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Canadian Mine Wages in Metal, Industrial Mineral, and Fossil Fuel Mines

Jack Caldwell | July 7, 2011 | 12:26 am Europe 

From the CostMine 2011 Survey of Canadian Mine Salaries, Wages, and Benefits, here are some average hourly wages.  For selected job categories, I provide three numbers.  The first is the average on Canadian metal mines; the second on industrial mineral mines; and the third is on fossil fuel mines. 

I suppose the coal mines and oil sands mines classify as fossil fuel mines.  This would go someway towards explaining the consistently higher wages in all job categories. 

  • Electrician: $32.98/$31.02/$35.65
  • Mechanic: 32.04/31.50/36.07
  • Dragline/Shovel Operator: 31.26/37.33/35.30
  • Truck Driver: 26.34/27.27/31.06
  • Surface Labourer: 24.11/22.76/26.49

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