Queensland X-Ray Pay Rates 2026: Collector, Lab & Support Staff Pay
What Queensland X-Ray workers should be paid in 2026 — the Health Professionals and Support Services Award floor by classification, casual loading, penalties, and where the Queensland X-Ray enterprise agreements sit.
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Who covers Queensland X-Ray workers — award or agreement?
Queensland X-Ray is a diagnostic imaging network operating clinics across Queensland, part of Sonic Healthcare's imaging business, offering X-ray, ultrasound, CT, MRI and nuclear medicine scans. Its workforce includes radiographers, sonographers and nuclear medicine technologists performing scans, alongside medical receptionists and administrative staff running its clinics.
The Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2020 is the floor for imaging support and administrative roles, while radiographers and other qualified practitioners may be classified differently depending on their duties. Our corpus holds no current Queensland X-Ray enterprise agreement, so the award tables below are what should be on the payslip for award-covered roles.
The federal awards relevant to Queensland X-Ray roles:
- Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2020 (MA000027)
Health Professionals and Support Services award floor (1 July 2026)
The Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2020 (MA000027) adult minimums for the roles that sit on it are:
| Classification | Permanent | Casual (incl. 25%) |
|---|---|---|
| Support services Level 1 (cleaning, kitchen hand) | $26.97/hr | $33.71/hr |
| Support services Level 2 (orderly, catering assistant) | $28.03/hr | $35.04/hr |
| Support services Level 3 (ward support, admin/clerical, pathology collector) | $29.11/hr | $36.39/hr |
| Support services Level 4 (cook, senior admin) | $29.45/hr | $36.81/hr |
| Support services Level 5 (trade-qualified, team senior) | $30.45/hr | $38.06/hr |
| Support services Level 6 | $32.09/hr | $40.11/hr |
| Support services Level 7 | $32.67/hr | $40.84/hr |
| Health Professional Level 1 — pay point 1 | $30.89/hr | $38.61/hr |
| Health Professional Level 1 — 4-year degree entry | $33.51/hr | $41.89/hr |
| Health Professional Level 2 — pay point 1 | $39.31/hr | $49.14/hr |
| Health Professional Level 3 — pay point 1 | $45.89/hr | $57.36/hr |
Nurses and midwives are on the Nurses Award 2020 instead — current classification and pay-point figures are on our Nurses Award pay rates page. Weekend, shift and public holiday penalties apply on top of the figures above.
Source: Fair Work Commission modern awards pay database, current-operative rates (1 July 2026 annual wage review). Casual figures add the 25% casual loading.
Does Queensland X-Ray have an enterprise agreement?
As at 25 September 2026, our corpus of 14,141 federally registered enterprise agreements holds no current agreement for Queensland X-Ray. 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 Queensland X-Ray, it beats the award figures above.
Common pathology pay issues at Queensland X-Ray
The patterns worth checking on a Queensland X-Ray payslip:
- Frozen pay points — increments that should step annually but don't, especially after payroll migrations.
- Stream misclassification — admin, ward-support and collector staff left at Level 1–2 while doing Level 3 work.
- Unpaid handover — clinical and shift handover before and after rostered hours is work time.
- Weekend and night loadings dropped when rosters change or systems are replaced.
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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Six years running payroll for a Western Sydney commercial builder before moving to compliance writing and contract payroll. Registered BAS Agent (TPB). Cert IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping. Writes about pay calculations, superannuation, and the 2026 Payday Super rollout. Based in Cabramatta, Sydney.