Grad Progression Calculator
What your grad costs as they grow
Hire a graduate physio today and slide forward. Each year they gain experience and climb the award bands — and the new rates phase in underneath them. One hire, watched over time.
Hourly rate
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Per year (base)
Two things lift the cost at once
As the grad gains experience they move up the bands — 1st year, then 2nd–3rd, then 4th–6th, then 7th year and beyond. At the same time, the new award rates phase in from 1 October 2026 to 30 June 2030. The person climbs and the rates climb, so the cost rises faster than either on its own.
The jumps are the band crossings
Most years are a steady single-digit rise. The big steps land when they cross a band — around year 4 (into 4th–6th) and year 7 (into 7th year+). A grad is not a fixed cost. They are an escalating one, and the steps are the part owners do not see coming.
What is locked, and what is your call
The base is the published 1 October 2026 rate with the confirmed 4.75% review applied. The 2028–2030 steps are interpolated between the two figures the Commission has published, and everything past 4.75% is your inflation assumption — drag the slider. Figures are base wage plus 12% super; leave loading, penalties and bonus sit on top.
The cost only climbs. Get ahead of it.
The calculator shows you where a grad's pay lands in five years. Designing for that now — the structure, the roles, the margin — is how you stay profitable while the rates rise. That's what the advisory is for.
Fix My WagesThe grad you hire today is not the cost you signed up for. — Culture of One