Cleaning Services award
Cleaning Service Employee pay rate
Cleaning Service Employee is a classification under the Cleaning Services Award 2020 (MA000022). AwardGuard shows the adult base minimum from the Fair Work Commission Modern Awards Pay Database when the live source is available. The applicable modern award always prevails.
Award: Cleaning Services Award 2020 (MA000022) · Content reviewed 2026-07-15
The live adult base minimum for this classification can't load right now, or the source returned a percentage-based (junior or apprentice) rate that AwardGuard does not cover. Use the checker below when the source is available, and confirm against the Fair Work pay guides.
What does this rate include?
Includes
- The adult base minimum hourly rate published for this classification in the Fair Work Commission Modern Awards Pay Database
- The operative (effective) date when the live rate row provides one
- Recent prior adult base rates for the same classification when history is returned by the source
Does not include
- Casual loading, overtime, penalty rates, and allowances (unless you apply them separately in a Pro check)
- Apprentice rates (not covered by AwardGuard)
- Junior age-band rates as authoritative figures (Pro may show a broad estimate only — always verify against the pay guide)
- A determination of which classification correctly applies to a named employee
Classification context
Cleaning Service Employee is shown as an adult base classification under the Cleaning Services Award. Shift and weekend penalties are separate from the base minimum shown here when the source returns a base-rate row.
For official classification guidance see the Fair Work Ombudsman — Award classifications and the Cleaning Services Award 2020 (MA000022).
Worked hypothetical example
- An employer pays an adult employee $X per hour for duties they believe match “Cleaning Service Employee”.
- They look up the published adult base minimum for this classification in the Fair Work Commission database and note the operative date.
- If $X is below that minimum for ordinary hours covered by the base rate, the comparison flags a shortfall to investigate — it is not a finding of underpayment by itself.
- They then check loadings, penalties, allowances, and whether a different classification or instrument applies, using Fair Work materials or advice.
Common mistakes
- Treating the page rate as proof of the correct classification for a specific person
- Comparing a casual all-in rate to the adult base minimum without accounting for casual loading
- Ignoring the operative date when rates change on 1 July after an Annual Wage Review
- Assuming AwardGuard replaces the Fair Work Ombudsman Pay and Conditions Tool or pay guides
Related classifications
Source: Fair Work Commission Modern Awards Pay Database. Adult base rate only. General information only — not legal or workplace-relations advice. The applicable modern award always prevails. AwardGuard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Fair Work Commission, Fair Work Ombudsman, NDIA or NDIS.