Salaries and benefits

Salaries

Please see the Australian Nursing Federation - WA Health Industrial Agreement 2024 for more information on salaries of registered nurses, midwives and mental health enrolled nurses employed by WA Country Health Service.

Please see the WA Health-LHMU Enrolled Nurses and Assistants in Nursing Industrial Agreement 2022 for more information on salaries of enrolled nurses and assistants in nursing employed by WA Country Health Service.

General benefits

  • Competitive base salary arrangements
  • Salary packaging
  • Superannuation (mandatory 12%)
  • Deferred Salary Scheme
  • Annual leave (4 weeks/20 days)
  • North West Leave – an additional week of leave (on completion of 12 months tenure)
  • Accrued days off
  • Public holiday leave (10 days)
  • Long service leave (13 weeks every 10 years, then every 7 years)
  • Parental leave (14 weeks paid, 52 weeks total)
  • Professional development leave (16 hours/2 days per year)
  • Study leave (5 hours per week; work-life balance)
  • Personal leave
  • On call, recall and overtime allowance
  • Higher duty allowance (after 5 days)
  • Subsidised accommodation (where applicable)
  • Air conditioning subsidy (where applicable)
  • District allowance – fortnightly subsidy for living above the 26th North of Parallel
  • Postgraduate qualification allowance (where applicable)
  • Shift work allowance
  • Travel allowance (reasonable expenses reimbursed)
  • Motor vehicle allowance (reasonable expenses reimbursed)
  • Distant appointment allowance

You may also be eligible for the following State and Commonwealth Government benefits:

  • Air-conditioning subsidies
  • Home Ownership Subsidy Scheme
  • Subsidised rental accommodation
  • Zone or special area tax offset

Last Updated: 08/12/2025