Web Designers and Developers Salary Canada

Average Canadian Web Designers and Developer's Salary :: Web Designers and Developers' Wages in Canada

The table below details the hourly wages for Web Designers and Developers. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 2175.

Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: web designer, web developer, webmaster and internet site developer.

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 Edmonton, Alberta at $30.90 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Halifax, Nova Scotia at $18.50 per hour.

A typical full-time annual salary for this occupation is in the region of $45,000 - $55,000.

The largest sector of employment for web designers and developers is professional, scientific and technical services. The average weekly earnings for the professional, scientific and technical services sector as a whole were $1237.65 in January 2012, an increase of 0.3% on the previous year. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in the sector for January 2012 were $34.38.

Average Hourly Wages for Web Designers and Developers in Canada

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Calgary / Banff / Jasper / Rocky Mountain House - Alberta 19.23 29.74 40.29 2011
Edmonton - Alberta 20.19 30.90 37.35 2011
Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia 14.00 21.65 30.41 2008/9
Winnipeg - Manitoba 11.97 20.19 27.64 2009
Moncton / Shediac / Sackville / Richibucto - New Brunswick 15.00 21.33 32.10 2010
Halifax - Nova Scotia 11.50 18.50 34.78 2010
Toronto - Ontario 16.56 25.73 36.81 2010
Ottawa - Ontario 17.76 26.32 34.40 2010
Windsor / Sarnia - Ontario 15.85 23.85 35.00 2009
Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie / Guelph - Ontario 15.85 23.85 35.00 2009
Prince Edward Island 20.75 23.95 27.15 2010
Quebec - Quebec 20.00 - 33.00 2008
Saskatoon and Rural West - Saskatchewan 16.00 26.10 40.50 2011