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Average Insulator’s Salary in Canada
The table below details the hourly wages for Insulators.
The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this role is 7293.
Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: insulator, heat and frost insulator, sound insulator and fire protection insulator.
According to the latest figures, the highest hourly average (median) wages are earned in Windsor / Sarnia, Ontario at $38.22 per hour and the lowest average (median) wages are earned in Saskatchewan at $26.00 per hour.
A typical full-time annual salary for this occupation is in the region of $50,000 – $75,000.
Government labour market data indicates that there will be a surplus of workers in this profession for the near future. The employment outlook for this occupation depends heavily on the strength of the construction industry.
Average Hourly (Median) Wages for Insulators in Canada
| Location | Low Wage $ per hr |
Average Wage $ per hr |
High Wage $ per hr |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary – Alberta*(1) | 25.00 | 33.00 | 40.16 | 2019 |
| Edmonton – Alberta*(1) | 25.00 | 33.00 | 40.16 | 2019 |
| Vancouver / Lower Mainland – British Columbia | 16.00 | 28.00 | 36.00 | 2018 |
| Winnipeg – Manitoba | 19.00 | 28.00 | 38.50 | 2018 |
| Fredericton / Oromocto – New Brunswick(1) | 17.73 | 29.11 | 39.00 | 2018 |
| Halifax – Nova Scotia | 16.50 | 30.56 | 42.00 | 2018 |
| Toronto – Ontario | 18.00 | 31.40 | 41.34 | 2018 |
| Ottawa – Ontario | 18.91 | 32.23 | 42.00 | 2018 |
| Windsor / Sarnia – Ontario | 21.67 | 38.22 | 41.00 | 2018 |
| Hamilton / Niagara Peninsula – Ontario | 18.00 | 31.00 | 42.00 | 2018 |
| Prince Edward Island(3) | 18.00 | 28.50 | 41.93 | 2018 |
| Montreal – Quebec(1) | 17.00 | 27.07 | 37.98 | 2018 |
| Saskatoon / Biggar – Saskatchewan(1) | 18.00 | 26.00 | 38.00 | 2018 |
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The 2020 full-time average hourly wage rate for industrial, electrical and construction trades, which includes insulators, is $31.74. The 2020 corresponding median weekly wage rate is $1,240, giving an approximate full-time annual salary for this employment group of $64,000.
There are over 14,000 insulators and glaziers working in Canada.
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does this follow under sub-contractors too? My boss is a sub contractor and I’m only getting $13.50 for installing vapor barrier and insulation.
Take the wage if your new, learn everything you can then use that knowledge to impress better paying companies. If your at least a year into the job and aren’t learning new things every day then it may be time to move on already.