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What addictions counsellors make
Typical
$71,000
New grad, community agency
$48,000
Senior, hospital or government
$104,000
Job Bank's national median is $34 an hour, about $71,000 a year full time, with a spread of $23 to $50 an hour. Job Bank pools addictions counsellors with other counselling therapists, so agency jobs often sit below this median. Alberta pays the most: its provincial survey puts the average at about $44 an hour.