Subway Australia Pay Rates 2026: Sandwich Artist & Manager Pay
Subway Australia hourly rates 2026 — sandwich artist, shift supervisor, and manager pay under the Fast Food Industry Award. Junior and weekend rates.
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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): $25.40/hr / $31.75/hr
- Level 3 (shift supervisor): $26.06/hr / $32.58/hr
Junior rates
Under 21 percentages:
- Under 16: $9.98/hr (40%)
- 16: $12.48/hr (50%)
- 17: $14.97/hr (60%)
- 18: $17.47/hr (70%)
- 19: $19.96/hr (80%)
- 20: $22.46/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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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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