Teaching salaries in the Department of Education and Training are based on the Teachers' Award State 2003 and Teachers' Certified Agreement 2010. Salaries are determined by years of service, qualifications and promotional level.
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Each step on the pay scale is equivalent to a full year's teaching service.
Please note that the starting salary for a Graduate Teacher is $56,011 (as at 1 July 2011).
Prior teaching/industry experience may be recognised for salary classification purposes for temporary or permanent employees.
Remuneration Services (Qld) Pty Ltd has been contracted to administer the department's salary packaging scheme.
All information on the scheme, procedures for participation and the necessary application forms are available from the Remuneration Services 
website.
It is the responsibility of the employee to read all the salary packaging documentation prior to entering into a salary packaging agreement.
Enquiries on salary packaging should be directed to Remuneration Services .
Permanent and temporary teachers must contribute between 2% and 5% of their salary per year towards their superannuation.
The Department of Education and Training contribution equals the employee's percentage contribution plus 7.75%. For example, if an employee contributes 5%, then the department contributes 12.75%.
Casual teachers receive 8% of their salary as an employer contribution.
For more information, please contact Q Super .
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