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Average Canadian Museum and Art Galleries Related Jobs Salary 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 role 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.
According to the latest figures, the highest hourly average (median) wages are earned in Edmonton – Alberta at $35.17 per hour and the lowest average (median) wages are earned in Quebec at $15.08 per hour.
A typical full-time annual salary for this occupation is in the region of $30,000 – $50,000.
Government labour market data indicates that the number of job seekers will be larger than job vacancies in this profession for the near future. Openings may fall due to new technologies and the widespread use of the Internet.
Average Hourly (Median) Wages for Museum and Art Galleries Related Jobs in Canada
| Location | Low Wage $ per hr |
Average Wage $ per hr |
High Wage $ per hr |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary – Alberta* | 15.00 | 17.00 | 45.28 | 2019 |
| Edmonton – Alberta* | 27.70 | 35.17 | 47.19 | 2019 |
| Vancouver / Lower Mainland – British Columbia | 14.54 | 21.75 | 31.62 | 2018 |
| Winnnipeg – Manitoba | 15.00 | 16.00 | 35.73 | 2018 |
| Fredericton / Oromocto – New Brunswick | 15.00 | 15.52 | 18.28 | 2018 |
| Halifax – Nova Scotia | 11.55 | 16.00 | 22.50 | 2018 |
| Toronto – Ontario | 14.00 | 19.44 | 30.87 | 2018 |
| Ottawa – Ontario | 15.00 | 22.70 | 27.86 | 2018 |
| Hamilton / Niagara Peninsula – Ontario | 14.64 | 20.00 | 27.09 | 2018 |
| Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie – Ontario | 14.00 | 18.15 | 25.00 | 2018 |
| Prince Edward Island(3) | 12.00 | 16.33 | 34.00 | 2018 |
| Montreal – Quebec(1) | 12.50 | 15.08 | 35.90 | 2018 |
| Saskatoon / Biggar – Saskatchewan(1) | 13.04 | 17.50 | 41.57 | 2018 |
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Taxidermists and picture framers also fall into this occupation code.
The 2020 full-time average hourly wage rate for technical occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport, which includes technical occupations related to museums and art galleries, is $29.06. The 2020 corresponding median weekly wage rate is $1081, giving an approximate full-time annual salary for this employment unit of $56,000.
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