Negotiated wage grids
Compare Pay by Province
Pick a job to see its negotiated base-salary grid across Ontario, BC, Manitoba and Alberta, level by level. Figures are collective-agreement base pay — the real scale, not the overtime-loaded disclosed averages.
Negotiated base salary — standard general-duty RN
Negotiated base-salary grid by province, stacked from junior to senior level. Each cell is entry step → top step. Showing each province’s most recent in-effect year (pick a year to compare like-for-like) — hover for the exact figures.
Contract wage grid, entry step to top step, before overtime, shift premiums or responsibility pay — this is what a typical registered nurse is actually paid. The disclosed averages above fold in overtime and only count nurses over each province’s disclosure threshold, so they run above the grid. Terminology note: in BC, Alberta and Manitoba an “RPN” is a Registered Psychiatric Nurse paid on the RN scale, while in Ontario “RPN” means Registered Practical Nurse (an LPN, paid well below RN). Source: CFNU, Nurse Contracts in Canada (rates effective Nov 1, 2025).
Base salary only — excludes overtime, premiums and one-time pay. These are negotiated grids, not the overtime-loaded, disclosure-threshold figures on the individual job pages. Ranges span the grid from entry step to top step; classifications differ by province, so treat cross-province gaps as directional.