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What instrumentation technicians make
Journeyperson
$90,000
1st-year apprentice
$65,000
Senior, Alberta or nuclear
$120,000
Alberta pays the most: oil sands and refinery technicians on camp rotations regularly clear $120,000 with overtime. Ontario nuclear and Sarnia petrochemical plants are next. Municipal water plants pay less but offer a pension and a normal schedule.