Median wage
$17.35 an hour
Newfoundland and Labrador
Compared with Canada
11% lower
$2.15 below the Canadian median of $19.50
Job outlook
Undetermined
2025-2027
Wages in Newfoundland and Labrador
In Canadian dollars an hour, from 2024 data. Low and high are Job Bank’s 10th and 90th percentiles.
Wage range in Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada Newfoundland and Labrador: median $17.35, from $16.00 to $24.85. Canada: median $19.50, from $15.25 to $29.00, middle half $16.75 to $23.00. $15 $20 $25 $30 Newfoundland and Labrador: median $17.35, from $16.00 to $24.85 Newfoundland and Labrador $17.35 Canada: median $19.50, from $15.25 to $29.00, middle half $16.75 to $23.00 Canada $19.50 The line runs from the low to the high wage, the dot is the median.
Wages in Newfoundland and Labrador compared with Canada
Wage Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
Low
$16.00
$15.25
Lower quartile
Not stated $16.75
Median
$17.35
$19.50
Upper quartile
Not stated $23.00
High
$24.85
$29.00
Average
Not stated $21.00
Job outlook
Undetermined for 2025-2027, from Job Bank’s 3-year outlook for Newfoundland and Labrador.
Job Bank has not determined the employment outlook for 2025-2027. Outlook data
Education and training
TEER category 5
Usual education No formal education is usually required, and training is a short work demonstration.
By region in Newfoundland and Labrador
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 Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (all regions): median $17.35, from $16.00 to $24.85. Avalon Peninsula: median $18.30, from $16.00 to $24.33. South Coast – Burin Peninsula: median $17.02, from $16.00 to $27.32. West Coast – Northern Peninsula – Labrador: not stated. Notre Dame – Central Bonavista Bay: not stated. $15 $20 $25 $30 Newfoundland and Labrador (all regions): median $17.35, from $16.00 to $24.85 Newfoundland and Labrador (all regions) $17.35 Avalon Peninsula: median $18.30, from $16.00 to $24.33 Avalon Peninsula $18.30 South Coast – Burin Peninsula: median $17.02, from $16.00 to $27.32 South Coast – Burin Peninsula $17.02 West Coast – Northern Peninsula – Labrador: not stated West Coast – Northern Peninsula – Labrador Not stated Notre Dame – Central Bonavista Bay: not stated Notre Dame – Central Bonavista Bay Not stated The line runs from the low to the high wage and the dot is the median.
Wage range by economic region in Newfoundland and Labrador (table) Region Low Median High Outlook Newfoundland and Labrador (all regions) $16.00 $17.35 $24.85 Undetermined Avalon Peninsula $16.00 $18.30 $24.33 Undetermined South Coast – Burin Peninsula $16.00 $17.02 $27.32 Undetermined West Coast – Northern Peninsula – Labrador Not stated Not stated Not stated Undetermined Notre Dame – Central Bonavista Bay Not stated Not stated Not stated Undetermined
Wages from 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 .