PSA members have voted to accept the State Government’s three-year Salaries offer.

Seventy-eight per cent of respondents to our Salaries Survey accepted the government’s offer and the PSA will now notify the government of our acceptance and move to have the new rates formalised so members receive the increase as soon as possible.

The survey was completed by more than 12,000 members.

The offer, which equates to a compounded increase of 11.4 per cent over the three years to 2026-27, can only be paid once the Memorandum of Understanding is signed and the Awards are altered and signed off by the Industrial Relations Commission.

The offer

• 4 per cent 2024-2025 increase in salaries plus 0.5 per cent superannuation
• 3 per cent 2025-2026 increase in salaries plus 0.5 per cent superannuation
• 3 per cent 2026-2027 increase in salaries

This offer will be backdated to the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2024.

The offer includes a safeguard mechanism to protect wage-earners if the Sydney Consumer Price Index exceeds 3.5 per cent (March quarter) in the second or third year of the deal. If this is the case, there will be negotiations for a one-off, non-cumulative, cost-of-living allowance (COLA).

If the Sydney Consumer Price Index exceeds 4 per cent (March quarter) in the second or third year, members will receive a $1,000 taxable, one-off, non-cumulative cost-of-living adjustment payment, plus superannuation.

As part of the offer, the PSA will negotiate changes to the Managing Excess Employees (MEE) policy to bring it into line with the new Workforce Mobility Placement (WMP) policy implemented late last year. This has seen great improvements in the retention of public servants affected by workplace change.

The PSA will now meet with the State Government to formalise the pay increase.