View our 2025 Remote and Rural Areas package for further information and conditions.
Teacher Incentive Summary Tables – 2025
Location 1 | |||||||
Forbes Narromine Parkes Peak Hill Deniliquin Trangie Warren | |||||||
| Max Package | $15,000 | ||||||
| Total Incentive Payment | $5,000 upfront | ||||||
| $5,000 distributed throughout the year* | |||||||
| Removalist Allowance | Up to $5,000** | ||||||
Incentives are applicable for new and existing staff and are pro-rated against FTE. The incentive payment is provided when moving from one school to another within Location 1 after 3 years of continuous service in the school from which they are moving.
* Effected through fortnightly salary payments.
** Applies when relocating to a new residence within the township where the school is located.
Location 2 | |
| Balranald Condobolin Hay Hillston Nyngan Trundle | |
| Max Package | Year 1: $34,000 Year 2: $20,000 Years 3 – 5: $21,000 |
| Total Incentive Payment | $5,000 upfront |
| $5,000 distributed throughout the year* | |
| Removalist Allowance | Up to $5,000** |
| Rental Subsidy | Valued at up to $15,000*** |
| Retention Payment | Year 1: $4,000 Year 2: $5,000 Years 3 – 5: $6,000 |
Incentives are applicable for new and existing staff and are pro-rated against FTE.
* Effected through fortnightly salary payments.
** Employees occupying fully furnished teacher housing are ineligible for this reimbursement.
*** Effected through fortnightly salary payments and capped at $290 per week. Rental subsidy ceases after 5 years.
Location 3 |
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Bourke |
Brewarrina |
Broken Hill |
Cobar |
Wilcannia |
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| Max Package | Year 1: $48,300 Year 2: $24,300 Year 3: $25,300 Years 4 & 5: $26,300 |
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| Total Incentive Payment | $5,000 upfront | |||||||||
| $15,000 distributed throughout the year* | ||||||||||
| Removalist Allowance | Up to $5,000** | |||||||||
| Rental Subsidy | Valued at up to $15,000*** | |||||||||
| Retention Payment | Year 1: $5,000 Year 2: $6,000 Year 3: $7,000 Years 4 & 5: $8,000 |
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| Geographical Allowance |
$3,300 per year | |||||||||
| Long Service Leave | Accrued at double the normal rate. Up to $4,900^ | |||||||||
| Western Leave | 3 days per year | |||||||||
| Help Debt Remission |
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Incentives are applicable for new and existing staff and are pro-rated against FTE.
* Effected through fortnightly salary payments.
** Employees occupying fully furnished teacher housing are ineligible for this reimbursement
*** Effected through fortnightly salary payments and capped at $290 per week. Rental subsidy ceases after 5 years.
^ Based on pay scale
^^ Value is not included in the Max Package as this is a government initiative. The eligible teaching period commenced
in 2019.