According to Statistics Canada, the average wage for Canadian employees is currently $928 per week – or just about $48,250 a year. Most of the jobs on our high paying list earn at least three times that much. (And the lowest paying occupations pay less than half the average.)
The highest paying jobs in Canada:
- Specialist physicians at the high end of the pay scale they can earn over $375,000
- Dentist – $287,303
- Family physicians – $272,750
- Lawyers at the top end of the pay scale make $272,550
- Judges $176,800
- Senior Managers of Goods Production, Utilities, Transportation, and Construction – $165,000
- Senior managers in Finance and Communications can earn $160,000
- Actuaries earn $155,000
- Engineering managers – $137,000
- Top paid Airline Pilots make $138,000
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Most of the lowest paying jobs will simply pay the minimum wage of whatever region the job happens to be located in. Towards the low end of the scale that is roughly $9.95 an hour earning someone just over $20,000 – assuming they worked full time and were paid for 40 hours a week.
The lowest paying jobs in Canada:
- Sewing machine operator – $19,760
- Cashier – $20,700
- Ironing, pressing and finishing occupations $20,700
- Artisans $21,320
- Bartender – $21,000
- Harvesting labourer – $19,750
- Service station attendant – $19,750
- Food and beverage server – $22,000
- Food counter attendant / kitchen help – $19,750
- Babysitters, nannies, and parent’s helpers – $19,750
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