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Western Australia Nurse Management (NUM / Director of Nursing) Pay 2025–26

WA's nurse management grades reach the most senior senior-registered-nurse levels; pay rises with the seniority and scope of the role.

Enrolled Nurse Registered Nurse Clinical Nurse (senior clinical grades)

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Pay scale

Base rates, in force from 12 October 2025 — before penalties, allowances and overtime. Entry/each step shown (12 October 2025).

Grade	Weekly	Hourly	Annualised
Senior Registered Nurse/Midwife (SRN/M) Level 8	$3,343.71	$87.99	$174,470
Senior Registered Nurse/Midwife (SRN/M) Level 9	$3,527.89	$92.84	$184,080
Senior Registered Nurse/Midwife (SRN/M) Level 10	$3,722.51	$97.96	$194,235

Ways to earn more

Management grades run from $3,343.71 to $3,722.51/wk; your grade rises with the size and complexity of the unit or facility.
Directors of Nursing sit in the upper management grades — moving to a bigger facility is a direct pay step.

Allowances you can claim

On top of base pay — the allowances most relevant to this role.

Qualification allowance3.5% / 4.5% / 5.5% of base; $3,732 / $4,798 /…

Paid to full-time and part-time RNs and Midwives who hold/acquire a qualification relevant to their current practice. Three levels: Level 1 = Graduate Certificate /…

Remote Area Nurse — overtime buy-out allowance25% of base salary, paid fortnightly…

Remote area nurses (employed as the 24-hour health-care provider in an isolated community at listed Group A/B sites) are paid an annual allowance equal to 25% of base…

Uniform allowance$10.90 per week (12 Oct 2025)

Where the Employer does NOT provide a uniform free of charge, it reimburses a weekly uniform allowance provided the employee conforms to the employer's uniform standard.

Laundry allowance$3.49 per week (12 Oct 2025)

Where a uniform is required and is NOT laundered by the hospital, the employee is reimbursed a weekly laundry allowance. Claimable in addition to the uniform allowance…

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 Western Australia nurse classifications — see the full Western Australia nurse pay & conditions guide.

Pay figures are drawn from the WA Health System – ANF Industrial Agreement 2024. Confirm your exact classification, step and allowances against the current instrument and your payslip.