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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:
  • 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 - - - -





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