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What actuaries make

Median

$106,000

Lower end

$65,000

Upper end

$161,000

Job Bank's national median is $51 an hour, about $106,000 a year full time. Its low is $31.25 and its high is $77.33 an hour, for everyone in the group. Pay rises as you pass exams, and the FCIA (Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries) designation opens the senior jobs.