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Average hourly wage in manufacturing: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Average hourly wage in manufacturing ($). All 10 provinces and territories with data in Average hourly wages by industry by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0064-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 35.21 (Canada).

Lowest: 27.44 to 30.26 $
Group 2: 30.26 to 32.12 $
Group 3: 32.12 to 35.17 $
Group 4: 35.17 to 36.44 $
Highest: 36.44 to 37.57 $

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: Labour Force Survey annual averages for the ten provinces; usual hourly wages of employees at their main job.


1	British Columbia	37.57
2	Alberta	36.44
3	Quebec	35.62
4	Ontario	35.17
5	Saskatchewan	35.11
6	Nova Scotia	32.12
7	Newfoundland and Labrador	30.5
8	New Brunswick	30.26
9	Manitoba	29.63
10	Prince Edward Island	27.44

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0064-01: Employee wages by industry, annual. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by average hourly wage in manufacturing ($) (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0064-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-average-hourly-wage-in-manufacturing/

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