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Average Canadian Occupations in Public Relations and Communication's Salary :: Occupations in Public Relations and Communications' Wages in Canada
The table below details the hourly wages for Occupations in Public Relations and Communications. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 5124.
Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: press secretary, publicist, communications officer, media relations officer, public relations officer and information officer.
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 $34.05 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Fredericton, New Brunswick at $14.47 per hour.
The largest sector of employment for occupations in public relations and communications is public administration. The average weekly earnings for the public administration sector as a whole were $1114.75 in February 2011, an increase of 2.8% on the previous year when average weekly earnings were $1084.30. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in this sector for February 2011 were $30.37.
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: press secretary, publicist, communications officer, media relations officer, public relations officer and information officer.
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 $34.05 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Fredericton, New Brunswick at $14.47 per hour.
The largest sector of employment for occupations in public relations and communications is public administration. The average weekly earnings for the public administration sector as a whole were $1114.75 in February 2011, an increase of 2.8% on the previous year when average weekly earnings were $1084.30. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in this sector for February 2011 were $30.37.
Average Hourly Wages for
Occupations in Public Relations and Communications in Canada
| Location | Low Wage $ per hr |
Average $ per hr |
High Wage $ per hr |
Year |
| Calgary - Alberta* | 13.23 | 34.05 | 50.19 | 2009 |
| Edmonton - Alberta | 14.00 | 25.31 | 41.00 | 2010 |
| Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia | 12.00 | 18.61 | 31.60 | 2008/9 |
| Winnipeg - Manitoba | 14.42 | 21.44 | 43.27 | 2009 |
| Fredericton - New Brunswick | 9.00 | 14.47 | 28.77 | 2010 |
| Halifax - Nova Scotia | 12.50 | 27.05 | 40.00 | 2010 |
| Toronto - Ontario | 14.00 | 25.97 | 40.77 | 2010 |
| Ottawa - Ontario | 19.38 | 29.29 | 39.25 | 2010 |
| Hamilton / Niagara Peninsula / Brantford - Ontario | 12.00 | 22.49 | 34.74 | 2010 |
| Kitchener / Waterloo /Barrie / Guelph - Ontario | 12.50 | 23.03 | 34.12 | 2010 |
| Prince Edward Island | 26.49 | - | 32.80 | 2010 |
| Centre-du-Quebec Region - Quebec | 13.15 | 17.55 | 23.39 | 2007 |
| Saskatoon and Rural West - Saskatchewan | - | - | - | - |
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* 5th percentile, median, 95th percentile bands used.