How pay is estimated

The board sorts by an annual package value so a day rate, a salary and a casual rate can sit in one list. The number on the card is the rate the advertiser wrote, unless it is marked Estimate based on previous jobs. That mark is not a stated rate. The package figure and its assumptions are labelled.

• Currency is Australian dollars.
• If the ad gives a range, the sort uses the midpoint.
• If the ad gives no rate, and the same company has had a known rate before, the card uses that earlier figure and labels it Estimate based on previous jobs. The pay calculator marks it as an estimate. An admin can replace it. If no rate can be found, the job stays off the board for an admin to complete. An annual salary is shown as converted only when the ad states the shift length.
• A shift is 12 hours unless the ad states another length.
• 8/6, 7/7, 14/7 and 5/2 are read as days. 2/1, 3/1 and 4/1 are read as weeks, which is the usual mining meaning. The job page shows the reading, for example “2 weeks on / 1 week off”.
• On-site hours are (time on ÷ roster cycle) × 52 × 7 × the shift length. The same ratio is used whether the roster is written in days or weeks.
• Hourly pay × those hours makes the gross annual estimate. A day rate × days on site does the same.
• A weekly rate is treated as pay per week worked on site, not per week at home.
• If a rate is stated but the roster is not, the estimate assumes 2 weeks on / 1 week off and says so.

Casual and permanent packages

A flat 25% casual loading is not used to compare jobs. CASUAL_LOADING is 1.25, the typical award loading that is already inside a casual rate. FIFOWorks does not divide by it.

packageValuePerHour builds the comparison. Full-time, part-time and contract roles are paid the base rate for every on-site hour. Leave hours are taken out of those on-site hours, not added on top. Casual, shutdown and unstated roles do not take paid leave out of on-site hours.

• Annual leave is 4 weeks × 38 ordinary hours, paid at the base rate plus 17.5% leave loading. The calculator can change the weeks, the ordinary hours and the loading. Job ads use these defaults.
• Sick and personal leave is 10 days × 7.6 ordinary hours, paid at the base rate with no loading.
• Together, the default leave is 228 ordinary hours a year. Full-time hours worked are on-site hours minus those leave hours.
• PCB / PIP defaults to $0/hr when the ad does not state one. An hourly amount can be from $0 to $5/hr, often up to about $3/hr. A weekly amount is spread over days on site times the shift length. Full-time, part-time and contract roles are paid it only on hours worked. Shutdown roles are paid it on every on-site hour. Casual roles always receive $0. A mixed casual or full-time ad pays PCB / PIP on the full-time option only. The casual option stays the flat rate.
• A job ad has one optional allowance, estimated dollars per hour worked. Licence, site and tool allowances all go in that figure. The calculator can start from it, and can still split licence, site and tool when you know them. Leave is paid at the base rate only, with no allowances and no PCB / PIP. A casual ad cannot store an allowance or a bonuses note.
• Part-time leave is not pro-rated. Contract roles are treated as fixed-term employment with paid leave.

Full-time overtime in the calculator

Estimated pay on a job card uses this table when the ad states an hourly, daily or weekly rate for a full-time, part-time or contract role. A stated annual salary does not have overtime added again. The calculator uses the same table. Casual pay does not. A casual rate is the flat rate for every on-site hour, with no overtime and no penalties.

• Weekdays: the base rate for the first 8 hours, time and a half for the next 2, then double time.
• Saturday: time and a half for the first 2 hours, then double time.
• Sunday: double time for every hour.
• Public holidays: double time and a half for every hour worked on swing. A public holiday in the R&R period is not paid. The calculator estimates on-swing holidays as the yearly count, default 10, times weeks on ÷ (weeks on + weeks off), and takes those days out of weekdays first.
• Leave hours come out of weekday hours. Annual leave is paid at the base rate plus leave loading. Sick leave is not included. Tool allowance is per day worked. Licence, site and PCB / PIP are per hour worked.

Job sorting does not apply this table. An advertised rate is compared as the ad states it.

Superannuation at 12% applies to both casual and permanent pay. It is shown as a note and is not added on top of the package.

Open the pay calculator to compare two offers. Turn overtime, leave, public holidays, PCB / PIP, allowances, super, flights and camp on or off. Casual stays the flat rate. Weekly and yearly take-home, and total value per hour, update as you change a switch, before tax or after tax. Roster presets include 8/6, 14/7, 21/7, 2/1, 3/1, 2/2 and 3/2.

These are a guide for sorting, not a quote of what a worker will be paid. Overtime, penalties and redundancy pay may or may not be inside the advertised figure. Check the original ad.