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The teachers’ agreement ends 30 June 2027; each half point on the next moves the FY2028 gap $66,741 (ours).
The gap at each settlementour estimate
FY2028 gap (ours)FY2032 gap (ours)
FY2028 gap (ours)
FY2032 gap (ours)
0.0% a year
$398,602
$877,513
2.5% a year
$732,308
$2,631,578
3.0% a year
$799,049
$3,003,538
3.5% a year
$865,790
$3,382,790
4.0% a year
$932,531
$3,769,443
5.0% a year
$1,066,013
$4,565,379
Ours: only the salary growth rate changes. Our model assumes 4.0%.
1 · The facts
30 June 2027
the teachers’ agreement runs to
contract
2.5%
scale increase, FY2025
contract
4.0%
scale increase, FY2026
contract
3.5%
scale increase, FY2027
contract
10.33%
the three, compounded
contract
$54,670
bachelor’s, first step, FY2027
contract
$110,287
doctorate, top step, FY2027
contract
4.0%
yearly salary growth our model assumes
our estimate
$66,741
FY2028 gap, per half point settled (ours)
our estimate
$732,308
FY2028 gap at a 2.5% settlement (ours)
our estimate
$1,066,013
FY2028 gap at 5.0% (ours)
our estimate
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the terms of the next agreement
not published
2 · What it shows
1
The agreement raised the scale 2.5%, 4% and 3.5%: 10.33% compounded.
2
Our model assumes salaries grow 4.0% a year from FY2028; that is our assumption.
3
At a 2.5% settlement the FY2028 gap would be $732,308; at 5.0%, $1,066,013 (ours).
4
A lower settlement is borne in pay by the people on the scale.
The gap at each settlement, everything else held
FY2028 gapnot from the books
FY2032 gapnot from the books
0.0%
$398,602
$877,513
2.5%
$732,308
$2,631,578
3.0%
$799,049
$3,003,538
3.5%
$865,790
$3,382,790
4.0%
$932,531
$3,769,443
5.0%
$1,066,013
$4,565,379
Ours: the projection with only the salary growth rate changed. The rate applies to the whole salary line, not only the teachers’ scale.