| Occupation |
Hourly Wage |
Unemployment |
Unionization |
| Accounting and Related Clerks |
$15.78 |
4% |
22% |
| Administrative Clerks |
$16.62 |
3% |
35% |
| Administrative Officers |
$18.14 |
3% |
17% |
| Administrative Services Managers |
$30.78 |
2% |
12% |
| Administrative Support Clerks |
$16.72 |
3% |
37% |
| Air Pilots, Flight Engineers and Flying Instructors |
$27.45 |
4% |
49% |
| Aircraft Mechanics and Aircraft Inspectors |
$23.45 |
5% |
49% |
| Airline Sales and Service Agents |
$17.67 |
3% |
70% |
| Ambulance Attendants and Other Paramedical Occupations |
$20.96 |
2% |
77% |
| Announcers and Other Performers |
$17.85 |
5% |
19% |
| Architects, Urban Planners and Land Surveyors |
$25.62 |
3% |
31% |
| Assemblers and Inspectors, Electrical Appliance, Apparatus and Equipment Manufacturing |
$14.70 |
8% |
46% |
| Athletes, Coaches, Referees and Related Occupations |
$12.25 |
8% |
24% |
| Auditors, Accountants and Investment Professionals |
$25.00 |
2% |
17% |
| Authors and Writers |
$23.00 |
5% |
19% |
| Automotive Service Technicians, Truck and Bus Mechanics and Mechanical Repairers |
$17.24 |
2% |
19% |
| Babysitters, Nannies and Parents' Helpers |
$8.83 |
8% |
45% |
| Bakers |
$11.16 |
4% |
30% |
| Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Clerks |
$15.72 |
3% |
14% |
| Biological Technologists and Technicians |
$19.83 |
6% |
42% |
| Bookkeepers |
$14.88 |
3% |
0% |
| Bricklayers |
$21.93 |
9% |
52% |
| Bus Drivers, Subway Operators and Other Transit Operators |
$16.18 |
5% |
59% |
| Business Development Officers and Marketing Researchers and Consultants |
$26.22 |
3% |
23% |
| Butchers, Meat Cutters and Fishmongers - Retail and Wholesale |
$11.47 |
5% |
46% |
| Cabinetmakers |
$14.87 |
10% |
14% |
| Carpenters |
$17.65 |
11% |
38% |
| Cashiers |
$8.71 |
7% |
20% |
| Central Control and Process Operators in Manufacturing and Processing |
$23.96 |
2% |
53% |
| Chain Saw and Skidder Operators |
$17.36 |
17% |
26% |
| Chefs |
$13.71 |
5% |
10% |
| Chemical Technologists and Technicians |
$21.05 |
4% |
32% |
| Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
$21.81 |
3% |
35% |
| Civil Engineers |
$29.79 |
2% |
19% |
| Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Chemical Engineers |
$31.10 |
3% |
19% |
| Cleaners |
$12.08 |
7% |
38% |
| Clerical Occupations, General Office Skills |
$13.53 |
5% |
26% |
| Clerical Supervisors |
$19.53 |
4% |
24% |
| Collectors |
$17.21 |
3% |
39% |
| College and Other Vocational Instructors |
$26.56 |
5% |
55% |
| Community and Social Service Workers |
$16.69 |
4% |
45% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers |
$35.11 |
1% |
12% |
| Computer Engineers (Except Software Engineers and Designers) |
$35.15 |
4% |
17% |
| Computer Network Technicians |
$22.94 |
4% |
29% |
| Computer Programmers and Interactive Media Developers |
$26.56 |
4% |
17% |
| Concrete Finishers |
$19.67 |
12% |
50% |
| Conference and Event Planners |
$17.50 |
4% |
20% |
| Construction Managers |
$29.28 |
2% |
17% |
| Construction Millwrights and Industrial Mechanics (Except Textile) |
$22.29 |
4% |
57% |
| Construction Trades Helpers and Labourers |
$15.17 |
20% |
29% |
| Contractors and Supervisors, Carpentry Trades |
$21.78 |
5% |
31% |
| Contractors and Supervisors, Heavy Construction Equipment Crews |
$22.77 |
4% |
43% |
| Contractors and Supervisors, Mechanic Trades |
$23.38 |
1% |
20% |
| Contractors and Supervisors, Other Construction Trades, Installers, Repairers and Servicers |
$22.30 |
3% |
