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Median hourly wage at ages 25 to 54: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Median hourly wage at ages 25 to 54 ($). All 10 provinces and territories with data in Wages of women, men and young workers 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: 34.77 (Canada).

Lowest: 29.67 to 30 $
Group 2: 30 to 32 $
Group 3: 32 to 34.22 $
Group 4: 34.22 to 35.5 $
Highest: 35.5 to 35.92 $

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	35.92
2	Alberta	35.5
3	Ontario	35.38
4	Quebec	34.22
5	Saskatchewan	32.64
6	Newfoundland and Labrador	32
7	Nova Scotia	30.59
8	Prince Edward Island	30
8	New Brunswick	30
10	Manitoba	29.67

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 median hourly wage at ages 25 to 54 ($) (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-median-hourly-wage-at-ages-25-to-54/

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