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Fast Food award rate changes 2026
Summary of recent Fast Food Industry Award adult base-rate changes for commonly checked classifications.
This page summarises recent adult base-rate changes for curated Fast Food classifications, comparing the current Fair Work Commission rate with the most recent prior history row when available. It is a first-party index for Fast Food — not a complete extract of every classification in the award.
Rate changes for curated classifications
| Classification | Award | Current $/hr | Prior $/hr | Change | Operative from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast food employee level 1 | Fast Food Industry Award 2020 | $27.81 | $26.55 | $1.26 (+4.75%) | 2026-07-01 |
| Fast food employee level 2 | Fast Food Industry Award 2020 | $29.45 | $28.12 | $1.33 (+4.73%) | 2026-07-01 |
| Fast food employee level 3—in charge of one or no person | Fast Food Industry Award 2020 | $29.91 | $28.55 | $1.36 (+4.76%) | 2026-07-01 |
| Fast food employee level 3—in charge of 2 or more people | Fast Food Industry Award 2020 | $30.27 | $28.90 | $1.37 (+4.74%) | 2026-07-01 |
Parent index: Award Rate Change Index 2026. Award hub: Fast Food. Machine-readable download: /guides/fast-food-award-rate-changes-2026.json.
Context on the 2026 Annual Wage Review. Compare what you pay with the free rate checker.
How this index is built
- Source: Fair Work Commission Modern Awards Pay Database via the official API.
- Scope: curated adult base-rate classifications for AwardGuard’s five launch awards only.
- Current rate: the operative adult base hourly rate returned for each classification.
- Prior rate: the most recent prior history row returned with the current rate (when available).
- Change %: ((current − prior) / prior) × 100 when both values exist.
- Pages without a live rate are listed with dataAvailable=false; no figures are invented.
Limitations
- Not a complete extract of every classification in each award.
- Excludes apprentices; junior rates are out of scope for AwardGuard v1.
- Does not include casual loading, penalties, overtime, or allowances unless those appear as separate classification rows in the source.
- Temporary upstream failures may omit rates for some rows while educational pages remain available.
- General information only — not legal or workplace-relations advice. The applicable modern award always prevails.
Source: Fair Work Commission Modern Awards Pay Database. Content revised 2026-07-15. Index generated 2026-07-15.
Last reviewed: 15 July 2026 · Authored by AwardGuard (organisation).
General information only — not legal or workplace-relations advice. The applicable modern award always prevails. Rates and classifications should be verified against the Fair Work Commission — Modern Awards Pay Database. AwardGuard is not endorsed by the Fair Work Commission, Fair Work Ombudsman, or NDIS.