Teacher workload and unpaid hours
Show the gap between the hours you are paid for and the hours the job actually takes.
For Teachers, trainers and assessors
How to use this calculator
Start with the worked example below. Replace the figures in Your numbers with your own inputs, then select Recalculate. Read the assumptions and limitations before using the estimate in your planning. Save report downloads the last calculated results and inputs.
Unpaid hours per week
3 hours
Hours worked beyond those you are paid for.
- Actual hours per week
- 41 hours
- Contact, preparation, marking and administration combined.
- Preparation hours per week
- 10 hours
- Preparation minutes per contact hour, converted to hours.
- Unpaid value per year
- $6,930.00
- Unpaid hours valued at your effective rate across your working weeks.
- True hourly rate
- $50.98
- Total pay divided by the hours the job actually takes.
This is an estimate to support your professional judgement, not a determination. Our tools draft. You validate.
Saves the last calculated inputs, results and assumptions to your device. Recalculate after changing inputs.
Your numbers
The hours in your contract or your average paid casual hours.
Hours actually in front of learners each week.
Minutes of preparation for each hour you deliver.
Weekly hours assessing work and writing feedback.
Records, reporting, validation, meetings, emails.
Total pay divided by paid hours.
Weeks you actually work, excluding leave.
How this is worked out
Actual hours = contact + (contact × preparation minutes ÷ 60) + marking + administration. Unpaid hours = actual − paid. Unpaid value = unpaid × hourly rate × working weeks.
What it assumes
- A typical week is representative of the year.
- Your effective hourly rate is total pay divided by paid hours.
What it does NOT account for
- Does not account for paid overtime or time in lieu.
- Does not model peak periods such as marking weeks separately.
- Does not constitute industrial or legal advice about your entitlements.
What to do next
- Track one real week against these estimates before relying on them.
- If the gap is large, raise it with your manager with the weekly figure, not the annual one.
- Check your award or enterprise agreement for how non-contact time should be counted.
Sources
- Workload structure: Contact / preparation / marking / administration split (reviewed 2026-08-26)