Key Facts: New Brunswick, Canada Wages
- Location
- New Brunswick, Canada
- Currency
- Canadian Dollar (CAD)
- Minimum Wage
- C$15.90 /hr (-12% vs national rate)
- Average Gross Monthly Salary
- C$3,800 /month
- Median Household Income
- C$64,000 /year
- Data Source
- New Brunswick Employment Standards; 2025/2026 figure verified via Wikipedia "Minimum wage in Canada" jurisdiction table
- Last Updated
- 2026-05-04
Average Salary in New Brunswick
Province of Canada · Data verified 2025-01-01
Minimum wage
C$15.90 /hr
Average salary C$3,800 /mo
With a population of 869,000, New Brunswick is a province of Canada whose economy centers on forestry and fishing. Its minimum wage of C$15.90 per hour is 12% below the national rate. Workers earn an average gross salary of C$3,800 per month. Key economic outputs include petroleum products, seafood, lumber. The median household income is C$64,000 per year.
• AT A GLANCE
- Rank
- #11 of 13
- province
- vs National
- -12%
- Canada floor
- Annual (est.)
- C$33,072
- full-time, before tax
- Change Since 2020
- +30%
- nominal wage
Wage Breakdown
- Hourly
- C$15.90
- Monthly
- C$2,755.95 Based on 173.33 hours/month (40 hrs/week)
- Annual
- C$33,072 Based on 2,080 hours/year
New Brunswick minimum wage of C$15.90/hr effective April 1, 2026 (annual CPI-indexed adjustment).
At this rate, a full-time worker earns approximately C$33,072 /yr before tax. Whether that covers living costs depends on local prices. See Canada purchasing power context.
Average Salary
C$3,800 /mo gross
C$45,600 /yr gross
Statistics Canada - Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours · 2024
Median Income
C$64,000 /yr household
C$33,000 /yr individual
Statistics Canada - Canadian Income Survey · 2022
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