Heavy Duty | Diesel Mechanic Salary Canada

Average Canadian Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanic's Salary :: Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics' Wages in Canada

The table below details the hourly wages for Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 7312.

Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: heavy-duty equipment mechanic, heavy mobile logging equipment mechanic, diesel mechanic, locomotive mechanic and tractor mechanic.

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 $29.63 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Fredericton, New Brunswick at $18.30 per hour.

A typical full-time annual salary for this occupation is in the region of $42,000 - $57,000.

The largest sector of employment for heavy-duty equipment mechanics is wholesale trade. The average weekly earnings for the wholesale trade sector were $1069.98 in January 2012, an increase of 2.5% on the previous year. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in this sector for January 2012 were $29.72.

Average Hourly Wages for
Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics in Canada

Location Low Wage
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High Wage
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Year
Calgary / Banff / Jasper / Rocky Mountain House - Alberta 18.00 29.23 41.93 2011
Edmonton - Alberta 19.25 29.63 47.86 2011
Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia 18.00 27.33 35.80 2011
Winnipeg - Manitoba 14.50 20.50 31.25 2008
Fredericton - New Brunswick 10.00 18.30 36.23 2010
Halifax - Nova Scotia 15.45 23.85 27.64 2010
Toronto - Ontario - 24.70 - 2010
Ottawa - Ontario - 24.70 - 2010
London / Woodstock - Ontario - 24.70 - 2010
Hamilton / Niagara Peninsula / Brantford - Ontario - 24.70 - 2010
Prince Edward Island 14.50 18.00 21.55 2011
Montreal - Quebec 17.00 24.00 33.00 2008
Saskatoon and Rural West - Saskatchewan 15.50 24.29 39.36 2011