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Average Accounting and Related Clerks’ Salary in Canada
The table below details the hourly wages for Accounting and Related Clerks.
The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this role is 1431.
Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation.
Examples of some job titles are: accounting clerk, finance clerk, income tax return preparer and auditing clerk.
According to the latest figures, the highest hourly average (median) wages are earned in Edmonton – Alberta at $26.34 per hour and the lowest average (median) wages are earned in Fredericton / Oromocto – New Brunswick at $19.45 per hour.
A typical full-time annual salary for this occupation is in the region of $45,000 – $55,000.
Government labour market data indicates that the number of job seekers will be sufficient to fill the job vacancies in this occupation in the future. Retirements will be the main source of job openings for this position.
Average Hourly (Median) Wages for Accounting and Related Clerks in Canada
| Location | Low Wage $ per hr |
Average Wage $ per hr |
High Wage $ per hr |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary – Alberta* | 18.50 | 25.00 | 36.06 | 2019 |
| Edmonton – Alberta* | 19.25 | 26.34 | 35.44 | 2019 |
| Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest – British Columbia | 16.65 | 24.73 | 33.65 | 2018 |
| Winnipeg – Manitoba | 14.00 | 20.00 | 27.69 | 2018 |
| Fredericton / Oromocto – New Brunswick | 13.70 | 19.45 | 25.00 | 2018 |
| Halifax – Nova Scotia | 14.50 | 19.71 | 27.69 | 2018 |
| Toronto – Ontario | 15.00 | 21.00 | 30.00 | 2018 |
| Ottawa – Ontario | 15.90 | 22.67 | 34.00 | 2018 |
| Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie – Ontario | 15.38 | 21.48 | 28.85 | 2018 |
| Hamilton / Niagara Peninsula – Ontario | 15.00 | 21.00 | 28.21 | 2018 |
| Prince Edward Island | 14.00 | 20.51 | 28.00 | 2018 |
| Montreal – Quebec | 15.00 | 20.51 | 29.25 | 2018 |
| Saskatoon / Biggar – Saskatchewan | 13.00 | 22.50 | 30.73 | 2018 |
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The 2020 full-time average hourly wage rate for office support occupations, which includes accounting and related clerks, is $24.50. The 2020 corresponding median weekly wage rate is $884, giving an approximate full-time annual salary for this employment group of $46,000.
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