The information below applies to jobs in Canada. There will be variations between provinces and from company to company so the averages provided here should be used as estimates.
Accommodation Service Industry
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $28.76 | $58,443 |
Accounting and related clerks
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $25.80 | $49,972 |
Administrative assistant
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $25.93 | $46,279 |
Accounting bookkeepers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $26.67 | $46,755 |
Administrators (with) post-secondary education
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $45.04 | $83,546 |
Advertising, public relations managers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $46.90 | $92,749 |
Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $32.87 | $69,774 |
Air transport ramp attendants
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $18.65 | $30,113 |
Allied primary health practitioners
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $54.68 | $96,502 |
Animal health technologists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $21.47 | $40,613 |
Architects
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $47.62 | $96,877 |
Architectural technologists and technicians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $35.31 | $70,927 |
Architecture and science managers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $54.93 | $107,524 |
Audio and video recording technicians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $30.26 | $60,763 |
Audiologists and speech-language pathologists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $52.37 | $82,941 |
Authors and writers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $29.81 | $59,315 |
Automotive service technicians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $34.11 | $71,754 |
Bakers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $17.70 | $33,230 |
Banking and other investment managers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $41.08 | $82,168 |
Bartenders
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $15.79 | $20,170 |
Banking and Insurance clerks
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $26.18 | $51,127 |
Biologists and related scientists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $48.26 | $92,613 |
Biological technologists and technicians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $39.68 | $75,516 |
Broadcast technicians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $28.24 | $53,776 |
Bricklayer
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $38.91 | $82,480 |
Butchers, meat cutters - Retail stores
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $21.00 | $37,710 |
Bus drivers, subway operators and transit operators
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $24.94 | $40,374 |
Cabinetmakers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $28.92 | $62,127 |
By-law enforcement (Peace officers)
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $42.12 | $81,525 |
Carpenters
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $31.97 | $68,121 |
Cashiers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $17.02 | $21,635 |
Cardiology technologists (and related)
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $37.41 | $62,360 |
Chemical engineers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $50.53 | $96,817.00 |
Chefs
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $22.92 | $44,600.00 |
Chemical technicians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $30.56 | $60,911 |
Chemical plant machine operators
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $31.82 | $63,561 |
Chemists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $42.22 | $83,174 |
Civil engineers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $51.38 | $100,575 |
Civil engineering technicians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $37.96 | $72,847 |
Coach
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $19.31 | $12,121 |
Commissioned police officers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $71.96 | $144,920 |
College instructors
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $40.67 | $70,708 |
Computer and information systems managers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $57.31 | $113,784 |
Computer engineers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $43.29 | $85,894 |
Computer network technicians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $35.12 | $68,550 |
Computer programmers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $41.84 | $84,210 |
Conductors and composers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $24.00 | $25,873 |
Concrete finishers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $29.13 | $58,321 |
Conference and event planners
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $27.33 | $46,829 |
Conservators and curators
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $38.52 | $72,557 |
Construction managers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $47.41 | $98,643 |
Contractors
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $33.26 | $67,361 |
Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $34.41 | $72,978 |
Cooks
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $17.75 | $30,085 |
Correctional service officers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $36.55 | $75,595 |
Corporate sales managers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $47.21 | $98,323 |
Couriers and door-to-door distributors
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $23.33 | $47,651 |
Court officers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $38.44 | $72,449 |
Court clerks
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $29.53 | $55,705 |
Crane operators
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $38.07 | $77,284 |
Court reporters and medical transcriptionists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $29.09 | $50,584 |
Dancers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $30.97 | $20,705. |
Data entry clerks
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $21.89 | $40,853 |
Customer services representatives
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $20.05 | $35,415 |
Database analysts
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $42.12 | $83,879 |
Dental assistants
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $29.29 | $51,546 |
Dental hygienists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $56.14 | $86,778 |
Dental technologists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $26.69 | $54,251 |
Dispatchers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $30.53 | $64,578 |
Dietitians and nutritionists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $46.16 | $76,537 |
Drillers and blasters - surface mining
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $63.62 | $124,524 |
Early childhood educators
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $20.20 | $34,691 |
Editors
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $28.66 | $52,960 |
Economists and economic policy
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $48.64 | $94,332 |
Education policy researchers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $36.71 | $66,184 |
Educational counsellors
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $35.62 | $62,470 |
Electrical engineering technologists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $35.80 | $74,062 |
Electrical and electronics engineers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $46.49 | $95,238 |
Electrical mechanics
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $35.68 | $73,019 |
Electrical power line and cable workers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $49.95 | $103,281 |
Elementary Teacher assistants
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $22.40 | $27,495 |
Elementary and kindergarten teachers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $44.68 | $77,661 |
Engineering managers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $65.44 | $133,405 |
Executive assistants
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $35.66 | $64,606 |
Financial auditors and accountants
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $39.31 | $77,317 |
Family and marriage counsellors
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $33.93 | $61,978 |
Firefighters
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $40.83 | $79,824 |
Financial sales representatives
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $25.59 | $49,723 |
Fire chiefs and senior firefighters
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $50.31 | $105,346 |
Food and beverage servers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $15.47 | $20,041 |
Food service supervisors
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $17.26 | $31,443 |
Forestry professionals
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $47.36 | $94,619 |
Forestry technologists and technicians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $39.63 | 80,053 |
Funeral directors
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $28.21 | $48,946 |
Gas fitters
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $38.74 | $76,081 |
General farm workers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $20.02 | $40,984 |
Geological engineers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $61.52 | $122,937 |
Geoscientists and oceanographers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $69.53 | $139,071 |
Government managers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $59.92 | $110,718 |
Graphic designers and illustrators
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $29.13 | $56,601 |
Graphic arts technicians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $27.38 | $53,126 |
