Family, Marriage and Other Related Counsellors Salary Canada

Average Canadian Family, Marriage and Other Related Counsellor's Salary :: Family, Marriage and Other Related Counsellors' Wages in Canada

The table below details the hourly wages for Family, Marriage and Other Related Counsellors. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 4153.

Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: family counsellor, marriage counsellor and registered marriage and family therapist.

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 $26.75 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Fredericton, New Brunswick at $12.60 per hour.

The largest sector of employment for family, marriage and other related counsellors is health care and social assistance. The average weekly earnings for the health care and social assistance sector as a whole were $800.90 in February 2011, an increase of 3.3% on the previous year when average weekly earnings were $775.57. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in this sector for February 2011 were $22.25.

Average Hourly Wages for
Family, Marriage and Other Related Counsellors in Canada

Location Low Wage
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per hr
Average
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per hr
High Wage
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Year
Calgary / Banff / Jasper / Rocky Mountain House - Alberta 12.25 23.92 43.93 2011
Edmonton - Alberta 16.20 26.75 43.58 2010
Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia 15.54 24.67 34.73 2006/7
Winnipeg - Manitoba 12.98 20.00 27.88 2009
Fredericton - New Brunswick 9.00 12.60 19.43 2010
Halifax - Nova Scotia 14.00 22.45 33.10 2010
Toronto - Ontario 16.98 23.77 33.42 2010
Ottawa - Ontario 16.00 22.28 31.30 2010
Hamilton / Niagara Peninsula / Brantford - Ontario 14.80 22.05 33.15 2010
Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie / Guelph - Ontario 16.25 23.37 33.00 2010
Prince Edward Island - - - -
Centre-du-Quebec Region - Quebec 13.00 19.00 27.00 2008
Saskatoon and Rural West - Saskatchewan 12.97 22.95 33.64 2011