Highest paying community service careers in Canada
Ranked by the typical pay shown on each career's own page, so the order here cannot disagree with the pages it links to. Typical means the middle: half earn more, half earn less. Starting pay is lower, and each career page shows the full range and what it takes to get there.
9 careers in Canada
Ranked by typical pay
91Foreign Service OfficerRepresent Canada abroad: diplomacy, trade, aid and helping Canadians in trouble overseas.Typical pay$91kTo qualify4 to 6 yrsDemandLimited2Policy AnalystResearch a problem, weigh the options, and write the advice a minister or a city council acts on.Typical pay$89kTo qualify4 to 6 yrsDemandModerate3Tax AuditorOpen a company's books and work out whether the tax return tells the truth.Typical pay$84kTo qualify4 to 5 yrsDemandModerate4Funeral DirectorTake care of a family and a body in the days after a death, and get every legal detail right.Typical pay$65kTo qualify2 to 3 yrsDemandModerate5Recreation CoordinatorRun the programs a town lives on: swim lessons, hockey ice, day camps, seniors drop-ins and the summer festival.Typical pay$64kTo qualify2 to 4 yrsDemandModerate6Career CounsellorHelp people figure out what to do for work, then help them actually get hired.Typical pay$62kTo qualify2 to 6 yrsDemandModerate7Religious LeaderLead a congregation: worship, weddings, funerals, counselling and a community that calls you at midnight.Typical pay$57kTo qualify3 to 7 yrsDemandLimited8Community Service WorkerSit with people on the worst day of their life and help them find food, housing, income and a way forward.Typical pay$54kTo qualify1 to 2 yrsDemandGood9Settlement WorkerHelp newcomers to Canada find housing, schools, health cards and work in their first months here.Typical pay$54kTo qualify1 to 4 yrsDemandModerate