Salaries

Specialized Livestock Workers and Farm Machinery Operators Salary in Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake, Alberta

NOC 84120Wages 2024Updated

Median wage
$24.75 an hour Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake
Compared with Alberta
1% lower $0.25 below the Alberta median of $25.00
Compared with Canada
12.5% higher $2.75 above the Canadian median of $22.00
Job outlook
Moderate 3 of 5, 2025-2027

Wages in Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake

In Canadian dollars an hour, from 2024 data. Low and high are Job Bank’s 10th and 90th percentiles.

Wage range in Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake and CanadaWood Buffalo – Cold Lake: median $24.75, from $18.27 to $35.27. Alberta (province): median $25.00, from $15.00 to $32.00, middle half $19.50 to $27.78. Canada: median $22.00, from $15.00 to $32.00, middle half $18.00 to $27.00.$10$20$30$40Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake: median $24.75, from $18.27 to $35.27Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake$24.75Alberta (province): median $25.00, from $15.00 to $32.00, middle half $19.50 to $27.78Alberta (province)$25.00Canada: median $22.00, from $15.00 to $32.00, middle half $18.00 to $27.00Canada$22.00
The line runs from the low to the high wage, the dot is the median.
Wages in Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake compared with Canada
WageWood Buffalo – Cold LakeAlbertaCanada
Low $18.27 $15.00 $15.00
Lower quartile Not stated $19.50 $18.00
Median $24.75 $25.00 $22.00
Upper quartile Not stated $27.78 $27.00
High $35.27 $32.00 $32.00
Average Not stated $24.77 $23.60

Job outlook

Moderate (3 of 5) for 2025-2027, from Job Bank’s 3-year outlook for Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake.

Education and training

TEER category
4
Usual education
A high school diploma is usually required.

By region in Alberta

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 AlbertaAthabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River: median $25.00, from $18.00 to $51.28. Banff – Jasper – Rocky Mountain House: median $25.00, from $18.00 to $51.28. Edmonton: median $25.00, from $15.00 to $32.00. Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake: median $24.75, from $18.27 to $35.27. Lethbridge – Medicine Hat: median $24.39, from $18.17 to $39.48. Camrose – Drumheller: median $24.00, from $15.00 to $30.00. Calgary: median $23.16, from $16.87 to $32.78. Red Deer: median $22.85, from $16.82 to $36.27.$10$20$30$40$50$60Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River: median $25.00, from $18.00 to $51.28Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River$25.00Banff – Jasper – Rocky Mountain House: median $25.00, from $18.00 to $51.28Banff – Jasper – Rocky Mountain House$25.00Edmonton: median $25.00, from $15.00 to $32.00Edmonton$25.00Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake: median $24.75, from $18.27 to $35.27Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake$24.75Lethbridge – Medicine Hat: median $24.39, from $18.17 to $39.48Lethbridge – Medicine Hat$24.39Camrose – Drumheller: median $24.00, from $15.00 to $30.00Camrose – Drumheller$24.00Calgary: median $23.16, from $16.87 to $32.78Calgary$23.16Red Deer: median $22.85, from $16.82 to $36.27Red Deer$22.85
The line runs from the low to the high wage and the dot is the median.
Wage range by economic region in Alberta (table)
RegionLowMedianHighOutlook
Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River$18.00$25.00$51.28Moderate (3 of 5)
Banff – Jasper – Rocky Mountain House$18.00$25.00$51.28Moderate (3 of 5)
Edmonton$15.00$25.00$32.00Moderate (3 of 5)
Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake$18.27$24.75$35.27Moderate (3 of 5)
Lethbridge – Medicine Hat$18.17$24.39$39.48Moderate (3 of 5)
Camrose – Drumheller$15.00$24.00$30.00Moderate (3 of 5)
Calgary$16.87$23.16$32.78Moderate (3 of 5)
Red Deer$16.82$22.85$36.27Moderate (3 of 5)

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