Median wage
$20.00 an hour
Kitchener – Waterloo – Barrie
Compared with Ontario
8.3% higher
$1.54 above the Ontario median of $18.46
Compared with Canada
5.3% higher
$1.00 above the Canadian median of $19.00
Job outlook
Very good
5 of 5, 2025-2027
Wages in Kitchener – Waterloo – Barrie
In Canadian dollars an hour, from 2023-2024 data. Low and high are Job Bank’s 10th and 90th percentiles.
Wage range in Kitchener – Waterloo – Barrie and Canada Kitchener – Waterloo – Barrie: median $20.00, from $17.60 to $25.00, middle half $19.23 to $22.00. Ontario (province): median $18.46, from $17.60 to $25.75, middle half $17.60 to $21.15. Canada: median $19.00, from $15.00 to $30.00, middle half $16.00 to $23.08. $15 $20 $25 $30 Kitchener – Waterloo – Barrie: median $20.00, from $17.60 to $25.00, middle half $19.23 to $22.00 Kitchener – Waterloo – Barrie $20.00 Ontario (province): median $18.46, from $17.60 to $25.75, middle half $17.60 to $21.15 Ontario (province) $18.46 Canada: median $19.00, from $15.00 to $30.00, middle half $16.00 to $23.08 Canada $19.00 The line runs from the low to the high wage, the dot is the median and the box is the middle half (lower to upper quartile).
Wages in Kitchener – Waterloo – Barrie compared with Canada
Wage Kitchener – Waterloo – Barrie Ontario Canada
Low
$17.60
$17.60
$15.00
Lower quartile
$19.23
$17.60
$16.00
Median
$20.00
$18.46
$19.00
Upper quartile
$22.00
$21.15
$23.08
High
$25.00
$25.75
$30.00
Average
$19.43
$19.16
$20.22
Job outlook
Very good (5 of 5) for 2025-2027, from Job Bank’s 3-year outlook for Kitchener – Waterloo – Barrie.
Education and training
TEER category 5
Usual education No formal education is usually required, and training is a short work demonstration.
By region in Ontario
Job Bank’s economic regions, highest median first. A region links to its own page where its figures differ from the province’s.
Wage range by economic region in Ontario Kitchener – Waterloo – Barrie: median $20.00, from $17.60 to $25.00. Kingston – Pembroke: median $19.53. Northeast: median $18.90, from $17.60 to $31.59. Toronto: median $18.75, from $17.60 to $26.92. Muskoka – Kawarthas: median $18.62, from $17.60 to $26.96. Stratford – Bruce Peninsula: median $18.41, from $17.60 to $30.40. London: median $18.00, from $17.60 to $22.00. Hamilton – Niagara Peninsula: median $17.60, from $17.60 to $20.00. Northwest: median $17.60, from $17.60 to $36.06. Ottawa: median $17.60, from $17.60 to $25.00. Windsor – Sarnia: median $17.60, from $17.60 to $27.16. $15 $20 $25 $30 $35 $40 Kitchener – Waterloo – Barrie: median $20.00, from $17.60 to $25.00 Kitchener – Waterloo – Barrie $20.00 Kingston – Pembroke: median $19.53 Kingston – Pembroke $19.53 Northeast: median $18.90, from $17.60 to $31.59 Northeast $18.90 Toronto: median $18.75, from $17.60 to $26.92 Toronto $18.75 Muskoka – Kawarthas: median $18.62, from $17.60 to $26.96 Muskoka – Kawarthas $18.62 Stratford – Bruce Peninsula: median $18.41, from $17.60 to $30.40 Stratford – Bruce Peninsula $18.41 London: median $18.00, from $17.60 to $22.00 London $18.00 Hamilton – Niagara Peninsula: median $17.60, from $17.60 to $20.00 Hamilton – Niagara Peninsula $17.60 Northwest: median $17.60, from $17.60 to $36.06 Northwest $17.60 Ottawa: median $17.60, from $17.60 to $25.00 Ottawa $17.60 Windsor – Sarnia: median $17.60, from $17.60 to $27.16 Windsor – Sarnia $17.60 The line runs from the low to the high wage and the dot is the median.
Wages from 2023-2024 data, Job Bank 2025 release. Job outlooks for 2025-2027.
Occupation titles, codes and TEER categories come from the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021, Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada .