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What boilermakers make
Median
$102,000
Lower end
$78,000
Upper end
$114,000
Job Bank puts the trade at $38 to $55 an hour, median $49. Almost all boilermakers are union members, so the hourly rate is set by the collective agreement. What changes your year is how many hours you get: back-to-back shutdowns with overtime can push well past the top of this range, and a slow year can be far less. Alberta has the highest median, $51.81 an hour, and Newfoundland and Labrador the lowest, $41.33.