Wages
Wage rate information has been compiled from Service Canada's 2008 Labour Market Information report for the Brant-Haldimand-Norfolk economic region. The following table outlines those job categories petinent to the industrial sector in particular.
| Category |
Average Wage ($/hr) |
High Wage ($/hr) |
Low Wage ($/hr) |
| Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Technicians |
19.75 |
26.15 |
13.20 |
| Industrial Electricians |
28.10 |
41.75 |
16.40 |
| Construction Millwrights and Industrial Mechanics (Except Textiles) |
25.50 |
32.75 |
15.70 |
| Material Handlers |
15.35 |
21.90 |
10.00 |
| Supervisors, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing |
21.80 |
30.00 |
13.00 |
| Supervisors, Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing |
18.90 |
25.10 |
13.80 |
| Plastics Processing Machine Operators |
14.95 |
21.90 |
10.20 |
| Rubber Processing Machine Operators and Related Workers |
16.45 |
19.00 |
13.25 |
| Process Control and Machine Operators, Food and Beverage Processing |
14.75 |
19.50 |
10.00 |
| Testers and Graders, Food and Beverage Processing |
12.00 |
16.05 |
9.00 |
| Plastic Products Assemblers, Finishers and Inspectors |
16.15 |
19.95 |
11.25 |
| Labourers in Metal Fabrication |
16.20 |
23.45 |
10.70 |
| Labourers in Chemical Products Processing and Utilities |
16.55 |
24.40 |
11.20 |
| Labourers in Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing |
14.15 |
22.50 |
9.40 |
| Other Labourers in Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities |
15.70 |
31.90 |
9.40 |
Source: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2008.