AwardPay
Australian pay checker

Working hard.
Getting paid right?

Check your payslip against Australian award rates. Understand your overtime, penalties and allowances — and what to do next.

  • Published award rates
  • No account needed

Start with your industry

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Payslip checkExample

Construction

Full-time labourer who works a Saturday and uses their own tools · Building and Construction General On-site Award (MA000020)

  • Ordinary hoursHourly rate vs your classification levelWe check
  • Saturday overtimeSaturday work paid at overtime ratesWe check
  • Tool allowanceApplies to tradespeople supplying their own toolsWe check
  • RDO accrualHours banked toward a rostered day offWe check

Your result

Compared line by line with the award

Illustrative example — not a real payslip or customer result.

$358M — Recovered in 2024–25

by the Fair Work Ombudsman for more than 249,000 workers in the 2024–25 financial year.

$2B+ — Recovered over five years, July 2020–June 2025

by the Fair Work Ombudsman across the five financial years ending June 2025.

These figures are money the Fair Work Ombudsman recovered — not the total currently owed to Australian workers. Sources: FWO media release, 29 Oct 2025 · FWO Annual Report 2024–25 (PDF)

How AwardPay works

Choose your industry

We tailor the questions to the kind of work you do.

Tell us your hours & pay

Answer a few quick questions or upload your payslip.

See what we found

Compare your pay with award rates, line by line.

Check tools

One checker covers your hours, penalties and allowances. More focused tools will be listed here once they're working.

Payslip checkAnswer a few questions about your award, hours and pay (or upload a payslip) and we compare what you were paid with the award minimum for each shift.

What to know before you check

  • Independent

    AwardPay isn't part of, affiliated with or endorsed by the Fair Work Ombudsman or Fair Work Commission.

  • Based on published award rates

    Results are only as accurate as the award you're covered by and the hours and pay you enter.

  • No account to see your result

    Your headline result appears without signing up. It's general information, not legal advice.

Simple pricing

Your headline result is shown before you pay anything.

Pay Check

A quick answer for one payslip.

$9 AUD once

Check my payslip

Choose it after you see your headline result.

Recommended

Underpayment Report

The full picture for one payslip.

$29 AUD once

Check my payslip

Choose it after you see your headline result.

Pay Protection

For checking every payslip.

$59 AUD / year

Renews yearly. Cancelling keeps access until your paid period ends.

Compare what each option includes

A report is an assessment, not a guarantee you've been underpaid or that money will be recovered.

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