Base rates, in force from 1 December 2025 — before penalties, allowances and overtime. Entry/each step shown (1 December 2025).
Step
Weekly
Hourly
Annualised
Grade 2, Year G
$1,401.13
$36.87
$73,109
Grade 2, Year 1
$1,441.30
$37.93
$75,205
Grade 2, Year 2
$1,479.61
$38.94
$77,204
Grade 2, Year 3
$1,519.86
$40.00
$79,304
Grade 2, Year 4
$1,543.24
$40.61
$80,524
Grade 2S (Specialist Enrolled Nurse), Year 1
$1,597.32
$42.03
$83,346
Grade 2S (Specialist Enrolled Nurse), Year 2
$1,618.84
$42.60
$84,469
Grade 2S (Specialist Enrolled Nurse), Year 3
$1,640.37
$43.17
$85,592
Grade 2S (Specialist Enrolled Nurse), Year 4
$1,661.89
$43.73
$86,715
Ways to earn more
Progress through the EN scale ($1,401.13–$1,661.89/wk).
Claim any qualification/continuing-education allowance you're eligible for, and salary-package about $11,660/yr tax-free.
Register as a registered nurse to move onto the RN scale (from $1,543.24/wk).
Allowances you can claim
On top of base pay — the allowances most relevant to this role.
Remote & Rural Professional Development Allowance — REMOTE sites$3,797/yr PLUS +10% of salaried incremental…
BIG one for remote nurses. If you work at a defined Remote Site you get a Professional Development Allowance of $3,797/yr AND an additional 10% salary allowance on your…
District (isolation) allowance — Category R remote$4,942.00/yr (with dependants) / $2,470.00/yr…
If permanently stationed in a Category R remote location — including the Bass Strait Islands, Maria Island and Bruny Island — you can be paid a district allowance to…
Kilometreage — district / special vehicle add-onsCat R: $30.49/mo + $12.21 per 1600 km; Cat B:…
On top of the per-km rate, extra allowances if you're stationed in a district allowance area (Category R or B) or use a special vehicle. Includes utility/4WD/special…
District (isolation) allowance — Category B$2,470.00/yr (with dependants) / $1,235.00/yr…
Category B covers locations under the Commonwealth Taxation Zone B description (an 'isolated area', which the award says includes King Island, Flinders Island, Cape…
Uniform allowance$500/yr
If you provide direct care but are required NOT to wear a uniform (the award names mental health and child & family health nurses as examples), you get a flat uniform…
Salary packaging~$11,660/yr tax-free
As a public-hospital employee you can package about $9,010 of everyday expenses plus ~$2,650 of meal entertainment FBT-free, plus a novated car lease — and it doesn't reduce any penalty or allowance.
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 Tasmania nurse classifications — see the full Tasmania nurse pay & conditions guide.