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Average Personnel Clerks’ Salary in Canada
The table below details the hourly wages for Human Resources / Personnel Clerks.
The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this role is 1415.
Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: personnel clerk, employment clerk and human resources clerk.
According to the latest figures, the highest hourly average (median) wages are earned in Calgary, Alberta at $28.94 per hour and the lowest average (median) wages are earned in Winnipeg, Manitoba at $19.60 per hour.
A typical full-time annual salary for this occupation is in the region of $40,000 – $60,000.
Government labour market data indicates that the number of job seekers will balance job vacancies in this profession for the near future. Retirements will be the main source of job vacancies for this position.
Average Hourly (Median) Wages for Personnel Clerks in Canada
| Location | Low Wage $ per hr |
Average Wage $ per hr |
High Wage $ per hr |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary – Alberta* | 15.00 | 28.94 | 41.81 | 2019 |
| Edmonton – Alberta* | 20.00 | 27.51 | 31.62 | 2019 |
| Vancouver & Lower Mainland – British Columbia | 17.00 | 23.10 | 28.19 | 2018 |
| Winnipeg – Manitoba | 12.50 | 19.60 | 25.64 | 2018 |
| Fredericton / Oromocto – New Brunswick(1) | 17.50 | 25.00 | 28.00 | 2018 |
| Halifax – Nova Scotia(3) | 14.00 | 22.00 | 28.57 | 2018 |
| Toronto – Ontario | 15.00 | 21.63 | 27.18 | 2018 |
| Ottawa – Ontario | 14.00 | 20.50 | 27.50 | 2018 |
| Windsor / Sarnia – Ontario | 14.00 | 20.50 | 27.50 | 2018 |
| Hamilton / Niagara Peninsula – Ontario | 14.00 | 20.50 | 27.50 | 2018 |
| Prince Edward Island(3) | 14.00 | 22.00 | 28.57 | 2018 |
| Montreal – Quebec | 15.85 | 23.33 | 30.00 | 2018 |
| Saskatoon / Biggar – Saskatchewan(3) | 14.00 | 22.00 | 28.57 | 2018 |
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The 2020 full-time average hourly wage rate for office support occupations, which includes personnel clerks, is $24.50. The 2020 corresponding median weekly wage rate is $884, giving an approximate full-time annual salary for this employment group of $46,000.
There are over 10,000 personnel and court clerks working in Canada.
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