NOC 2021 · 31301 · TEER 1

Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses: wages in Canada

Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses: the wage band by areaHourly wage, Job Bank 2025. Canada first, then each province or territory with a local figure.

CanadaThis site$30.00 per hour$43.27 per hour$54.37 per hour

Newfoundland and Labrador$33.65 per hour$44.00 per hour$52.00 per hour

Prince Edward Island$31.50 per hour$42.00 per hour$49.98 per hour

Nova Scotia$30.20 per hour$41.50 per hour$50.00 per hour

New Brunswick$31.00 per hour$44.77 per hour$49.00 per hour

Quebec$27.00 per hour$40.00 per hour$50.00 per hour

Ontario$29.00 per hour$42.00 per hour$55.00 per hour

Manitoba$34.00 per hour$45.00 per hour$52.40 per hour

Saskatchewan$38.00 per hour$47.13 per hour$52.20 per hour

Alberta$30.00 per hour$47.50 per hour$54.49 per hour

British Columbia$35.00 per hour$47.58 per hour$57.00 per hour

Yukon$33.00 per hour$48.50 per hour$60.88 per hour

Northwest Territories$45.00 per hour$58.00 per hour$69.23 per hour

Nunavut$45.00 per hour$57.99 per hour$71.57 per hour

Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses: the wage band by area
Area	Low	Median	High
Canada	$30.00 per hour	$43.27 per hour	$54.37 per hour
Newfoundland and Labrador	$33.65 per hour	$44.00 per hour	$52.00 per hour
Prince Edward Island	$31.50 per hour	$42.00 per hour	$49.98 per hour
Nova Scotia	$30.20 per hour	$41.50 per hour	$50.00 per hour
New Brunswick	$31.00 per hour	$44.77 per hour	$49.00 per hour
Quebec	$27.00 per hour	$40.00 per hour	$50.00 per hour
Ontario	$29.00 per hour	$42.00 per hour	$55.00 per hour
Manitoba	$34.00 per hour	$45.00 per hour	$52.40 per hour
Saskatchewan	$38.00 per hour	$47.13 per hour	$52.20 per hour
Alberta	$30.00 per hour	$47.50 per hour	$54.49 per hour
British Columbia	$35.00 per hour	$47.58 per hour	$57.00 per hour
Yukon	$33.00 per hour	$48.50 per hour	$60.88 per hour
Northwest Territories	$45.00 per hour	$58.00 per hour	$69.23 per hour
Nunavut	$45.00 per hour	$57.99 per hour	$71.57 per hour

Data Job Bank wages 2025 (Employment and Social Development Canada), released Nov 19, 2025. Reference periods 2021–2024; each occupation page names its own. Sources and notes

Figures are per hour, in Canadian dollars.

Health
Source code LFS 2023-24 CAN NOC5
Reference period 2023-2024

Hourly to yearly

$90,002 a year

At 40 h/week × 52 weeks, the median of $43.27 an hour (low $62,400, high $113,090 a year).

Hours per weekWeeks per year

A plain multiplication (hourly wage × hours per week × weeks per year) using your assumptions. It is not a published annual wage and ignores overtime, unpaid time off, benefits and taxes.

By province and territory

“Larger-area figure only” means Job Bank shows that area with a provincial, Atlantic or national figure; it is not a local wage and is not shown here. Differences are calculated only between figures in the same unit.

Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses (NOC 31301): published wages by area

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Area	Low	Median	High	Figure	Median vs Canada
Canada	$30.00 per hour	$43.27 per hour	$54.37 per hour	Hourly	This area
Newfoundland and Labrador	$33.65 per hour	$44.00 per hour	$52.00 per hour	Hourly	+$0.73 (+1.7%)
Prince Edward Island	$31.50 per hour	$42.00 per hour	$49.98 per hour	Hourly	−$1.27 (−2.9%)
Nova Scotia	$30.20 per hour	$41.50 per hour	$50.00 per hour	Hourly	−$1.77 (−4.1%)
New Brunswick	$31.00 per hour	$44.77 per hour	$49.00 per hour	Hourly	+$1.50 (+3.5%)
Quebec	$27.00 per hour	$40.00 per hour	$50.00 per hour	Hourly	−$3.27 (−7.6%)
Ontario	$29.00 per hour	$42.00 per hour	$55.00 per hour	Hourly	−$1.27 (−2.9%)
Manitoba	$34.00 per hour	$45.00 per hour	$52.40 per hour	Hourly	+$1.73 (+4.0%)
Saskatchewan	$38.00 per hour	$47.13 per hour	$52.20 per hour	Hourly	+$3.86 (+8.9%)
Alberta	$30.00 per hour	$47.50 per hour	$54.49 per hour	Hourly	+$4.23 (+9.8%)
British Columbia	$35.00 per hour	$47.58 per hour	$57.00 per hour	Hourly	+$4.31 (+10.0%)
Yukon	$33.00 per hour	$48.50 per hour	$60.88 per hour	Hourly	+$5.23 (+12.1%)
Northwest Territories	$45.00 per hour	$58.00 per hour	$69.23 per hour	Hourly	+$14.73 (+34.0%)
Nunavut	$45.00 per hour	$57.99 per hour	$71.57 per hour	Hourly	+$14.72 (+34.0%)

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Source of these figures

Source code: LFS 2023-24 CAN NOC5 — Labour Force Survey, reference period 2023-2024
Job Bank wages 2025, released Nov 19, 2025 (sources)

Sources and notes

Independent site Canada Wage Atlas is not a Government of Canada website and is not affiliated with Employment and Social Development Canada or Job Bank.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

Coverage, symbols, caveats and source file

Coverage. 516 NOC 2021 occupation groups for Canada: 515 with a local figure, 0 shown by Job Bank only with a larger area’s figure, 1 not published.

Not published No value released for this cell; a gap, never zero.

Job Bank leaves a cell empty when it cannot publish a reliable wage. This site shows “Not published”, never zero.
Where Job Bank shows an area with a larger area’s wage, this site says “Larger-area figure only” and does not present it as a local wage.
Hourly and annual figures are never mixed or compared. See the methodology.

Job Bank wages 2025 (open data)

Publisher: Employment and Social Development Canada (Job Bank)
Dataset page: open.canada.ca — Job Bank wages
Released: Nov 19, 2025
Reference period: 2021–2024 (Labour Force Survey 2023–2024 for most rows)
Licence: Open Government Licence – Canada
File: wages-2025.csv
SHA-256: 7bd29fb41b2a84eb61a4dbf49bfb63651a8a694c62ce42ac69cb785679d66328
Methodology: Job Bank wage methodology