Library | Archive Technician Salary Canada
Average Canadian Library and Archive Technicians and Assistant's Salary :: Library and Archive Technicians and Assistants' Wages in Canada
The table below details the hourly wages for Library and Archive Technicians and Assistants. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 5211.
Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: archive technician, library aide, archive assistant, library technician, reference aide and records management technician.
The pay information below has been split into rough bands as follows:
According to the latest figures, the highest hourly average wages are earned in Calgary, Alberta at $30.57 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Saskatoon, - Saskatchewan at $14.41 per hour.
The largest sector of employment for library and archive technicians and assistants is information and cultural industries. The average weekly earnings for the information and cultural industries sector as a whole were $1094.33 in February 2011, an increase of 3.6% on the previous year when average weekly earnings were $1056.35. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in this sector for February 2011 were $30.40.
Average Hourly Wages for
* 5th percentile, median, 95th percentile bands used.
Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: archive technician, library aide, archive assistant, library technician, reference aide and records management technician.
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 Calgary, Alberta at $30.57 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Saskatoon, - Saskatchewan at $14.41 per hour.
The largest sector of employment for library and archive technicians and assistants is information and cultural industries. The average weekly earnings for the information and cultural industries sector as a whole were $1094.33 in February 2011, an increase of 3.6% on the previous year when average weekly earnings were $1056.35. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in this sector for February 2011 were $30.40.
Average Hourly Wages for
Library and Archive Technicians and Assistants in Canada
| Location | Low Wage $ per hr |
Average $ per hr |
High Wage $ per hr |
Year |
| Calgary - Alberta* | 23.94 | 30.57 | 33.85 | 2009 |
| Edmonton - Alberta* | 21.60 | 23.80 | 28.90 | 2009 |
| Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia | 15.00 | 17.88 | 21.87 | 2006/7 |
| Winnipeg - Manitoba | 13.49 | 18.26 | 21.90 | 2009 |
| Fredericton - New Brunswick | 16.08 | 18.16 | 23.99 | 2010 |
| Halifax - Nova Scotia | 14.40 | 20.35 | 24.05 | 2010 |
| Toronto - Ontario | 15.28 | 22.61 | 27.17 | 2010 |
| Ottawa - Ontario | 13.28 | 21.33 | 27.61 | 2010 |
| Hamilton/ Niagara Peninsula / Brantford - Ontario | 18.28 | 21.52 | 23.64 | 2010 |
| Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie / Guelph - Ontario | 11.00 | 20.88 | 26.88 | 2010 |
| Prince Edward Island | 16.90 | - | 29.30 | 2011 |
| Montreal - Quebec | 15.01 | 19.83 | 24.42 | 2007 |
| Saskatoon and Rural West - Saskatchewan | 11.69 | 14.41 | 19.19 | 2006 |
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* 5th percentile, median, 95th percentile bands used.