VIC Intern & Resident Pay 2025–26

Takeaways

• VIC intern base salary is $83,409.
• Resident - Year 1 is $88,701: a $5,292 base increase before roster effects.
• Saturday and Sunday ordinary hours are both paid at 150%, while public holidays are paid at 250%.
• Continuing Medical Education (CME) allowance is listed as $74.60 per week for interns and $90.90 per week for HMO Years 2-3.

VIC Intern & Resident Pay Levels (Base Salary and Estimated Take-Home)

Filtered to the early-career VIC rows so you can compare intern and resident pay without registrar lines getting in the way.

This page focuses on intern, resident, RMO, and house officer style pay lines drawn from the current Victoria pay table.

What changes intern & resident take-home pay in VIC?

• Classification and year level set the base row before roster effects.
• Night duty, weekends, public holidays and overtime can move pay beyond ordinary salary.
• Continuing Medical Education (CME), meal, travel, phone and rotation/location items are practical checks when they apply.
• HECS/HELP withholding and salary packaging settings still decide what lands in your bank account.

What changes between intern and resident pay in VIC?

The first VIC pay step is moving off the intern row, then adding the roster and allowance items that apply to your term.

• The base table moves from $83,409 for Intern to $88,701 for Resident - Year 1 — $5,292 more before roster effects.
• Hospital Medical Officers (HMOs), Medical Officers and Senior Medical Officers work 38 ordinary hours per week averaged over up to 4 weeks.
• Model night duty, weekends, public holidays and overtime separately rather than treating the base row as the full pay picture.
• Continuing Medical Education (CME) allowance is listed weekly for interns and HMO Years 2-3.

Early-career penalty-rate table

Use these VIC rates to model the roster you actually work; the base salary row does not include roster-driven additions.

Leave and education allowances for interns and residents

These items affect practical job value alongside base salary.

• Continuing Medical Education (CME) allowance is listed as $74.60 per week for interns and $90.90 per week for HMO Years 2-3.
• Exam leave is listed as up to 8 rostered working days per year, including at least 3 clear calendar days immediately before each exam.
• Conference and seminar leave is listed as up to 3 weeks per year of service, including a 1-week minimum entitlement.
• Annual leave is listed as 5 weeks for shiftworkers and otherwise 4 weeks.
• Personal/carer's leave is listed as 28 days per year and cumulative.

Allowances and entitlement checks for early-career doctors

These are practical payslip checks when the relevant appointment or roster condition applies.

• Meal allowance is listed for long work periods, with separate thresholds after more than 11 hours and more than 16 hours in 24 hours.
• Travel reimbursement is listed for authorised private vehicle use.
• Uniform/laundry, phone reimbursement and childcare reimbursement are listed as separate practical items.
• Rotation/location payments can apply where a doctor is required to move residence on rotation.

Common early-career pay scenarios

These are existing calculator presets, not promises about a usual roster.

Worked examples (VIC)

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

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