Museum | Art Gallery Jobs Salary Canada

Average Canadian Museum and Art Galleries Related Jobs Salary :: Museum and Art Galleries Related Jobs' Wages in Canada

The table below details the hourly wages for Museum and Art Galleries Related Jobs. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 5212.

Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: museum registrar, conservation technician, taxidermist, exhibit technician and museum cataloguer.

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 $20.93 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Moncton / Richibucto, New Brunswick at $14.21 per hour.

The largest sector of employment for museum and art galleries related jobs is arts, entertainment and recreation. The average weekly earnings for the arts, entertainment and recreation sector as a whole were $585.35 in February 2011, an increase of 2.2% on the previous year when average weekly earnings were $572.90. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in this sector for February 2011 were $16.26.

Average Hourly Wages for
Museum and Art Galleries Related Jobs in Canada

Location Low Wage
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per hr
Average
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High Wage
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Year
Calgary - Alberta* 20.69 20.93 28.92 2009
Edmonton - Alberta 9.12 17.44 31.82 2011
Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia 12.00 17.23 24.01 2011
Winnnipeg - Manitoba - - - -
Moncton / Richibucto - New Brunswick 11.00 14.21 19.39 2010
Halifax - Nova Scotia 9.65 16.00 24.23 2010
Toronto - Ontario 14.00 17.74 24.00 2010
Ottawa - Ontario 12.41 19.14 26.30 2010
Hamilton / Niagara Peninsula / Brantford - Ontario 12.00 14.59 19.21 2010
Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie / Guelph - Ontario 12.00 16.22 21.95 2010
Prince Edward Island - - - -
Montreal - Quebec 14.00 - 24.00 2008
Saskatoon and Rural West - Saskatchewan - - - -





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