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   > Labour & Demographics  > Labour Force  > Wage Rates by Occupation  
Wage Rates by Occupation
Hourly wage rate ($)
 Occupation Number    Occupation    All Employees    Unionized Employees    Non-Unionized Employees  
A1 Specialist Managers $31.16 $0.00 $31.21
A2 Managers In Retail Trade, Food And Accommodation Services $20.19 $0.00 $20.15
A21 Managers In Retail Trade $23.24 $0.00 $23.23
A3 Other Managers N.E.C. $30.97 $0.00 $30.15
B0 Professional Occupations In Business And Finance $25.84 $0.00 $26.16
B01 Auditors, Accountants And Investment Professionals $24.53 $0.00 $25.48
B1 Finance And Insurance Administrative Occupations $19.09 $0.00 $19.47
B2 Secretaries $15.03 $0.00 $14.56
B3 Administrative And Regulatory Occupations $18.58 $0.00 $16.76
B4 Clerical Supervisors $18.91 $0.00 $18.97
B5 Clerical Occupations $14.76 $18.01 $13.75
B51 Clerical Occupations, General Office Skills $14.33 $0.00 $12.91
B53 Finance And Insurance Clerks $15.92 $0.00 $15.52
B54 Administrative Support Clerks $16.93 $0.00 $15.56
B55 Library, Correspondence And Related Information Clerks $12.06 $0.00 $12.00
B57 Recording, Scheduling And Distributing Occupations $14.66 $0.00 $12.83
C0 Professional Occupations In Natural And Applied Sciences $29.89 $0.00 $30.23
C1 Technical Occupations Related To Natural And Applied Sciences $24.80 $26.68 $23.80
C14 Technical Occupations In Electronics And Electrical Engineering $22.18 $0.00 $0.00
D1 Nurse Supervisors And Registered Nurses $27.70 $27.91 $0.00
D3 Assisting Occupations In Support Of Health Services $15.74 $16.40 $14.90
E0 Judges, Lawyers, Psychologists, Social Workers, Ministers Of Religion, and Policy And $21.72 $0.00 $0.00
E1 Teachers And Professors $27.47 $28.87 $0.00
E11 University Professors And Assistants $26.34 $0.00 $0.00
E13 Secondary And Elementary School Teachers And Counsellors $28.01 $28.14 $0.00
E2 Paralegals, Social Services Workers And Occupations In Education And Religion, N.E.C. $14.85 $0.00 $14.02
F1 Technical Occupations In Art, Culture, Recreation And Sport $15.27 $0.00 $0.00
G0 Sales And Service Supervisors $15.27 $0.00 $15.07
G1 Wholesale, Technical, Insurance, Real Estate Sales Specialists, And Retail, Wholesale And $18.67 $0.00 $18.67
G2 Retail Salespersons And Sales Clerks $9.75 $0.00 $9.62
G3 Cashiers $9.55 $0.00 $9.10
G4 Chefs And Cooks $10.89 $0.00 $10.54
G5 Occupations In Food And Beverage Service $10.18 $0.00 $9.78
G6 Occupations In Protective Services $19.12 $21.79 $0.00
G63 Security Guards And Related Occupations $15.27 $0.00 $0.00
G7 Occupations In Travel And Accommodation Including Attendants In Recreation And Sport $13.50 $0.00 $13.51
G9 Sales And Service Occupations N.E.C. $10.30 $12.81 $9.56
G93 Cleaners $11.82 $0.00 $9.93
G96 Food Counter Attendants And Kitchen Helpers $9.02 $0.00 $8.18
G97 Other Sales And Related Occupations $9.95 $0.00 $10.15
H1 Construction trades $21.81 $25.12 $0.00
H2 Stationary Engineers, Power Station Operators And Electrical Trades And Telecommunications $25.30 $0.00 $0.00
H3 Machinists, Metal Forming, Shaping And Erecting Occupations $20.18 $22.58 $0.00
H4 Mechanics $22.24 $26.04 $18.74
H41 Machinery And Transportation Equipment Mechanics (Except MotorVehicle) $25.36 $26.70 $0.00
H42 Motor Vehicle Mechanics $17.00 $0.00 $0.00
H7 Transportation Equipment Operators And Related Workers, Excluding Labourers $16.05 $0.00 $15.40
H71 Motor Vehicle And Transit Drivers $15.78 $0.00 $15.12
H8 Trades helpers, construction, and transportation labourers and related occupations $14.90 $0.00 $11.60
I0 Occupations Unique To Agriculture Excluding Labourers $10.01 $0.00 $10.01
I02 Agriculture And Horticulture Workers $9.31 $0.00 $9.31
J0 Supervisors In Manufacturing $26.03 $0.00 $24.76
J02 Supervisors, Assembly And Fabrication $25.40 $0.00 $0.00
J1 Machine Operators In Manufacturing $19.71 $21.54 $16.04
J19 Machining, Metalworking, Woodworking And Related Machine Operators $20.48 $22.17 $0.00
J2 Assemblers In Manufacturing $21.02 $24.89 $0.00
J21 Mechanical, Electrical And Electronics Assemblers $22.50 $26.07 $0.00
J3 Labourers In Processing, Manufacturing And Utilities $16.27 $0.00 $0.00
  Total* $17.77 $22.07 $15.86

Source:Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada (St.Catharines-Niagara CMA,2004)

N.B.*The total displayed may differ from the sum of the industry values displayed due to rounding and data suppression