What does your casual workforce really cost?
Real award rates, real on-costs, and the costs nobody itemises: recruiting, admin time, no-shows, and the agency margin hidden in your hourly rate. Adjust anything. Every assumption is on the table, because that’s how our pricing works too.
Assumptions (all editable)
Award casual rates as at 1 July 2025 (Fair Work pay guides, Level 1 incl. 25% casual loading). Estimates only, not a quote.
All-in with MyGig: $44.77/hr, every line item shown before you book. And unlike doing it yourself, recruiting, vetting, payroll, and compliance are done for you.
- Gross wages (casual award rate)$194,976
- Superannuation (12%)$23,397
- Workers comp (3%)$5,849
- Recruiting & advertising$6,000
- Rostering, payroll & compliance admin$9,900
- Absence & backfill cost$14,623
- Wages + on-costs$224,222
- Agency margin (~25%, hidden in the hourly rate)$56,056
- Wages + on-costs (itemised upfront)$224,222
- MyGig flat service fee (15%)$33,633
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Fair Work Commission pay guides, Level 1 casual rates (incl. 25% casual loading) as at 1 July 2025: Storage Services & Wholesale Award MA000084, General Retail Industry Award MA000004, Hospitality Industry (General) Award MA000009. Penalties and higher classifications are quoted per shift in the app.
Super guarantee rate from 1 July 2025 (ATO). This is the final legislated increase.
NSW icare premiums are set per industry classification; warehousing and logistics classifications typically fall around 2-4.5% of wages. Default 3%, editable.
5.45% on annual Australian wages above the $1.2M threshold (Revenue NSW, 2025-26). Off by default because most SMEs sit under the threshold; toggle it on if you're over.
Compliant warehouse and logistics labour hire agencies typically run margins of 15-30% on the loaded cost, with specialist roles higher; the margin is usually buried in the hourly rate. Default 25%, editable.
Recruiting and advertising (default $1,200 per worker per year, editable), rostering, payroll and compliance admin time (default 45 minutes per worker per week at $55/hr), and absence and backfill cost (default 7.5% of wages; Australian absence-management research puts unplanned absence at 7-8% of payroll).
Estimates only, for comparison purposes; not a quote or financial advice. Your actual costs depend on award classifications, penalties, and your workers comp rating. With MyGig, the exact all-in cost of every shift is shown before you book it. See pricing or compare us.
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