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Intern pay in WA

The base salary for an intern in Western Australia’s public hospitals, step by step, from the WA Health AMA Industrial Agreement 2024. These are the award’s own rates, not what any job pays.

WA Health AMA Industrial Agreement 2024: South of the 26th parallel

Rates in force from 3 September 2026. Registered 28 November 2024; nominal expiry 2 September 2027. Source: WA Health — Medical Practitioners AMA Industrial Agreement 2024 (WAIRC PSAAG 2 of 2024).

Intern base salary steps, WA Health AMA Industrial Agreement 2024, south of the 26th parallel
StepBase a year
Intern$93,590

Base salary only: it leaves out on-call, overtime, penalty rates and super, and the Professional Development Allowance, paid separately. Intern, then Resident Medical Officer years 1–3 by years of experience; registrar and senior registrar years by service in the grade.

WA Health AMA Industrial Agreement 2024: North of the 26th parallel

Rates in force from 3 September 2026. Schedule 3: WA Country Health Service north of the 26th parallel. Registrar years 4 and above do not apply there. Source: WA Health — Medical Practitioners AMA Industrial Agreement 2024 (WAIRC PSAAG 2 of 2024).

Intern base salary steps, WA Health AMA Industrial Agreement 2024, north of the 26th parallel
StepBase a year
Intern$122,740

Base salary only: it leaves out on-call, overtime, penalty rates and super. Intern, then Resident Medical Officer years 1–3 by years of experience; registrar and senior registrar years by service in the grade.

Current intern jobs in WA

No intern jobs in WA are open today. The list shows them as boards advertise them.