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Occupation	Median Hourly
Accounting and Related Clerks	$22.56 / h
Administrative Assistant	$23.73 / h
Air Pilots, Flight Engineers and Flying Instructors	$44.87 / h
Aircraft Mechanics and Aircraft Inspectors	$34.00 / h
Ambulance Attendants and Other Paramedical Occupations	$34.34 / h
Announcers and Other Performers	$27.00 / h
Architects, Urban Planners and Land Surveyors	$36.06 / h
Archivists	$18.00 / h
Athletes, Coaches, Referees and Related Occupations	$24.16 / h
Audiologist	$40.38 / h
Auditors, Accountants and Investment Professionals	$35.75 / h
Authors and Writers	$30.10 / h
Automotive Service Technicians, Truck and Bus Mechanics and Mechanical Repairers	$23.75 / h
Babysitters, Nannies and Parents' Helpers	$15.63 / h
Bakers	$15.00 / h
Biological Technologists and Technicians	$24.00 / h
Bookkeepers	$24.04 / h
Bricklayers	$35.46 / h
Bus Drivers, Subway Operators and Other Transit Operators	$22.00 / h
Business Management Consulting	$37.97 / h
Butchers, Meat Cutters and Fishmongers - Retail and Wholesale	$17.00 / h
Cabinetmakers	$21.00 / h
Carpenters	$28.00 / h
Cashiers	$14.00 / h
Chefs	$18.00 / h
Chemical Engineers	$43.27 / h
Chemical Technologists and Technicians	$25.96 / h
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$31.60 / h
Civil Engineers	$41.20 / h
Clerical Assistant	$22.00 / h
Collectors	$22.00 / h
College Teacher	$40.00 / h
Community and Social Service Workers	$23.00 / h
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$52.88 / h
Computer Engineers (Except Software Engineers and Designers)	$46.39 / h
Computer Network Technicians	$31.73 / h
Computer Programmers and Interactive Media Developers	$38.46 / h
Concrete Finishers	$30.00 / h
Conference and Event Planners	$23.00 / h
Construction Managers	$40.87 / h
Construction Millwrights and Industrial Mechanics (Except Textile)	$32.00 / h
Construction Trades Helpers and Labourers	$21.00 / h
Contractors and Supervisors, Heavy Construction Equipment Crews	$35.00 / h
Cooks	$15.50 / h
Crane Operators	$32.00 / h
Customer Service Representatives - Financial Services	$19.00 / h
Data Entry Clerks	$20.00 / h
Delivery and Courier Service Drivers	$17.00 / h
Dental Assistants	$24.00 / h
Dentists	$65.50 / h
Denturists	$28.00 / h
Director of Communications	$43.27 / h
Drafting Technologists and Technicians	$28.40 / h
Drywall Installers	$30.00 / h
Early Childhood Educators and Assistants	$20.00 / h
Economist	$46.15 / h
Editors	$28.37 / h
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$33.65 / h
Electrical and Electronics Engineers	$45.00 / h
Electricians (Except Industrial and Power System)	$30.00 / h
Electronics Assemblers, Fabricators, Inspectors and Testers	$18.00 / h
Elementary and Secondary School Teacher Assistants	$22.86 / h
Elementary School and Kindergarten Teachers	$40.49 / h
Employment Counsellors	$25.34 / h
Estheticians, Electrologists and Related Occupations	$15.25 / h
Executive Assistants	$30.00 / h
Family, Marriage and Other Related Counsellors	$28.92 / h
Farmers and Farm Managers	$21.88 / h
Firefighters	$44.24 / h
Fishing Vessel Masters and Skippers and Fishermen/women	$25.00 / h
General Farm Workers	$17.58 / h
General Practitioners and Family Physicians	$128.00 / h
Graphic Designers and Illustrators	$27.47 / h
Hairstylists and Barbers	$16.00 / h
Head Nurses and Supervisors	$42.45 / h
Headhunter	$28.85 / h
Health Program Operations Manager	$56.84 / h
Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane)	$28.93 / h
Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics	$34.00 / h
Industrial Electricians	$37.00 / h
Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Technologists and Technicians	$30.00 / h
