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What officers make
Captain or major
$114,000
New lieutenant
$72,000
Lieutenant-colonel
$156,000
Job Bank prices the infantry officer role at a median of $55.03 an hour, about $114,000 a year full time. Military pay is a monthly salary set by rank and years in, not an hourly wage, and the rates are published by the Government of Canada. Pilots, doctors and some technical officers sit on separate, higher pay scales.