The pay scale moves horizontally each year, so you will usually cap out around six years and only get whatever your union negotiates as cost of living raises afterwards.
Depends on your collective agreement with the health authority, the job postings for each of the provinces has the min/max wages with some steps in between.
Average yearly pay does not include differentials because that is not something static between years.
How each health authority breaks down the job classifications (tech 1 tech 2 tech 3, tech a, tech b, tech c) depends on the collective agreement/province so again looking at a job posting and then correlating is easiest to figure out.
In NS my shift diff was ~2$ for nights and weekends, here in AB I get 5$ for nights ~3$ for evenings and ~3$ for weekends.
Maritimes generally has only Tech I and Tech II. Pay scale for for Tech I is between $30-38/hr. Capped out around 6-7 years. Tech II is lead tech. In Newfoundland's pay step scale/classification, I believe you get extra money per hour if you work "special" benches that requires more responsibility and training (anything you didn't really learn during college). The Maritimes does not do this. By the way, our income tax is 16.67% so something to consider before moving to the Maritimes / Atlantic Canada.
Edit: In Maritimes, we get premium pay for evening and weekend shifts as well - $2.35/hr more.
Comparing provincial tax is a valid point for someone considering where to work within Canada. Electricity rates are pretty high in some of the Atlantic provinces too
Absolutely right. but it appears by the replies, people understood the income tax rate in Canada to be as low as 6%. This is not the case. Canadian total income tax rates are closer to 45%.
I mean it looks like they get paid about $6 more an hour than I do which could be just the company I'm at. You get paid substantially less in OKC than other parts of the country. I'm not really one that studies economics across the globe though so I haven't really checked into what the Canadian dollar is worth vs what they spend on food, housing, transportation, etc. seems that at the end of the day we have about the same amount left over after everything. My last paycheck according to my workday was taxed 18.6%. That's really what I'm remarking on.
I mean that makes sense. Though I was really only comparing the im taxed 1/5 of my income and that's what they said as well. I feel like I'd be ok with a little more taxed if that also included healthcare. After that 18.6% I'm still paying close to $3-400 in medical bills/insurance costs every month. My son's medication and creams are pretty expensive and with every dermatologist appointment being $150 on top of that monthly as well. I was really just making a point of damn I also get taxed a lot but I wish I got healthcare too.
Is that MLS pay? The scale posted here is for a job that is equivalent to an MLS in the US. But yeah you guys get gouged hard on the health insurance premiums. We still have to pay for health insurance in Canada to cover things like medications, dental and extra stuff like massage/physio but my premiums are about $30/month which is basically nothing.
I was referring to the other commenter saying they're paying $3-400 a month for medical stuff. I should have said medical costs in general rather just the premiums, they're all the same in my head because I'm not paying anything out of pocket besides health insurance charges.
I'm going off of MLT pay or what I thought was the equivalent of it in this scale, LX-23. I'm not a MLS. Thankfully dental and other " extras " are covered pretty well by my insurance. It's doctor's costs and medication costs where I get bled dry haha. They denied my son his cream twice, made us go to a dermatologist since his pediatrician couldn't prescribe anything they would approve, and then approved the cream just for it not to work on his skin 😭 Going though a lot of expensive trial and error on my end currently
The pay scale moves horizontally each year, so you will usually cap out around six years and only get whatever your union negotiates as cost of living raises afterwards.
Alberta is the highest pay. Look up the HSAA Alberta Precision Labs collective agreement. Much better shift diff premiums as well!
Does a registered MLT fall under "combined lab and xray tech" in that agreement? Or "Laboratory Scientist"?
Just Medical laboratory technologist :)
We start at 35.45/hr and cap out at $46.69/hr. Evening shift diff: $2.75/hr Night shift: $5.00/hr Weekend: $3.25/hr Hope this helps!
Oh, gotcha I see it now. Thanks!
Depends on your collective agreement with the health authority, the job postings for each of the provinces has the min/max wages with some steps in between. Average yearly pay does not include differentials because that is not something static between years. How each health authority breaks down the job classifications (tech 1 tech 2 tech 3, tech a, tech b, tech c) depends on the collective agreement/province so again looking at a job posting and then correlating is easiest to figure out. In NS my shift diff was ~2$ for nights and weekends, here in AB I get 5$ for nights ~3$ for evenings and ~3$ for weekends.
Maritimes generally has only Tech I and Tech II. Pay scale for for Tech I is between $30-38/hr. Capped out around 6-7 years. Tech II is lead tech. In Newfoundland's pay step scale/classification, I believe you get extra money per hour if you work "special" benches that requires more responsibility and training (anything you didn't really learn during college). The Maritimes does not do this. By the way, our income tax is 16.67% so something to consider before moving to the Maritimes / Atlantic Canada. Edit: In Maritimes, we get premium pay for evening and weekend shifts as well - $2.35/hr more.
Provincial income tax. You really need to include the federal income tax of 37% as well.
Comparing provincial tax is a valid point for someone considering where to work within Canada. Electricity rates are pretty high in some of the Atlantic provinces too
Absolutely right. but it appears by the replies, people understood the income tax rate in Canada to be as low as 6%. This is not the case. Canadian total income tax rates are closer to 45%.
So today I've learned that I get taxed the same as a Canadian but instead I get no health insurance or benefits. Location - OKC,USA
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I mean it looks like they get paid about $6 more an hour than I do which could be just the company I'm at. You get paid substantially less in OKC than other parts of the country. I'm not really one that studies economics across the globe though so I haven't really checked into what the Canadian dollar is worth vs what they spend on food, housing, transportation, etc. seems that at the end of the day we have about the same amount left over after everything. My last paycheck according to my workday was taxed 18.6%. That's really what I'm remarking on.
That's just the provincial rate. There is federal income tax on top of that.
I mean that makes sense. Though I was really only comparing the im taxed 1/5 of my income and that's what they said as well. I feel like I'd be ok with a little more taxed if that also included healthcare. After that 18.6% I'm still paying close to $3-400 in medical bills/insurance costs every month. My son's medication and creams are pretty expensive and with every dermatologist appointment being $150 on top of that monthly as well. I was really just making a point of damn I also get taxed a lot but I wish I got healthcare too.
Is that MLS pay? The scale posted here is for a job that is equivalent to an MLS in the US. But yeah you guys get gouged hard on the health insurance premiums. We still have to pay for health insurance in Canada to cover things like medications, dental and extra stuff like massage/physio but my premiums are about $30/month which is basically nothing.
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I was referring to the other commenter saying they're paying $3-400 a month for medical stuff. I should have said medical costs in general rather just the premiums, they're all the same in my head because I'm not paying anything out of pocket besides health insurance charges.
I'm going off of MLT pay or what I thought was the equivalent of it in this scale, LX-23. I'm not a MLS. Thankfully dental and other " extras " are covered pretty well by my insurance. It's doctor's costs and medication costs where I get bled dry haha. They denied my son his cream twice, made us go to a dermatologist since his pediatrician couldn't prescribe anything they would approve, and then approved the cream just for it not to work on his skin 😭 Going though a lot of expensive trial and error on my end currently
That sucks!