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Average Hotel Front Desk Clerk’s Salary in Canada
The table below details the hourly wages for Hotel Front Desk Clerks.
The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this role is 6525.
Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: front desk hotel clerk, hotel receptionist, room clerk and guest service agent.
According to the latest figures, the highest hourly average (median) wages are earned in Edmonton, Alberta at $16.10 per hour and the lowest average (median) wages are earned in Prince Edward Islandk at $12.74 per hour.
A typical full-time annual salary for this occupation is in the region of $25,000 – $40,000.
Government data indicates that the labour market for this profession will be balanced for the near future, after a recent surplus of workers. More than 50% of job vacanciess will come from retirements. Jobs in this occupation may pay at the minimum wage rates.
Average Hourly (Median) Wages for Hotel Front Desk Clerks in Canada
| Location | Low Wage $ per hr |
Average Wage $ per hr |
High Wage $ per hr |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary – Alberta* | 15.00 | 16.00 | 17.35 | 2019 |
| Edmonton – Alberta* | 15.00 | 16.10 | 18.50 | 2019 |
| Vancouver / Lower Mainland – British Columbia | 13.85 | 15.80 | 21.33 | 2018 |
| Winnipeg – Manitoba | 11.65 | 15.25 | 19.23 | 2018 |
| Fredericton / Oromocto – New Brunswick | 11.50 | 14.00 | 20.00 | 2018 |
| Halifax – Nova Scotia | 11.75 | 13.50 | 15.25 | 2018 |
| Toronto – Ontario | 14.00 | 15.80 | 22.00 | 2018 |
| Hamilton / Niagara Peninsula – Ontario | 14.00 | 14.00 | 15.60 | 2018 |
| Ottawa – Ontario | 14.00 | 15.00 | 21.00 | 2018 |
| Windsor / Sarnia – Ontario | 14.00 | 15.00 | 21.00 | 2018 |
| Prince Edward Island | 12.25 | 12.74 | 16.00 | 2018 |
| Montreal – Quebec | 12.75 | 17.06 | 24.66 | 2018 |
| Saskatoon / Biggar – Saskatchewan | 13.00 | 14.00 | 16.50 | 2018 |
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The 2020 full-time average hourly wage rate for customer and personal services occupations, which includes hotel front desk clerks, is $20.55. The 2020 corresponding median weekly wage rate is $560, giving an approximate full-time annual salary for this employment group of $29,100.
There are around 20,000 hotel front desk clerks working in Canada.