Under 21 percentages: Under 16: $11.12/hr (40%) 16: $13.91/hr (50%) 17: $16.69/hr (60%) 18: $19.47/hr (70%) 19: $22.25/hr (80%) 20: $25.03/hr (90%)

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Subway Australia Pay Rates 2026: Sandwich Artist & Manager Pay

Q: Subway award coverage

Subway sandwich artists are covered by the Fast Food Industry Award (MA000003). Almost every Subway in Australia is a franchise, so your employer is the franchisee, not Subway corporate. The award applies regardless.

Q: Subway adult rates 2026

From 1 July 2025: Level 1 (sandwich artist): $27.81/hr permanent / $34.76/hr casual Level 2 (cook, trainer): $29.45/hr / $36.81/hr Level 3 (shift supervisor): $29.91/hr / $37.39/hr

8 May 20262 min read

Subway Australia hourly rates 2026 — sandwich artist, shift supervisor, and manager pay under the Fast Food Industry Award. Junior and weekend rates.

Rachel Morrison

Senior Workplace Relations Writer · GradDip Employment Relations, Griffith University

Subway award coverage

Subway sandwich artists are covered by the Fast Food Industry Award (MA000003). Almost every Subway in Australia is a franchise, so your employer is the franchisee, not Subway corporate. The award applies regardless.

Subway adult rates 2026

From 1 July 2025:

Level 1 (sandwich artist): $27.81/hr permanent / $34.76/hr casual
Level 2 (cook, trainer): $29.45/hr / $36.81/hr
Level 3 (shift supervisor): $29.91/hr / $37.39/hr

Junior rates

Under 21 percentages:

Under 16: $11.12/hr (40%)
16: $13.91/hr (50%)
17: $16.69/hr (60%)
18: $19.47/hr (70%)
19: $22.25/hr (80%)
20: $25.03/hr (90%)

Subway penalty rates

Saturday: $34.76/hr · Sunday: $41.71/hr · Public holiday: $62.57/hr

Late-night: 10pm-midnight 110% · midnight-6am 115%.

Subway underpayment history

Subway franchisees have repeatedly featured in Fair Work Ombudsman wage compliance audits, particularly around junior rates, late-night loadings, and incorrect classification. Several Subway franchises have signed Enforceable Undertakings with the FWO. If your pay looks wrong, raise it — past cases show the FWO acts on Subway underpayments.

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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.

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