Carpenter Salary Canada

Average Canadian Carpenter's Salary :: Carpenters' Wages in Canada

The table below details the hourly wages for Carpenters. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 7271.

Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: carpenter, finish carpenter, construction carpenter, house carpenter and maintenance joiner.

The pay information below has been split into rough bands as follows:
  • Low pay: The bottom 10 percent of workers earn this.
  • High pay: The top 10 percent of workers earn this.
  • Average pay: The average wage in this sector after removing the bottom 10 percent and the top 10 percent of workers. Average pay is then calculated on the remaining 80 percent of workers' wages.
According to the latest figures, the highest hourly average wages are earned in Edmonton, Alberta at $30.33 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Fredericton, New Brunswick at $17.20 per hour.

A typical full-time annual salary for this occupation is in the region of $45,000 - $60,000.

The largest sector of employment for carpenters is construction. The average weekly earnings for the construction sector as a whole were $1075.80 in January 2012, an increase of 3.2% on the previous year. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in this sector for January 2012 were $29.88.

Average Hourly Wages for Carpenters in Canada

Location Low Wage
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per hr
Average
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High Wage
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per hr

Year
Calgary - Alberta* 20.00 30.00 32.05 2011
Edmonton - Alberta* 22.00 30.33 39.56 2011
Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia 17.00 23.51 31.66 2011
Winnipeg - Manitoba 14.00 21.40 27.50 2010
Fredericton - New Brunswick 9.50 17.20 38.00 2010
Halifax - Nova Scotia 13.70 23.15 29.75 2010
Toronto - Ontario 16.68 26.13 34.50 2010
Ottawa - Ontario 14.00 20.96 31.90 2010
Windsor / Sarnia - Ontario 15.00 26.05 33.67 2010
Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie / Guelph - Ontario 14.50 21.43 31.17 2010
Prince Edward Island 11.80 19.55 34.90 2010
Montreal - Quebec 25.00 27.50 38.00 2008
Saskatoon and Rural West - Saskatchewan 15.76 22.15 30.90 2011





* 5th percentile, median, 95th percentile bands used.