primary · Services Australia
Single, no children, maximum per fortnight
$808.70 / fortnight
From 2026-03-20
I am looking for work · Services Australia
JobSeeker Payment
Main working-age income support if you are unemployed or looking for work, including people with a partial capacity to work who do not qualify for DSP.
$808.70 / fortnight
Hover the amount for four other currencies (live rate).
Who it is for
Usually 22 to Age Pension age, meeting residence, income and mutual-obligation rules.
State unemployment allowance. Private income protection may offset it. JobSeeker is not DSP and is not TPD.
Conditions
- Age
- Generally 22 to Age Pension age (Youth Allowance below that).
- Mutual obligations
- Job plan unless exempt (including some principal-carer and partial-capacity settings).
- Means test
- Allowance income and assets tests — tighter than the pension.
Primary source first. A disputed or stale figure stays visible. Hover a rand or dollar figure for four other currencies. W weekly · F fortnightly · M monthly · A annually.
primary · Services Australia
Single, with dependent child, or 55+ after 9 months, or partial capacity <15h
$866.00 / fortnight
From 2026-03-20
primary · Services Australia
Partnered, maximum per fortnight
$740.30 / fortnight
From 2026-03-20
primary · Services Australia
Single principal carer with exemption
$1,047.30 / fortnight
From 2026-03-20
Cross-checks
- agrees ACOSS — JobSeeker vs pension ACOSS Aug 2026: JobSeeker has fallen to about 68% of the pension. Their commentary matches the official single rate being well below DSP/Age Pension. Not a second legal table.
- agrees A guide to Australian Government payments Booklet tracks the same March 2026 allowance table.
How to apply
myGov. Job plan / mutual obligations unless exempt.
Methodology
coreau_ss_methodology.centrelink_indexation
Maximum rates from Services Australia. Pensions and most allowances index on 20 March and 20 September. FTB indexes 1 July. Income and assets tests can pay less than the maximum. Current Compass figures are overlaid from the 1 July–19 September 2026 payments guide (co029-2607). Change this row in Core AU and the Compass follows.
- Read the live Services Australia page for that payment.
- Cross-check A guide to Australian Government payments for the current quarter (Core AU job payments_guide_quarterly).
- Do not treat a September-preview blog figure as in force before indexation day.