Supercheap Auto Pay Rates 2026: Store, Casual & Junior Pay
What Supercheap Auto workers should be paid in 2026 — General Retail Award floor rates by age, casual loading, weekend penalties, and where the Super Retail Group enterprise agreement sits.
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What covers Supercheap Auto workers — agreement or award?
Supercheap Auto is part of Super Retail Group, which employs around 15,000 people across its four banners — Supercheap Auto, Rebel, BCF and Macpac. Store and customer contact centre teams across those banners are covered by one deal: the Super Retail Group Retail & CCC Enterprise Agreement 2024, approved by the Fair Work Commission in May 2024 with a nominal expiry of 30 June 2027. Distribution centre teams have their own agreement, the Super Retail Group Supply Chain Enterprise Agreement 2024 (approved December 2024, nominal expiry 29 December 2027).
The safety net underneath the stores is the General Retail Industry Award 2020 (MA000004). The agreement sets rates above that floor — the agreement document is the source for the actual Super Retail grid, and the award figures below are the minimum it must beat. Working at Rebel instead? Same agreement, same floor — see our Rebel pay rates 2026 page.
Adult award floor (21 and over)
From 1 July 2026, the minimum hourly rates under the General Retail Industry Award are:
| Classification | Permanent | Casual (incl. 25% loading) |
|---|---|---|
| Retail Employee Level 1 (retail assistant, fitting parts to shelf) | $27.81/hr | $34.76/hr |
| Retail Employee Level 2 (forklift, higher-skill work) | $28.45/hr | $35.56/hr |
| Retail Employee Level 3 (2IC, opening/closing, cash securing) | $28.89/hr | $36.11/hr |
| Retail Employee Level 4 (department/store management stream) | $29.45/hr | $36.81/hr |
Source: Fair Work Commission modern awards pay database, rates operative from 1 July 2026. If you're 21 or older and your payslip shows less than Level 1, something is wrong — run it through our payslip checker.
Junior rates (under 21)
The retail award's junior ladder is a percentage of the Level 1 adult rate. From 1 July 2026:
- Under 16: 45% — $12.51/hr
- 16 years: 50% — $13.91/hr
- 17 years: 60% — $16.69/hr
- 18 years: 70% — $19.47/hr
- 19 years: 80% — $22.25/hr
- 20 years: 90% — $25.03/hr (100% — the full $27.81 — once you've been with the company more than 6 months)
Your rate must step up from the first pay period after your birthday, and the 20-year-old 6-month step to full adult rate is the one most often missed. The agreement's junior scale must leave you better off than this ladder overall.
Weekend and penalty rates
The award floor for permanent adult store staff outside ordinary spans:
- Saturday: 125% — $34.76/hr at Level 1
- Sunday: 150% — $41.71/hr
- Public holiday: 225% — $62.57/hr
Casuals are paid 150% of the ordinary rate on Saturday, 175% on Sunday and 250% on public holidays (those percentages already include the casual loading). Overtime for permanents runs at 150% for the first three hours and 200% after, with Sunday overtime at 200%. The agreement restructures some of this into its own tables — the package must still leave you better off overall. Check a specific shift with our penalty rates calculator.
Retail pay issues worth checking on any payslip
General award-compliance issues that come up across the retail sector. This is a checklist for your own payslip, not a finding about Supercheap Auto.
The patterns worth checking:
- Junior step-ups missed — birthday rises and the 20-year-old 6-month step to the full adult rate.
- Level 1 for Level 2 work — regularly operating a forklift or doing higher-skill fitting work is Level 2 territory.
- Weekend penalties absorbed — a flat rate covering Saturday and Sunday fitting shifts has to actually beat the penalty mix for your roster.
- Unpaid time — till counts, close-downs and stocktake time after the doors shut are work time.
What to do if your pay looks wrong
Match your payslip to your classification in the agreement, then to the award floor above, and price any gap with our back-pay calculator. Raise it in writing with your store manager or the people team; the SDA covers retail. Unresolved, the Fair Work Ombudsman (13 13 94) recovers underpayments at no cost — up to six years back.
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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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FairWork Mate is an independent Australian publisher of workplace-rights information. Our content is prepared with AI assistance and draws on primary sources — the Fair Work Act, modern awards, and Fair Work Commission and Fair Work Ombudsman material. It is general information, not legal advice.