Queensland Nurse Management (NUM / Director of Nursing) Pay 2025–26
Queensland's management track runs from nurse unit managers up through the director-of-nursing grades to executive director of nursing — pay scales steeply with the size of the facility.
Pay scale
Base rates, in force from 1 April 2026 — before penalties, allowances and overtime. Nurse Grades 7 and 9–13, in force from 1 April 2026.
| Grade | Weekly | Hourly | Annualised |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Unit Manager / Nurse Manager (Grade 7) | $2,682.15 | $70.58 | $139,951 |
| Nurse Unit Manager — top | $2,912.10 | $76.63 | $151,949 |
| Director of Nursing – Remote (Grade 9) | $3,084.45 | $81.17 | $160,942 |
| Assistant Director / Director of Nursing – Rural (Grade 10) | $3,153.00 | $82.97 | $164,519 |
| Nursing/Midwifery Director / Director of Nursing (Grade 11) | $3,528.25 | $92.85 | $184,099 |
| Director of Nursing (Grade 12) | $3,884.26 | $102.22 | $202,675 |
| Health Service / Executive Director of Nursing (Grade 13) | $4,157.95 | $109.42 | $216,956 |
| Executive Director of Nursing — Grade 13.2 | $5,055.29 | $133.03 | $263,778 |
Ways to earn more
- Management grades run from $2,682/wk (unit manager) to $5,055/wk (executive director of nursing).
- Director-of-nursing grades step up with the size and remoteness of the facility (Remote → Rural → facility director → executive) — moving to a bigger service is a direct pay step.
Allowances you can claim
On top of base pay — the allowances most relevant to this role.
Leave, study & the full conditions
Leave and study support (annual, parental, long-service, study leave, the career-break scheme), the overtime, minimum-break and on-call rules, and the complete allowance list apply across all Queensland nurse classifications — see the full Queensland nurse pay & conditions guide.
Pay figures are drawn from the Nurses and Midwives (Queensland Health) Certified Agreement (EB12) 2025. Confirm your exact classification, step and allowances against the current instrument and your payslip.