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TAS Pay Level Clarification You asked Migration Tasmania for clarification about their newly announced salary threshold of $28.85 per hour (or $57,000 per year), noting that this rate exceeds the Fair Work Commission's base rate of $28.12 per hour for Level 4 Chefs and Cooks. You highlighted that this creates confusion since over 70% of Chefs and Cooks in Tasmania work at or near the Fair Work base rate of $28.12/hour.
Migration Tasmania's Response: They clarified that: The wage threshold is set at 75% of the TSMIT (Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold) This $28.85 per hour rate is specifically for the sc491 and sc190 Tasmanian Skilled Employment pathways only The priority attributes system allows them to prioritize candidates with higher wages who are more likely to settle long-term in Tasmania There is a viable pathway for candidates paid below the wage threshold, but they would be prioritized accordingly The wage threshold does not seek to align with industrial award wages
Key Takeaway: Migration Tasmania is intentionally setting their visa pathway threshold higher than Fair Work minimum wages as a policy choice to prioritize higher-earning candidates, rather than aligning with industry award rates. Lower-paid workers can still apply but will have lower priority in the system.
Tasmanian Skilled Migration State Nomination Program Update
Application Gateway Now Available The Migration Tasmania Application Gateway is now open to new Registrations of Interest. New settings and processing arrangements apply. The Australian Government has not yet finalised state and territory nomination allocations and nomination cannot be confirmed until this occurs.
Updated Information for 2025-26 Program Settings
Subclass 190 TSE Health and Allied Health Occupations
The following occupations have been included of health and allied health occupations eligible under the subclass 190 Tasmanian Skilled Employment pathway, eligible for nomination after six months employment.
272 Social and Welfare Professionals - 272311 Clinical Psychologist - 272312 Educational Psychologist - 272313 Organisational Psychologist - 272314 Psychotherapist - 272399 Psychologists nec - 272511 Social Worker
311 Medical Technicians - 311211 Anaesthetic Technician - 311212 Cardiac Technician - 311213 Medical Laboratory Technician - 311214 Operating Theatre Technician - 311215 Pharmacy Technician - 311216 Pathology Collector / Phlebotomist - 311217 Respiratory Technician - 311299 Medical Technicians nec
411 Health and Welfare Support Officers - 411111 Ambulance Officer - 411112 Intensive Care Ambulance Paramedic (Aus) - 411411 Enrolled Nurse
Remote Work for the Tasmanian Established Resident Pathway
For this pathway, Remote work refers to employment arrangements in which individuals residing in Tasmania perform work duties from within the state for a company or organisation that is located outside Tasmania, whether elsewhere in Australia or overseas. This includes roles where the worker delivers services, expertise, or digital outputs - such as IT support, software development, design, or consulting - to the external company, not to Tasmanian clients or consumers.
For example, a software engineer living in Hobart who provides backend development services to Google in California is engaged in remote work under this definition.
Individuals working for companies located outside Tasmania who deliver services to Tasmanian clients or markets are not considered remote workers under this definition. They will be classified as employees of a well-established Tasmanian business if those services are delivered at a Tasmanian worksite or worksites.
More details here.