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Pizza Hut Pay Rates 2026: Crew, Junior & Shift Supervisor Pay

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What Pizza Hut workers should be paid in 2026 — the Fast Food Industry Award floor by classification and age, casual loading, penalties, and where the Pizza Hut enterprise agreements sit.

RM

Senior Workplace Relations Writer · GradDip Employment Relations, Griffith University

Who covers Pizza Hut workers — award or agreement?

Pizza Hut in Australia operates almost entirely through a franchise network, so who actually employs you depends on which local operator runs your store rather than a single national employer. Store teams are typically young casuals doing delivery driving, in-store food preparation and counter service.

Because franchisees are separate employers, there's no single Pizza Hut enterprise agreement to check — coverage depends on the store owner, and the Fast Food Industry Award 2020 applies regardless of who owns the store. Our corpus holds no current Pizza Hut agreement, so the award tables below — including the junior percentages that matter so much in this workforce — are what should be on the payslip.

The federal awards relevant to Pizza Hut 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:

ClassificationPermanentCasual (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.

Does Pizza Hut have an enterprise agreement?

As at 22 September 2026, our corpus of 14,141 federally registered enterprise agreements holds no current agreement for Pizza Hut. That usually means one of three things: the employer pays on the award (or on individual contracts above it), the agreement covering you is registered under a different entity name (check the employer name on your payslip and search our agreements database), or — for state public-sector employers — pay is set by a state award or agreement outside the federal register. If you have a copy of an agreement that names Pizza Hut, it beats the award figures above.

Common fast food pay issues at Pizza Hut

The patterns worth checking on a Pizza Hut 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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About Rachel Morrison

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.