Rates and time bands

NDIS time bands: evening, night, weekend and public holiday rates

The same support has up to six NDIS item numbers, one for each time band, and each pays a different price. Which one you bill is set by when the shift ran, start and finish, not by what you booked.

Updated 25 October 2026. Checked against the sources at the end of the page.

The short answer

Weekday daytime is a shift that starts at or after 6am and ends by 8pm. Weekday evening starts at or after 8pm and finishes by midnight. Weekday night runs past midnight or starts before 6am. Saturday, Sunday and public holidays are whole days.

A shift that crosses from one band into another bills whole, at the higher rate. For self-care in 2026-27, a weekday daytime hour is up to $73.58 and a Sunday hour up to $133.50.

The six time bands

These are the definitions in the NDIS Pricing Schedule 2026-27, in force from 24 September 2026, in plain words. Prices are the 2026-27 national limits for standard self-care.

NDIS time bands, with 2026-27 self-care price limits per hour.
Band	When	Self-care, per hour
Weekday Daytime	Starts at or after 6am and ends at or before 8pm, Monday to Friday	$73.58
Weekday Evening	Starts at or after 8pm and finishes at or before midnight, on one weekday	$81.07
Weekday Night	Starts at or before midnight and finishes after it on the next weekday, or starts before 6am	$82.57
Saturday	Midnight to midnight	$103.54
Sunday	Midnight to midnight	$133.50
Public Holiday	The whole day, in the state where the support is delivered	$163.46

NDIS time bands, with 2026-27 self-care price limits per hour.

Weekday Daytime
When
Starts at or after 6am and ends at or before 8pm, Monday to Friday
Self-care, per hour
$73.58
Weekday Evening
When
Starts at or after 8pm and finishes at or before midnight, on one weekday
Self-care, per hour
$81.07
Weekday Night
When
Starts at or before midnight and finishes after it on the next weekday, or starts before 6am
Self-care, per hour
$82.57
Saturday
When
Midnight to midnight
Self-care, per hour
$103.54
Sunday
When
Midnight to midnight
Self-care, per hour
$133.50
Public Holiday
When
The whole day, in the state where the support is delivered
Self-care, per hour
$163.46

Community access has the same bands except weekday night. Every band's item number is in the NDIS price guide.

A shift that crosses a band bills whole, at the higher rate

The Pricing Schedule 2026-27, Part 1, under "Day and time": where a support crosses between different times of day or days of the week and is delivered by a single worker, the higher of the amounts applies to the whole support. The 2025-26 Pricing Arrangements said the same.

So you don't split the shift into two lines. A 7pm to 9pm shift is two hours of weekday evening, not one hour of daytime and one of evening. A Friday 11pm to 2am shift is three hours of Saturday.

Worked examples

Standard self-care, 2026-27 national limits, one worker.

How six shifts bill, at the 2026-27 self-care price limits.
Shift	Bills as	Up to
Wednesday 9am to 1pm	4 hours, Weekday Daytime	$294.32
Wednesday 7pm to 9pm	2 hours, Weekday Evening (crosses a band)	$162.14
Wednesday 10pm to 2am	4 hours, Weekday Night	$330.28
Friday 11pm to 2am	3 hours, Saturday (crosses a band)	$310.62
Sunday 10pm to 2am	4 hours, Sunday (crosses a band)	$534.00
Christmas Eve 4pm to 10pm, Queensland	6 hours, Public Holiday (crosses a band)	$980.76

How six shifts bill, at the 2026-27 self-care price limits.

Wednesday 9am to 1pm
Bills as
4 hours, Weekday Daytime
Up to
$294.32
Wednesday 7pm to 9pm
Bills as
2 hours, Weekday Evening (crosses a band)
Up to
$162.14
Wednesday 10pm to 2am
Bills as
4 hours, Weekday Night
Up to
$330.28
Friday 11pm to 2am
Bills as
3 hours, Saturday (crosses a band)
Up to
$310.62
Sunday 10pm to 2am
Bills as
4 hours, Sunday (crosses a band)
Up to
$534.00
Christmas Eve 4pm to 10pm, Queensland
Bills as
6 hours, Public Holiday (crosses a band)
Up to
$980.76

Shift rate calculator

The band a shift bills in and the most it can bill, at the 2026-27 national price limits.

SupportDate of the shiftYour stateStartFinish

Pick the date of the shift to see how it bills.

National limits. Remote and very remote areas have higher limits, in the price guide.

Public holidays depend on your state

A public holiday is a whole-day band, and which days count depends on the state or territory where you deliver the support. Labour Day falls on a different Monday in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, and Easter Saturday is a holiday in some states and not others.

Three are part-day holidays: Christmas Eve from 6pm in Queensland, and Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve from 7pm in South Australia and the Northern Territory. A shift that runs into one of those bills whole at the public holiday rate, like any other shift that crosses a band.

George works out the band from your state and the shift's own times, and names any date it won't guess, like a holiday a state proclaims each year. See how to invoice the NDIS for the rest of what goes on the line.

Common questions

Is a 10pm to 2am shift evening or night?

Night, all of it. An evening shift has to finish by midnight. A weekday shift that runs past midnight into the next weekday is a weekday night shift.

Do I split a shift that crosses into the next band?

No. When one worker delivers the whole support, the NDIS Pricing Schedule says the higher of the two prices applies to the whole support. Bill it as one line at the higher band.

Which date goes on the invoice for an overnight shift?

The date the shift started. The line is priced off the band and the price list for that shift.

Does a public holiday in another state count?

No. Public holidays depend on the state where the support is delivered. Queensland's Labour Day isn't a holiday in New South Wales, and some states have part-day holidays, like Christmas Eve evening in Queensland.

Is a sleepover billed by the hour?

No. A night-time sleepover is one price per night, whatever the day. It's in the price guide.

Sources

Read on or before 25 October 2026. This is general information, not legal, tax or financial advice: your service agreements and the participant's plan decide what applies to you.