Hairstylists and barbers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $21.86 | $34,598 |
Health policy researchers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $43.59 | $77,355 |
Heavy equipment operators
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $30.77 | $63,241 |
Heavy-duty equipment mechanics
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $38.92 | $82,864 |
Hotel front desk clerks
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $16.33 | $28,739 |
Home support workers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $18.99 | $29,455 |
Human resources officers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $32.61 | $63,929 |
Human resources managers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $49.26 | $98,914 |
Information systems analysts
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $46.78 | $92,349 |
Instructors of persons with disabilities
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $23.60 | $35,017 |
Insulators
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $32.67 | $69,657 |
Insurance agents and brokers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $35.55 | $66,734 |
Insurance underwriters
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $29.29 | $51,546 |
Janitors and caretakers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $22.44 | $39,140 |
Interior designers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $31.29 | $62,883 |
Ironworkers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $31.00 | $55,355 |
Journalists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $31.43 | $61,112 |
Land surveyors
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $34.98 | $70,848 |
Land survey technologists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $30.05 | $60,191 |
Landscape technicians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $23.61 | $36,644 |
Landscape architects
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $41.03 | $82,290 |
Legal administrative assistants
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $30.74 | $56,571. |
Librarians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $34.14 | $51,535 |
Lawyers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $72.38 | $140,438 |
Library assistants and clerks
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $24.53 | $27,254 |
Library and archive technicians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $31.33 | $50,818 |
Licensed practical nurses
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $30.02 | $47,642 |
Machining tool operators
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $28.63 | $59,819 |
Mail, postal and related workers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $18.39 | $29,031 |
Managers in agriculture
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $31.36 | $70,992 |
Managers in horticulture
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $28.55 | $56,324 |
Managers in health care
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $52.74 | $100,755 |
Material handlers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $21.58 | $43,086 |
Massage therapists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $33.61 | $48,694 |
Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $44.68 | $84,266 |
Mechanical engineering technologists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $39.72 | $80,743 |
Medical administrative assistants
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $27.09 | $46,210 |
Mechanical engineers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $47.42 | $97,209 |
Medical laboratory technologists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $31.10 | $44,985 |
Medical radiation technologists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $42.20 | $72,279 |
Medical sonographers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $46.14 | $83,306 |
Meteorologists and climatologists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $46.84 | $89,701 |
Musicians and singers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $40.26 | $23,244 |
Nurse aides
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $21.98 | $32,649 |
Nursery and greenhouse workers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $16.43 | $19,463 |
Occupational therapists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $46.42 | $75,706 |
Opticians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $26.71 | $46,003 |
Outdoor sport and recreational guides
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $17.45 | $16,368 |
Painters and decorators
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $26.38 | $52,848 |
Paralegal and related occupations
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $36.59 | $68,510 |
Paramedical occupations
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $34.24 | $72,360 |
Payroll administrators
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $29.35 | $56,608 |
Pet groomers and animal care workers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $18.09 | $29,278 |
Petroleum engineers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $70.30 | $140,758 |
Pharmacists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $49.86 | $85,143 |
Photographers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $35.10 | $61,006 |
Physicists and astronomers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $58.96 | $110,382 |
Physiotherapists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $45.67 | $74,877 |
Plasterers, drywall installers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $29.54 | $63,610 |
Police officers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $51.58 | $106,896 |
Plumbers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $36.47 | $74,263 |
Teaching and research assistants
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $35.17 | $66,282 |
Probation and parole officers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $42.52 | $80,817 |
Producers, directors, choreographers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $33.86 | $67,553 |
Program officers (Government)
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $38.72 | $72,326 |
Psychologists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $48.97 | $85,499 |
Purchasing agents and officers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $41.68 | $83,265 |
Purchasing managers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $49.78 | $99,783 |
Receptionists
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $20.93 | $34,820 |
Records management technicians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $31.90 | $61,570 |
Real estate agents and salespersons
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $30.35 | $61,168 |
Recreation, sports and fitness directors
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $31.93 | $61,154 |
Registered nurses
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $45.40 | $70,429 |
Roofers and shinglers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $32.60 | $68,576 |
Secondary school teachers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $50.23 | $78,700 |
Security guards
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $20.35 | $35,929 |
Senior government managers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $49.78 | $99,783 |
Service station attendants
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $16.57 | $24,619 |
Sheriffs and bailiffs
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $35.16 | $70,820 |
Shippers and receivers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $20.72 | $41,382 |
Social and community service workers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $22.59 | $36,834 |
Social workers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $42.52 | $74,180 |
Software engineers and designers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $49.08 | $100,625 |
Specialist physicians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $36.38 | $73,875 |
Steamfitters
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $43.96 | $95,661 |
Sports officials and referees
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $17.70 | $5,429 |
Store shelf stockers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $17.77 | $24,271 |
Telecommunications installation
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $28.14 | $57,302 |
Tilesetters
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $30.26 | $62,949 |
Translators
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $39.63 | $35,127 |
Tour and travel guides
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $17.93 | $27,213 |
Transport truck drivers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $29.54 | $67,723 |
University professors and lecturers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $50.63 | $84,845 |
Transportation route and crew schedulers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $26.88 | $54,590 |
Upholsterers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $20.65 | $40,805 |
User support technicians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $32.24 | $63,503 |
Urban and land use planners
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $51.29 | $94,688. |
Utilities managers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $54.53 | $112,745 |
Water well drillers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $30.86 | $64,482 |
Veterinarians
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $63.58 | $96,460 |
Water and waste treatment plant operators
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $29.11 | $53,216 |
Web designers and developers
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $34.62 | $69,140 |
Woodworking machine operators
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $21.37 | $45,353 |
Welders
| Avg. Wage | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|
| $37.04 | $78,045 |