33% |
| Contractors and Supervisors, Trades and Related Workers |
$23.23 |
2% |
11% |
| Contractors and Supervisors, Trades and Related Workers |
$23.23 |
2% |
32% |
| Contractors, Operators and Supervisors in Agriculture, Horticulture and Aquaculture |
$15.33 |
2% |
10% |
| Cooks |
$9.90 |
9% |
13% |
| Crane Operators |
$21.59 |
7% |
66% |
| Crane Operators, Drillers and Blasters |
$21.22 |
8% |
62% |
| Creative and Performing Artists |
$19.98 |
5% |
23% |
| Customer Service Representatives - Financial Services |
$13.85 |
3% |
14% |
| Customer Service, Information and Related Clerks |
$14.51 |
5% |
27% |
| Data Entry Clerks |
$14.41 |
8% |
30% |
| Delivery and Courier Service Drivers |
$13.28 |
6% |
24% |
| Dental Assistants |
$16.51 |
2% |
0% |
| Dentists |
$26.57 |
2% |
82% |
| Drafting Technologists and Technicians |
$20.94 |
3% |
15% |
| Early Childhood Educators and Assistants |
$12.67 |
2% |
24% |
| Editors |
$23.54 |
4% |
28% |
| Education Policy Researchers, Consultants and Program Officers |
$26.66 |
4% |
61% |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
$23.11 |
4% |
35% |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
$33.48 |
2% |
20% |
| Electrical Trades and Telecommunications Occupations |
$22.30 |
6% |
62% |
| Electricians (Except Industrial and Power System) |
$20.92 |
9% |
53% |
| Electronic Service Technicians (Household and Business Equipment) |
$19.98 |
5% |
28% |
| Electronics Assemblers, Fabricators, Inspectors and Testers |
$13.69 |
8% |
19% |
| Elementary and Secondary School Teacher Assistants |
$14.98 |
9% |
72% |
| Elementary School and Kindergarten Teachers |
$26.17 |
2% |
93% |
| Employment Counsellors |
$20.58 |
3% |
39% |
| Estheticians, Electrologists and Related Occupations |
$11.29 |
3% |
13% |
| Executive Assistants |
$20.60 |
3% |
19% |
| Family, Marriage and Other Related Counsellors |
$20.50 |
2% |
50% |
| Farmers and Farm Managers |
$13.96 |
1% |
41% |
| Finance and Insurance Administrative Occupations |
$17.80 |
2% |
11% |
| Firefighters |
$24.47 |
0% |
91% |
| Fishing Vessel Masters and Skippers and Fishermen/women |
$14.79 |
17% |
22% |
| Floor Covering Installers |
$17.61 |
8% |
30% |
| Food Counter Attendants, Kitchen Helpers and Related Occupations |
$8.90 |
9% |
17% |
| General Farm Workers |
$10.67 |
11% |
0% |
| General Practitioners and Family Physicians |
$24.24 |
0% |
54% |
| Graphic Designers and Illustrators |
$19.00 |
3% |
18% |
| Grocery Clerks and Store Shelf Stockers |
$9.53 |
6% |
35% |
| Hairstylists and Barbers |
$10.63 |
2% |
0% |
| Head Nurses and Supervisors |
$27.18 |
1% |
56% |
| Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane) |
$18.94 |
12% |
47% |
| Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics |
$20.21 |
4% |
40% |
| Hotel Front Desk Clerks |
$10.22 |
6% |
13% |
| Industrial and Manufacturing Engineers |
$29.47 |
4% |
14% |
| Industrial Electricians |
$24.32 |
4% |
67% |
| Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Technologists and Technicians |
$23.53 |
3% |
20% |
| Information Systems Analysts and Consultants |
$29.45 |
3% |
22% |
| Inspectors in Public and Environmental Health and Occupational Health and Safety |
$26.12 |
3% |
54% |
| Instructors and Teachers of Persons with Disabilities |
$23.40 |
2% |
91% |
| Insurance Agents and Brokers |
$18.37 |
3% |
0% |
| Interior Designers |
$18.71 |
1% |
39% |
| Ironworkers |
$23.68 |
15% |
77% |
| Judges, Lawyers and Notaries in Canada |
$33.37 |
1% |
16% |
