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Boral Pay Rates 2026: Quarry, Concrete & Driver Pay
What Boral workers should be paid in 2026 — the Cement, Lime and Quarrying Award floor by classification, casual loading, penalties, and where the Boral enterprise agreements sit.
Who covers Boral workers — award or agreement?
Boral, now part of Seven Group Holdings, is the country's largest construction materials company — quarries, concrete plants, asphalt, cement and recycling — with a workforce of concrete agitator drivers, quarry and plant operators, batchers, laboratory technicians and maintenance tradespeople at hundreds of sites.
Boral bargains site by site and business by business, and our corpus holds a long list of Boral agreements (below). The federal awards underneath are the Cement, Lime and Quarrying Award 2020 for quarries and the concrete side, the Road Transport and Distribution Award for agitator and tipper drivers, and the Manufacturing Award for maintenance. The quarrying and transport ladders are tabled below.
The federal awards relevant to Boral roles:
- Cement, Lime and Quarrying Award 2020 (MA000055)
- Road Transport and Distribution Award 2020 (MA000038)
Workforce snapshot. In the 2024-25 Workplace Gender Equality Agency reports, Boral Construction Materials Limited, Boral Resources (Qld) Pty. Limited, Boral Resources (Vic.) Pty. Limited reported 3,372 employees (part of the SGH Limited group, 11,003 employees in total, 1% casual and 19.2% women). Source: WGEA 2025 Public Data File, data.gov.au (CC-BY 3.0 AU).
Cement, lime and quarrying award floor (1 July 2026)
The Cement, Lime and Quarrying Award 2020 (MA000055) has two classification streams — one graded 1–6, one levelled 1–7 — and your site's agreement or letter of engagement says which applies. The base hourly minimums (weekly ÷ 38) are:
| Classification | Permanent | Casual (incl. 25%) |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | $25.74/hr | $32.17/hr |
| Grade 2 | $26.44/hr | $33.05/hr |
| Grade 3 | $27.79/hr | $34.74/hr |
| Grade 4 | $28.59/hr | $35.74/hr |
| Grade 5 | $29.45/hr | $36.81/hr |
| Grade 6 | $30.36/hr | $37.95/hr |
| Level 1 | $25.74/hr | $32.17/hr |
| Level 2 | $26.71/hr | $33.39/hr |
| Level 3 | $27.52/hr | $34.40/hr |
| Level 4 | $28.06/hr | $35.07/hr |
| Level 5 | $28.60/hr | $35.75/hr |
| Level 6 | $29.45/hr | $36.81/hr |
| Level 7 | $30.36/hr | $37.95/hr |
The award also publishes an 'ordinary hourly' rate for each classification that folds in its industry allowance (roughly $0.90–$2.20/hr higher); the figures above are the base rates.
Source: Fair Work Commission modern awards pay database, current-operative rates (1 July 2026 annual wage review). Casual figures add the 25% casual loading.
Road transport award floor (1 July 2026)
Drivers sit on the Road Transport and Distribution Award 2020 (MA000038). The grade follows the biggest vehicle combination you're required to drive:
| Classification | Permanent | Casual (incl. 25%) |
|---|---|---|
| Transport Worker Grade 1 (courier/van, light rigid) | $26.87/hr | $33.59/hr |
| Transport Worker Grade 2 (rigid over 4.5t, forklift) | $27.51/hr | $34.39/hr |
| Transport Worker Grade 3 (heavy rigid) | $27.83/hr | $34.79/hr |
| Transport Worker Grade 4 (semi-trailer/heavy combination) | $28.32/hr | $35.40/hr |
| Transport Worker Grade 5 (B-double) | $28.67/hr | $35.84/hr |
| Transport Worker Grade 6 (road train) | $29.00/hr | $36.25/hr |
| Transport Worker Grade 7 (double road train / specialist) | $29.42/hr | $36.78/hr |
| Transport Worker Grade 8 | $30.28/hr | $37.85/hr |
| Transport Worker Grade 9 | $30.78/hr | $38.48/hr |
| Transport Worker Grade 10 | $31.55/hr | $39.44/hr |
If you regularly drive a bigger combination than your grade pays for, that is a classification underpayment. Overtime, night and weekend loadings apply on top.
Source: Fair Work Commission modern awards pay database, current-operative rates (1 July 2026 annual wage review). Casual figures add the 25% casual loading.
The Boral enterprise agreements
Enterprise agreements set rates above the award, with their own classification structures and allowances. Current Boral agreements in our corpus (44 in total):
- BORAL LOGISTICS QUEENSLAND (TANKERS) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2025 — approved October 2025, nominal expiry 1 October 2029.
- Boral Peats Ridge Quarry Enterprise Agreement 2024 — approved June 2025, nominal expiry 19 June 2029.
- Boral Cement Ltd (NSW) Enterprise Agreement 2025 — approved April 2025, nominal expiry 15 April 2029.
- Boral Tasmanian Fleet Enterprise Agreement 2025 — approved January 2026, nominal expiry 27 January 2029.
- Boral Metro Quarries VIC Tipper Drivers’ Enterprise Agreement 2024 — approved July 2025, nominal expiry 31 December 2028.
- Boral Concrete Sydney Enterprise Agreement 2025 — approved December 2025, nominal expiry 31 October 2028.
- Boral Asphalt Queensland Enterprise Agreement 2024 — approved October 2025, nominal expiry 22 October 2028.
- Boral Logistics Queensland (Tippers) Enterprise Agreement 2024 — approved June 2025, nominal expiry 7 July 2028.
Plus 36 more — search "Boral" in our agreements database.
We don't reproduce agreement dollar figures here — the agreement covering your site, state and stream is the document to read. Find your agreement, then your classification, then your pay point, and compare it with your payslip. The award tables on this page are the floor every one of these agreements must beat.
Construction materials pay issues worth checking on any payslip
General award-compliance issues that come up across the construction materials sector. This is a checklist for your own payslip, not a finding about Boral:
- Wrong C-level for the skills and qualifications actually used.
- Shift and overtime loadings absorbed into flat rates.
- Unpaid pre-start, PPE and handover time.
- Labour-hire pay gaps against directly employed staff doing the same job.
What to do if your pay looks wrong
Match your payslip to your classification in the agreement (or the award tables above), and price any gap with our back-pay calculator. Raise it in writing with payroll or your manager first — most underpayments are fixed at that step. Unresolved, the Fair Work Ombudsman (13 13 94) recovers underpayments at no cost, up to six years back, and your union can run the claim for you. Not sure which instrument covers you? Ask our AI advisor with your role and location.
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