Optician Salary Canada

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Average Optician Salary — Optician Wages in Canada

The table below details the hourly wages for Opticians.

The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this role is 3231.

Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation.

Examples of some job titles are: optician, contact lens technician and ophthalmic dispenser.

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 Halifax, Nova Scotia at $22.15 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Montreal, Quebec at $16 per hour.

A typical full-time annual salary for this occupation is in the region of $32,000 – $42,000.

The largest sector of employment for opticians is retail trade. The average weekly earnings for the retail trade sector as a whole were $517.23 in 2012, an increase of 5.7% on the previous year. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in this sector for 2012 were $14.37.

Average Hourly Wages for Opticians in Canada

Location Low Wage
$ per hr
Average Wage
$ per hr
High Wage
$ per hr
Year
Calgary – Alberta* 16.00 16.00 26.44 2011
Edmonton – Alberta 17.00 20.15 22.54 2011
Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest – British Columbia 12.82 18.22 24.00 2011
Winnipeg – Manitoba 13.50 20.20 31.80 2009
Fredericton – New Brunswick - - - -
Halifax – Nova Scotia 17.00 22.15 25.30 2010
Toronto – Ontario 13.00 21.26 28.65 2010
Ottawa – Ontario 13.75 22.00 26.60 2005
Bruce / Grey / Simcoe / Muskoka District – Ontario 19.68 22.11 25.00 2007
Kitchener, Cambridge, Guelph, Listowel – Ontario - - - -
Prince Edward Island - - - -
Montreal – Quebec 12.25 16.00 20.50 2007
Saskatoon Area – Saskatchewan - - - -


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