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Average Mail, Postal and Related Clerk’s Salary in Canada
The table below details the hourly wages for Mail, Postal and Related Clerks.
The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this role is 1511.
Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: mail clerk, postal clerk and postal counter clerk.
According to the latest figures, the highest hourly average (median) wages are earned in Hamilton / Niagara Peninsula – Ontario at $26.00 per hour and the lowest average (median) wages are earned in Calgary – Alberta at $15.80 per hour.
A typical full-time annual salary for this occupation is in the region of $38,000 – $52,000.
Government data indicates that the labour market for this profession will be balanced for the near future.
Average Hourly (Median) Wages for Mail, Postal and Related Clerks in Canada
| Location | Low Wage $ per hr |
Average Wage $ per hr |
High Wage $ per hr |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary – Alberta* | 15.50 | 15.80 | 21.74 | 2019 |
| Edmonton – Alberta* | 15.00 | 21.00 | 28.38 | 2019 |
| Vancouver & Lower Mainland – British Columbia | 13.85 | 20.00 | 29.00 | 2018 |
| Winnipeg – Manitoba | 13.00 | 20.42 | 26.50 | 2018 |
| Fredericton – New Brunswick(1) | 11.60 | 19.89 | 26.60 | 2018 |
| Halifax – Nova Scotia | 12.00 | 25.00 | 28.00 | 2018 |
| Toronto – Ontario | 14.00 | 23.00 | 27.59 | 2018 |
| Hamilton / Niagara Peninsula – Ontario | 14.00 | 26.00 | 27.00 | 2018 |
| Ottawa – Ontario | 17.00 | 23.00 | 28.00 | 2018 |
| Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie – Ontario | 14.00 | 23.00 | 27.59 | 2018 |
| Prince Edward Island | 12.25 | 26.00 | 26.60 | 2018 |
| Montreal – Quebec(1) | 12.75 | 21.00 | 28.00 | 2018 |
| Saskatoon / Biggar – Saskatchewan | 15.00 | 22.84 | 27.00 | 2018 |
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The 2020 full-time average hourly wage rate for distribution, tracking and scheduling co-ordination occupations, which includes mail, postal and related clerks, is $23.06. The 2020 corresponding median weekly wage rate is $875, giving an approximate full-time annual salary for this employment group of $45,500.
There are over 30,000 postal and related clerks working in Canada.
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