdays, 2x weekends and 2.5x public holidays; separate overtime attendance has a 4-hour minimum.
• The on-call (restrictive duty) allowance is $5.02/hr (NT Determination 1 of 2026, cl.48.8(b)); leave loading is a flat $1,811/annum, not 17.5%.

NT Registrar Pay Levels (Base Salary and Estimated Take-Home)

Filtered to NT registrar and senior registrar rows so you can compare progression and higher-roster earnings without early-career pay lines.

Senior registrar rows are included where the current state pay table lists them.

Rates effective 1 January 2025 (verified current as at July 2026 — the 2022–2025 EA remains in operation; a proposed 2026–2029 EA was voted down in February 2026 and an improved offer is under negotiation) · Medical Officers (NTPS) 2022–2025 Enterprise Agreement — OCPE published rates of pay · source.

What changes registrar take-home pay in NT?

• Registrar year level and senior registrar appointment set the base row before roster effects.
• Evening, night, weekend, public holiday and overtime inputs can change gross and net pay materially.
• Restrictive duty, clinical advice by telephone and recall/call-back should be modelled as separate pay concepts.
• Higher Education Contribution Scheme/Higher Education Loan Program (HECS/HELP) withholding and salary packaging settings become more visible at registrar incomes.

What changes registrar pay in NT?

For NT registrars, the practical pay question is how progression, shiftwork, overtime, restrictive duty and call-backs interact.

• The NT registrar base range is $122,264 to $153,195 before senior registrar rows.
• NT senior registrar rows run from $166,617 to $182,143.
• NT registrar rows use 38 ordinary hours per week before shift penalties, overtime or restrictive-duty payments.
• Shiftwork, overtime, restrictive duty, clinical advice by telephone and recall/call-back should be modelled as separate pay concepts.
• Professional development leave and allowance items are listed for registrar and senior registrar levels.

Registrar penalty-rate table

Start with the base row, then add the roster items that actually apply.

Restrictive duty, call-back and registrar allowances

NT separates ordinary shiftwork, overtime, restrictive duty and recall/call-back work, so these should not be modelled as one item.

• First roster on-call allowance is listed as a Schedule 1 / Commissioner Determination item and is inclusive of telephone calls.
• Recall to duty while on-call is paid under the overtime clause.
• Clinical advice by telephone has separate Night and Day/Night rate categories in the NT agreement summary.
• A separate overtime attendance has a 4-hour minimum, or 3 hours if you perform overtime while in restrictive duty.
• The 9-hour break rule can trigger release without loss of pay, or double time if directed back before the break is achieved.

Registrar leave and professional development

These items affect job value and should sit alongside base salary when comparing registrar roles.

• Recreation leave is listed as 4 weeks plus 2 weeks if stationed in NT, with separate seven-day shiftworker settings.
• Personal leave is listed as 3 weeks per year.
• Professional development (PD) is listed as 10 days for registrar and senior registrar levels plus a PD allowance.
• An additional professional development allowance claim up to $3,000 is noted subject to agreement conditions.
• Time off in lieu of overtime must be requested in writing, used within 8 months and is capped at 40 hours.

Rural pathway loading: Rural Generalist Trainee Allowance

NT pays a pathway-specific allowance to Rural Generalist Trainees credentialed in an advanced skill at its four rural and remote hospitals.

• A Rural Generalist Trainee (excluding pre-vocational trainees) at Gove, Katherine, Alice Springs or Tennant Creek hospitals receives an allowance worth 20% of the Rural Generalist Trainee Level 3 (RGT3) base salary — currently about $30,600 a year, 20% of the RGT3 base of $153,195 (Agreement cl.33).
• It is payable only where the trainee is accepted into the Rural Generalist Training Scheme and committed to advanced-skills training, is college-credentialed in that advanced area (e.g. anaesthetics, obstetrics) and the department is using the skill, and is residing in the relevant locality (cl.33(a)–(c)).
• The allowance is paid fortnightly, counts for superannuation, is payable during paid leave and is pro-rated for part-time hours; no other NT registrar pathway carries a comparable specialty loading.

Gross vs net at registrar incomes

Registrar base salary is higher, but HECS/HELP withholding and marginal tax settings also become more visible at these incomes.

Worked examples (NT)

* Estimated after tax and HECS/HELP. Your actual payslip will depend on roster mix, allowances, and deductions.

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