| Labourers in Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities |
$13.25 |
13% |
39% |
| Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Contractors and Managers |
$15.26 |
10% |
64% |
| Legal Secretaries |
$17.09 |
4% |
14% |
| Librarians |
$22.70 |
3% |
67% |
| Librarians, Archivists, Conservators and Curators |
$22.65 |
4% |
63% |
| Library, Correspondence and Related Information Clerks |
$14.24 |
7% |
30% |
| Licensed Practical Nurses |
$18.52 |
1% |
85% |
| Loan Officers |
$19.40 |
1% |
0% |
| Logging Machinery Operators |
$19.51 |
14% |
37% |
| Longshore Workers and Material Handlers and Related Occupations |
$14.22 |
11% |
34% |
| Machine Operators and Related Workers in Chemical, Plastic and Rubber Processing |
$15.77 |
6% |
42% |
| Machine Operators and Related Workers in Fabric, Fur and Leather Products Manufacturing |
$10.59 |
11% |
26% |
| Machine Operators and Related Workers in Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing |
$14.13 |
8% |
51% |
| Machine Operators and Related Workers in Metal and Mineral Products Processing |
$18.47 |
4% |
57% |
| Machine Operators and Related Workers in Pulp and Paper Production and Wood Processing |
$18.55 |
4% |
62% |
| Machine Operators and Related Workers in Textile Processing |
$12.77 |
7% |
47% |
| Machinery and Transportation Equipment Mechanics (Except Motor Vehicle) |
$21.83 |
5% |
52% |
| Machining Tool Operators |
$17.46 |
7% |
27% |
| Machining, Metalworking, Woodworking and Related Machine Operators |
$15.80 |
6% |
37% |
| Machinists and Machining and Tooling Inspectors |
$18.99 |
3% |
33% |
| Mail and Message Distribution Occupations |
$16.05 |
4% |
64% |
| Managers in Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport |
$25.85 |
2% |
12% |
| Managers in Communication (Except Broadcasting) |
$31.84 |
1% |
14% |
| Managers in Construction and Transportation |
$28.94 |
2% |
14% |
| Managers in Engineering, Architecture and Information Systems |
$35.40 |
2% |
11% |
| Managers in Financial and Business Services |
$30.16 |
2% |
0% |
| Managers in Food Service and Accommodation |
$16.38 |
4% |
0% |
| Managers in Health, Education, Social and Community Services |
$30.16 |
3% |
30% |
| Managers in Manufacturing and Utilities |
$31.39 |
3% |
0% |
| Managers in Public Administration |
$35.26 |
2% |
57% |
| Manufacturing Managers |
$30.64 |
3% |
0% |
| Material Handlers |
$14.02 |
10% |
33% |
| Mechanical Assemblers and Inspectors |
$17.54 |
7% |
45% |
| Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
$22.81 |
3% |
25% |
| Mechanical Engineers |
$29.83 |
4% |
19% |
| Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics Assemblers |
$18.59 |
7% |
50% |
| Medical Laboratory Technicians |
$20.32 |
3% |
60% |
| Medical Laboratory Technologists and Pathologists' Assistants |
$24.17 |
2% |
59% |
| Medical Radiation Technologists |
$24.12 |
1% |
75% |
| Medical Technologists and Technicians (Except Dental) |
$21.87 |
2% |
59% |
| Metal Forming, Shaping and Erecting Trades |
$19.48 |
8% |
47% |
| Metalworking Machine Operators |
$16.42 |
7% |
42% |
| Mine Service Workers and Operators in Oil and Gas Drilling |
$20.78 |
7% |
16% |
| Motor Vehicle Assemblers, Inspectors and Testers |
$23.98 |
5% |
72% |
| Motor Vehicle Body Repairers |
$16.41 |
6% |
10% |
| Musicians and Singers |
$19.38 |
5% |
31% |
| Nurse Aides, Orderlies and Patient Service Associates |
$14.77 |
2% |
69% |
| Nursery and Greenhouse Workers |
$10.78 |
16% |
0% |
| Occupational Therapists |
$26.27 |
4% |
63% |
