gryphea

This is Calgary; I suspect there are more jobs than you think that pay this.

Siouxie

I'm living in the wrong place then, lol.

joinerboy

this provides a little more info on pay in Alberta but its only a guide and is a couple years old hope it helps -

http://eae.alberta.ca/media/348364/t...by-vacancy.pdf

cbrown89

https://www.apega.ca/Members/Publica...arysurvey.html

If you are in engineering look at that

Piff Poff

You will do fine on that wage.

Photoplex

Not as unusual as you think. My last gig was $125/ph which I strung out for almost 3 years. Most of my colleagues were in the 100-160/ph range.

Bucks_Family

But what field? If you and your colleagues are lawyers, accounts, or doctors, then that's one thing. If you're first line tech support, that's something else... Context helps.

Photoplex

Most top tier roles in the field of IT within O&G in Calgary start at $100/ph.

These are of course contract rates, not FTE. That comes with the overhead of having to register, own, and operate an incorporated company, and all the expenses that involves. It is however, an extremely tax efficient way to make a living.

As an example:

• Project Managers, minimum $100ph
• Solution Architects: minimum $90-$100ph
• Domain/Enterprise Architects: minimum $125ph

haggis88

i've been offered a few O&G jobs in AB that sit around the $50-$80 mark, which is unfortunate as my TWP is tied to my current employer

good way to get a foot in the door i suppose

Photoplex

I feel your pain! For the first few years on my TWP I was being paid a pittance, whilst receiving work offers triple my salary! The day my PNP/PR landed was the last day I worked in that job

MovALot

Perth is a good place, like everywhere it receives negatives as well as positives, we personally have loved it here. Cost of living is high, no doubt, Canada for myself is about choices and experiences, my worry like most, is around disposable income to enjoy it, no point me moving my whole family if I can't afford to take them skiing or trips away.

dishwashing

Really? IT roles pay that much?

Photoplex

Yup

dishwashing

But those are contract roles, no? Is this specialty IT? Large scale IT implementations? What are we talking, Photo?

Photoplex

Google-fu some of those titles to get a better idea. Solution Architect or Enterprise Architect or Project Management in the top flight O&G Corps in Calgary on multi-million dollar program's.

In fact, even non O&G Corps in Calgary will pay close to that because they have to in order to compete and attract talent. There's more jobs than people here, in this sector at least.

And yes - those are contracting rates.