Krispy Kreme Pay Rates 2026: Crew, Junior & Shift Supervisor Pay
What Krispy Kreme workers should be paid in 2026 — the Fast Food Industry Award floor by classification and age, casual loading, penalties, and where the Krispy Kreme enterprise agreements sit.
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Who covers Krispy Kreme workers — award or agreement?
Krispy Kreme is the US-origin doughnut chain, with stores and kiosks across Australia making and selling doughnuts, coffee and drinks. Production staff work the doughnut line while counter staff handle takeaway, drive-thru and delivery orders, in a workforce that's largely casual and often very young.
Krispy Kreme roles are covered by the Fast Food Industry Award 2010. Krispy Kreme has a national enterprise agreement covering its Australian operations, listed below where our corpus holds it; it must leave employees better off overall than the award rates that follow.
The federal awards relevant to Krispy Kreme roles:
- Fast Food Industry Award 2020 (MA000003)
Fast food award floor — adults (21 and over)
From 1 July 2026 the Fast Food Industry Award 2020 (MA000003) adult minimums are:
| Classification | Permanent | Casual (incl. 25%) |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 (crew: counter, kitchen, delivery) | $27.81/hr | $34.76/hr |
| Level 2 (supervising or higher-skill duties) | $29.45/hr | $36.81/hr |
| Level 3 (shift supervisor in charge of one or no person) | $29.91/hr | $37.39/hr |
| Level 3 (shift supervisor in charge of 2 or more) | $30.27/hr | $37.84/hr |
The award's evening, weekend and public holiday loadings apply on top — the fast food award's penalty structure changed in recent years, so check your exact shift with the penalty rates calculator rather than a remembered percentage.
Source: Fair Work Commission modern awards pay database, current-operative rates (1 July 2026 annual wage review). Casual figures add the 25% casual loading.
Junior rates (under 21)
The Fast Food Industry Award pays juniors a percentage of the Level 1 adult rate. From 1 July 2026 the junior minimums are:
- Under 16: $11.12/hr
- 16 years: $13.91/hr
- 17 years: $16.69/hr
- 18 years: $19.47/hr
- 19 years: $22.25/hr
- 20 years: $25.03/hr
Your rate must step up from the first full pay period after each birthday. Casual juniors add the 25% loading on top of these figures. An enterprise agreement's junior scale must leave you better off than this ladder overall.
The Krispy Kreme enterprise agreements
Enterprise agreements set rates above the award, with their own classification structures and allowances. Current Krispy Kreme agreements in our corpus (1 in total):
- Krispy Kreme National Enterprise Agreement 2024 — approved January 2025, nominal expiry 22 January 2029.
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.
Common fast food pay issues at Krispy Kreme
The patterns worth checking on a Krispy Kreme payslip:
- Junior rate not stepping up on birthdays, or the adult rate not kicking in at 21.
- Unpaid opens and closes — set-up, clean-down and cash-up before or after the rostered shift are work time.
- Level 1 for shift-supervisor work — running a shift or being in charge of others is Level 2–3.
- Late-night and weekend loadings missing, especially on flat 'all-in' rates offered to casuals.
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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General information and estimates only — not legal, financial or tax advice. Always check your specific award, agreement or contract, or a qualified professional, before you rely on the result.
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Nine years in Australian workplace relations — Queensland hospitality HR, then retail ER in Brisbane and Northern NSW. Graduate Diploma in Employment Relations (Griffith University, 2018). Writes about award interpretation, underpayment recovery, and casual conversion. Member of the AHRI since 2019. Based in Paddington, Brisbane.