Tool and Die Maker Salary Canada

Average Canadian Tool and Die Maker's Salary :: Tool and Die Makers' Wages in Canada

The table below details the hourly wages for Tool and Die Makers. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 7232.

Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: tool and die maker, metal mould maker, jig maker and die finisher.

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 $27.70 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Winnipeg, Manitoba at $20.20 per hour.

A typical full-time annual salary for this occupation is in the region of $42,000 - $52,000.

The largest sector of employment for tool and die makers is manufacturing. The average weekly earnings for the manufacturing sector as a whole were $1016.04 in January 2012, an increase of 2.4% on the previous year. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in the sector for January 2012 were $28.22.

Average Hourly Wages for Tool and Die Makers in Canada

Location Low Wage
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Year
Calgary / Banff / Jasper / Rocky Mountain House - Alberta 15.00 22.40 30.23 2011
Edmonton - Alberta 12.00 24.05 34.69 2009
Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia 10.00 22.61 39.33 2006/7
Winnipeg - Manitoba 14.00 20.20 28.50 2010
Fredericton - New Brunswick - - - -
Halifax - Nova Scotia 19.10 27.70 29.80 2010
Toronto - Ontario - 24.60 - 2010
Ottawa - Ontario - 24.60 - 2010
Windsor / Sarnia - Ontario - 24.60 - 2010
Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie / Guelph - Ontario 18.25 26.75 32.50 2009
Prince Edward Island - - - -
Montreal - Quebec 16.25 26.75 33.00 2008
Saskatoon and Rural West - Saskatchewan - - - -