Rural Doctor Incentives

There are incentives payable to doctors working in non-metro areas to encourage doctors to work in rural and remote locations. Full information on this topic is available at health.gov.au. The amounts that doctors can receive under the Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) Doctor Stream are listed below:

Location (MM) Year Level 1 Year Level 2 Year Level 3 Year Level 4 Year Level 5 plus
MM 3 $0 $4,500 $7,500 $7,500 $12,000
MM 4 $0 $8,000 $13,000 $13,000 $18,000
MM 5 $0 $12,000 $17,000 $17,000 $23,000
MM 6 $16,000 $16,000 $25,000 $25,000 $35,000
MM 7 $25,000 $25,000 $35,000 $35,000 $60,000

 

The Health Workforce Locator can be used to find the MM listing for a given location. There are also useful factsheets summarising incentives and support for GPs and general practices in MM locations at health.gov.au.

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