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Salaries and In-Demand Jobs in Canada

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British Columbia

  1. Dentists Very good (5 of 5) · $84,000 a year
  2. Optometrists Very good (5 of 5) · $69,500 a year
  3. Specialists in surgery Good (4 of 5) · $441,788 a year
  4. Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine Good (4 of 5) · $317,845 a year
  5. General practitioners and family physicians Good (4 of 5) · $160,960 a year

Alberta

  1. Specialists in surgery Very good (5 of 5) · $508,561 a year
  2. General practitioners and family physicians Very good (5 of 5) · $178,213 a year
  3. Dentists Very good (5 of 5) · $120,000 a year
  4. Optometrists Very good (5 of 5) · $84,000 a year
  5. Home building and renovation managers Very good (5 of 5) · $60,400 a year

Saskatchewan

  1. Dentists Very good (5 of 5) · $110,000 a year
  2. Optometrists Very good (5 of 5) · $68,500 a year
  3. Real estate agents and salespersons Very good (5 of 5) · $60,400 a year
  4. Home building and renovation managers Very good (5 of 5) · $41,600 a year
  5. Managers in natural resources production and fishing Very good (5 of 5) · $76.92 an hour

Manitoba

  1. General practitioners and family physicians Very good (5 of 5) · $240,395 a year
  2. Optometrists Very good (5 of 5) · $119,000 a year
  3. Dentists Very good (5 of 5) · $116,000 a year
  4. Supervisors, mineral and metal processing Very good (5 of 5) · $36.07 an hour
  5. Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations Very good (5 of 5) · $30.00 an hour

Ontario

  1. Optometrists Very good (5 of 5) · $78,000 a year
  2. Utilities managers Very good (5 of 5) · $63.46 an hour
  3. Nurse practitioners Very good (5 of 5) · $62.00 an hour
  4. Managers in social, community and correctional services Very good (5 of 5) · $48.08 an hour
  5. Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses Very good (5 of 5) · $42.00 an hour

Quebec

  1. Dentists Very good (5 of 5) · $106,000 a year
  2. Optometrists Very good (5 of 5) · $97,000 a year
  3. Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists Very good (5 of 5) · $41,600 a year
  4. Managers in health care Very good (5 of 5) · $55.29 an hour
  5. Other professional occupations in physical sciences Very good (5 of 5) · $42.16 an hour

New Brunswick

  1. Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine Very good (5 of 5) · $335,358 a year
  2. General practitioners and family physicians Very good (5 of 5) · $187,297 a year
  3. Dentists Very good (5 of 5) · $132,000 a year
  4. Engineering managers Very good (5 of 5) · $62.50 an hour
  5. Nursing coordinators and supervisors Very good (5 of 5) · $47.40 an hour

Nova Scotia

  1. Specialists in surgery Very good (5 of 5) · $418,516 a year
  2. Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine Very good (5 of 5) · $207,046 a year
  3. General practitioners and family physicians Very good (5 of 5) · $187,135 a year
  4. Nurse practitioners Very good (5 of 5) · $55.88 an hour
  5. Psychologists Very good (5 of 5) · $48.91 an hour

Prince Edward Island

  1. Specialists in surgery Very good (5 of 5) · $530,709 a year
  2. Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine Very good (5 of 5) · $318,714 a year
  3. General practitioners and family physicians Very good (5 of 5) · $209,676 a year
  4. Home building and renovation managers Very good (5 of 5) · $38,800 a year
  5. Nurse practitioners Very good (5 of 5) · $50.65 an hour

Newfoundland and Labrador

  1. Specialists in surgery Very good (5 of 5) · $434,053 a year
  2. Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine Very good (5 of 5) · $303,112 a year
  3. General practitioners and family physicians Very good (5 of 5) · $204,492 a year
  4. Managers in natural resources production and fishing Very good (5 of 5) · $67.31 an hour
  5. Managers in social, community and correctional services Very good (5 of 5) · $45.67 an hour

Yukon

  1. Police officers (except commissioned) Very good (5 of 5) · $53.92 an hour
  2. General practitioners and family physicians Good (4 of 5) · $219,382 a year
  3. Home building and renovation managers Good (4 of 5) · $60,000 a year
  4. Lawyers and Quebec notaries Good (4 of 5) · $61.54 an hour
  5. Other administrative services managers Good (4 of 5) · $59.66 an hour

Northwest Territories

  1. Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses Very good (5 of 5) · $58.00 an hour
  2. Licensed practical nurses Very good (5 of 5) · $44.15 an hour
  3. Retail and wholesale trade managers Very good (5 of 5) · $42.24 an hour
  4. Accounting technicians and bookkeepers Very good (5 of 5) · $41.03 an hour
  5. Retail sales supervisors Very good (5 of 5) · $25.22 an hour

Nunavut

  1. Secondary school teachers Very good (5 of 5) · $59.77 an hour
  2. Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses Very good (5 of 5) · $57.99 an hour
  3. Property administrators Very good (5 of 5) · $50.92 an hour
  4. Elementary school and kindergarten teachers Very good (5 of 5) · $50.00 an hour
  5. Licensed practical nurses Very good (5 of 5)

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