Information Systems Analysts and Consultants	$41.03 / h
Insurance Agents and Brokers	$25.64 / h
Interior Designers	$23.08 / h
Ironworkers	$39.00 / h
Judges	$154.00 / h
Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Contractors and Managers	$26.25 / h
Legal Secretaries	$24.00 / h
Librarians	$35.00 / h
Licensed Practical Nurses	$28.00 / h
Logging Machinery Operators	$27.00 / h
Longshore Workers and Material Handlers and Related Occupations	$32.50 / h
Machining Tool Operators	$20.70 / h
Machinists and Machining and Tooling Inspectors	$26.00 / h
Managers in Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport	$37.50 / h
Managers in Construction and Transportation	$40.87 / h
Managers in Engineering, Architecture and Information Systems	$55.29 / h
Managers in Financial and Business Services	$46.15 / h
Managers in Food Service and Accommodation	$21.63 / h
Managers in Public Administration	$56.84 / h
Manufacturing Managers	$43.27 / h
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$31.25 / h
Mechanical Engineers	$42.00 / h
Medical Laboratory Technicians	$27.47 / h
Medical Laboratory Technologists and Pathologists' Assistants	$35.00 / h
Medical Radiation Technologists	$36.00 / h
Metalworking Machine Operator	$20.00 / h
Motor Vehicle Assemblers, Inspectors and Testers	$21.00 / h
Musicians and Singers	$23.00 / h
Nurse Aides, Orderlies and Patient Service Associates	$20.88 / h
Nursery and Greenhouse Workers	$16.50 / h
Nutritionist	$37.50 / h
Occupational Therapists	$41.63 / h
Oil and Gas Well Drilling Workers and Services Operators	$31.00 / h
Optometrists, Chiropractors and Other Health Diagnosing and Treating Professionals	$45.00 / h
Painters and Decorators	$24.00 / h
Paralegal and Related Occupations	$28.02 / h
Pet Groomers and Animal Care Workers	$15.50 / h
Pharmacists	$55.00 / h
Photographers	$19.23 / h
Physicist	$45.99 / h
Physiotherapists	$40.75 / h
Plumbers	$31.00 / h
Police Officers (Except Commissioned)	$45.19 / h
Printing Press Operators	$23.00 / h
Psychologists	$44.29 / h
Public Works and Maintenance Labourers	$25.00 / h
Real Estate Agents and Salespersons	$24.00 / h
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanics	$31.66 / h
Registered Nurses	$40.00 / h
Retail and Wholesale Buyers	$23.54 / h
Retail Salespersons and Sales Clerks	$15.00 / h
Roofers and Shinglers	$27.00 / h
Secondary School Teachers	$42.31 / h
Security Guards and Related Occupations	$18.00 / h
Sheet Metal Workers	$31.84 / h
Social Policy Researchers, Consultants and Program Officers	$36.06 / h
Social Workers	$35.00 / h
Software Engineers and Designers	$48.08 / h
Specialist Physicians	$131.00 / h
Specialists in Human Resources	$36.06 / h
Stationary Engineers and Power Station and System Operators	$41.00 / h
Steamfitters, Pipefitters and Sprinkler System Installers	$40.43 / h
Supervisors, Finance and Insurance Clerks	$32.21 / h
Supervisors, Recording, Distributing and Scheduling Occupations	$25.30 / h
Survey Interviewers and Statistical Clerks	$19.66 / h
Tailors, Dressmakers, Furriers and Milliners	$16.35 / h
Taxi and Limousine Drivers and Chauffeurs	$16.25 / h
Technical Occupations in Libraries, Archives, Museums and Art Galleries	$24.00 / h
Telecommunications Installation and Repair Workers	$28.00 / h
Theatre, Fashion, Exhibit and Other Creative Designers	$24.50 / h
Tool and Die Makers	$28.00 / h
Train Engineer	$39.76 / h
Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters	$29.50 / h
Travel Agent	$20.00 / h
Truck Drivers	$23.00 / h
University Professors	$51.92 / h
Video Game Artist	$30.00 / h
Web Designers and Developers	$30.00 / h
Welders and Related Machine Operators	$25.50 / h
Woodworking Machine Operators	$19.20 / h