| Occupations in Food and Beverage Service |
$10.23 |
7% |
0% |
| Occupations in Travel and Accommodation |
$14.43 |
4% |
36% |
| Oil and Gas Well Drilling Workers and Services Operators |
$20.88 |
7% |
12% |
| Optometrists, Chiropractors and Other Health Diagnosing and Treating Professionals |
$21.37 |
1% |
51% |
| Other Assembly and Related Occupations |
$13.52 |
8% |
27% |
| Other Elemental Sales Occupations |
$10.60 |
13% |
0% |
| Other Elemental Service Occupations |
$10.53 |
7% |
31% |
| Other Engineers |
$32.31 |
3% |
15% |
| Other Fishing and Trapping Occupations |
$13.91 |
46% |
23% |
| Other Installers, Repairers and Servicers |
$14.95 |
10% |
20% |
| Other Mechanics |
$16.76 |
4% |
21% |
| Other Occupations in Travel, Accommodation, Amusement and Recreation |
$10.25 |
11% |
19% |
| Other Services Managers |
$20.76 |
3% |
11% |
| Other Technical Inspectors and Regulatory Officers |
$25.82 |
3% |
56% |
| Other Technical Occupations in Health Care (Except Dental) |
$18.94 |
1% |
74% |
| Other Transport Equipment Operators and Related Workers |
$18.35 |
6% |
76% |
| Painters and Decorators |
$15.58 |
11% |
28% |
| Paralegal and Related Occupations |
$20.00 |
3% |
14% |
| Payroll Clerks |
$17.90 |
4% |
31% |
| Personnel and Recruitment Officers |
$21.02 |
4% |
21% |
| Pet Groomers and Animal Care Workers |
$10.16 |
5% |
13% |
| Pharmacists |
$32.47 |
0% |
26% |
| Pharmacists, Dietitians and Nutritionists |
$30.17 |
1% |
34% |
| Photographers |
$16.47 |
2% |
25% |
| Photographers, Graphics Arts Technicians and Technical and Co-ordinating Occupations in Motion Pictures, Broadcasting an |
$18.31 |
8% |
40% |
| Physical Science Professionals |
$29.23 |
2% |
30% |
| Physiotherapists |
$25.89 |
2% |
61% |
| Plasterers, Drywall Installers and Finishers and Lathers |
$18.45 |
10% |
42% |
| Plumbers |
$20.41 |
5% |
50% |
| Police Officers (Except Commissioned) |
$25.50 |
0% |
72% |
| Policy and Program Officers, Researchers and Consultants |
$26.65 |
3% |
48% |
| Post-Secondary Teaching and Research Assistants |
$18.30 |
6% |
39% |
| Primary Production Labourers |
$13.19 |
25% |
19% |
| Printing Machine Operators and Related Occupations |
$14.00 |
6% |
28% |
| Printing Press Operators |
$18.50 |
3% |
32% |
| Printing Press Operators, Commercial Divers and Other Trades and Related Occupations |
$18.60 |
3% |
34% |
| Professional Occupations in Business Services to Management |
$27.50 |
3% |
15% |
| Professional Occupations in Public Relations and Communications |
$22.51 |
5% |
27% |
| Program Leaders and Instructors in Recreation, Sport and Fitness |
$12.03 |
8% |
27% |
| Property Administrators |
$18.37 |
2% |
10% |
| Psychologists |
$29.97 |
1% |
64% |
| Public Works and Maintenance Labourers |
$16.69 |
10% |
67% |
| Public Works Maintenance Equipment Operators |
$17.24 |
8% |
58% |
| Purchasing Agents and Officers |
$21.62 |
3% |
29% |
| Real Estate Agents and Salespersons |
$17.12 |
1% |
33% |
| Recording, Scheduling and Distributing Occupations |
$14.96 |
6% |
29% |
| Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanics |
$21.79 |
6% |
47% |
| Registered Nurses |
$25.92 |
1% |
84% |
| Residential and Commercial Installers and Servicers |
$15.49 |
10% |
15% |
| Retail and Wholesale Buyers |
$16.33 |
4% |
0% |
| Retail Salespersons and Sales Clerks |
$10.58 |
7% |
0% |
| Roofers and Shinglers |
$18.43 |
14% |
29% |
| Sales and Service Supervisors |
$14.11 |
3% |
15% |
| Sales and Service Supervisors |
$14.11 |
3% |
0% |
| Sales Representatives - Wholesale Trade (Non-Technical) |
