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What mechanical technologists make
Certified, 5 years in
$73,000
New graduate
$48,000
Senior or industrial
$107,000
Job Bank's national median is $35 an hour, about $73,000 a year full time. Alberta's own wage survey averages closer to $89,000 because so much of the work there is oil, gas and mining. Ontario manufacturing sits nearer the national middle.