The base salary for an RMO / HMO in New South Wales’s public hospitals, step by step, from the NSW Public Hospital Medical Officers award. These are the award’s own rates, not what any job pays.
NSW Public Hospital Medical Officers award
Rates in force from 1 July 2025. Interim 3% increases while the awards are in arbitration before the NSW Industrial Relations Commission; the final decision may change these rates, with back-pay. Source: NSW Health Information Bulletin IB2026_007.
RMO / HMO base salary steps, NSW Public Hospital Medical Officers award
Step
Base a year
Resident 1st year
$94,521
Resident 2nd year
$103,961
Resident 3rd year
$117,745
Resident 4th year
$127,827
Base salary only: it leaves out on-call, overtime, penalty rates and super. Resident and registrar years by years of service; Resident 1st year is the year after internship (PGY2).
Current RMO / HMO jobs in NSW
5 current jobs: see them all. 5 state their pay, below, as the ad or the board gives it; an ad may pay above the award.
Senior Resident Medical OfficerVascular SurgerySouth Western Sydney Local Health District · Western Sydney, NSW · Ad requires medical registration$95k–$128kCloses 6 Nov
JMO Supervised PracticeNorthern Sydney Local Health District · Northern Sydney, NSW · Ad requires medical registration$81k–$128kCloses 29 Oct
Senior Resident Medical OfficerPsychiatryHunter New England Local Health District · New England & North West, NSW · Ad confirms a doctor's role$95k–$128kCloses today, 26 Oct
JMO Supervised PracticeNorthern NSW Local Health District · Northern Rivers, NSW · Ad requires medical registration$81k–$128kCloses tomorrow, 27 Oct