$18.85 |
3% |
0% |
| Sales, Marketing and Advertising Managers |
$29.97 |
3% |
0% |
| Secondary School Teachers |
$27.57 |
3% |
93% |
| Secretaries (Except Legal and Medical) |
$15.53 |
3% |
37% |
| Secretaries, Recorders and Transcriptionists |
$15.73 |
3% |
34% |
| Security Guards and Related Occupations |
$12.53 |
6% |
41% |
| Service Station Attendants |
$7.79 |
10% |
0% |
| Sheet Metal Workers |
$20.58 |
7% |
60% |
| Social Policy Researchers, Consultants and Program Officers |
$25.92 |
3% |
55% |
| Social Workers |
$24.72 |
2% |
69% |
| Software Engineers and Designers |
$32.71 |
1% |
0% |
| Specialist Physicians |
$25.45 |
0% |
41% |
| Specialists in Human Resources |
$27.26 |
1% |
37% |
| Stationary Engineers and Auxiliary Equipment Operators |
$22.31 |
5% |
75% |
| Stationary Engineers and Power Station and System Operators |
$24.58 |
4% |
81% |
| Steamfitters, Pipefitters and Sprinkler System Installers |
$23.51 |
12% |
74% |
| Supervisors, Assembly and Fabrication |
$20.97 |
2% |
18% |
| Supervisors, Finance and Insurance Clerks |
$20.46 |
5% |
13% |
| Supervisors, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing |
$18.27 |
5% |
24% |
| Supervisors, Library, Correspondence and Related Information Clerks |
$15.54 |
5% |
16% |
| Supervisors, Mining, Oil and Gas |
$25.56 |
3% |
12% |
| Supervisors, Motor Transport and Other Ground Transit Operators |
$21.15 |
2% |
21% |
| Supervisors, Processing Occupations |
$21.50 |
3% |
28% |
| Supervisors, Railway and Motor Transportation Occupations |
$21.89 |
2% |
27% |
| Supervisors, Recording, Distributing and Scheduling Occupations |
$18.67 |
3% |
16% |
| Survey Interviewers and Statistical Clerks |
$12.70 |
17% |
28% |
| Tailors, Dressmakers, Furriers and Milliners |
$11.13 |
6% |
16% |
| Taxi and Limousine Drivers and Chauffeurs |
$12.35 |
2% |
16% |
| Technical Occupations in Architecture, Drafting, Surveying and Mapping |
$20.56 |
4% |
18% |
| Technical Occupations in Dental Health Care |
$24.88 |
1% |
0% |
| Technical Occupations in Libraries, Archives, Museums and Art Galleries |
$15.97 |
5% |
58% |
| Technical Occupations in Physical Sciences |
$21.72 |
5% |
29% |
| Technical Sales Specialists - Wholesale Trade |
$20.95 |
2% |
0% |
| Telecommunications Installation and Repair Workers |
$21.75 |
4% |
69% |
| Theatre, Fashion, Exhibit and Other Creative Designers |
$16.12 |
6% |
20% |
| Therapy and Assessment Professionals |
$26.08 |
2% |
64% |
| Tool and Die Makers |
$21.77 |
4% |
26% |
| Tour and Recreational Guides and Casino Occupations |
$14.85 |
15% |
24% |
| Trades Helpers and Labourers |
$14.93 |
19% |
28% |
| Train Crew Operating Occupations |
$23.76 |
1% |
93% |
| Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters |
$21.34 |
5% |
46% |
| Transportation Officers and Controllers |
$27.22 |
4% |
61% |
| Travel Counsellors |
$14.16 |
3% |
0% |
| Truck Drivers |
$16.57 |
5% |
26% |
| Underground Miners, Oil and Gas Drillers and Related Workers |
$22.62 |
4% |
40% |
| University Professors |
$31.57 |
4% |
72% |
| University Professors and Assistants |
$24.40 |
5% |
54% |
| Upholsterers, Tailors, Shoe Repairers, Jewellers and Related Occupations |
$12.17 |
5% |
14% |
| User Support Technicians |
$25.09 |
3% |
28% |
| Visiting Homemakers, Housekeepers and Related Occupations |
$11.33 |
5% |
34% |
| Web Designers and Developers |
$23.60 |
3% |
22% |
| Welders and Related Machine Operators |
$18.69 |
8% |
40% |
| Woodworking Machine Operators |
$12.72 |
8% |
32% |
