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Student salaries

Hiring our students allows organizations the possibility of saving on overall compensation costs. Quebec-based employers may also be eligible for significant tax credits and/or funding.

We see that co-op students bring a direct benefit to our bottom line. In fact, a student just facilitated a $285,000 deal for one of our new products.

Agilent Technologies National Sales Director

Salaries depend upon the type of work assignment and the student’s experience. Please consult the table below for the hourly wages for Institute for Cooperative Education students for January-December 2024. We encourage overseas employers to pay salaries in accordance with their industry norms.

Notes:

  • Quebec's minimum wages historically increase on May 1 of each year.
  • All figures in Canadian dollars.
  • Approximations applied for 2024 as needed due to insufficient sample sizes.

Engineering & Computer Science – undergraduate

Hourly rates by work term

Program Work Term 1 Work Term 2 Work Term 3
Aerospace Engineering $22.51 (average)
Range: $19.72 - 34.39
$23.51 (average)
Range: $18.00 - 29.10
$25.17 (average)
Range: $20.00 - 30.00
Building Engineering $22.92 (average)
Range: $21.00 - 26.23
$23.36 (average)
Range: $19.00 - 27.00
$24.91 (average)
Range: $19.00 - 28.00
Civil Engineering $23.06 (average)
Range: $20.00 - 26.23
$23.36 (average)
Range: $20.00 - 25.15
$24.64 (average)
Range: $22.00 - 27.00
Computer Engineering $22.19 (average)
Range: $15.75 - 40.00
$22.99 (average)
Range: $15.75 - 29.00
$24.00 (average)
Range: $20.00 - 29.00
Computer Science $23.03 (average)
Range: $17.00 - 35.61
$23.74 (average)
Range: $17.00 - 32.90
$25.08 (average)
Range: $15.75 - 32.68
Electrical Engineering $22.68 (average)
Range: $15.75 - 36.97
$23.89 (average)
Range: $21.00 - 27.00
$24.22 (average)
Range: $15.75 - 27.68
Industrial Engineering $21.14 (average)
Range: $19.00 - 23.25
$23.23 (average)
Range: $21.00 - 25.00
$23.37 (average)
Range: $15.75 - 27.00
Mechanical Engineering $22.45 (average)
Range: $19.00 - 25.00
$23.07 (average)
Range: $15.75 - 28.61
$25.05 (average)
Range: $20.00 - 30.00
Software Engineering $21.96 (average)
Range: $17.00 - 30.63
$23.56 (average)
Range: $17.00 - 32.00
$25.64 (average)
Range: $16.67 - 40.00

John Molson School of Business - undergraduate

Hourly rates by work term

Program Work Term 1 Work Term 2 Work Term 3
Accounting
$22.01 (average)
Range: $18.00 - 31.67
$22.66 (average)
Range: $16.00 - 31.81
$24.00 (average)
Range: $17.70 - 32.90
Business Technology Management
$21.11 (average)
Range: $18.00 - 27.68
$22.72 (average)
Range: $20.00 - 29.48
$23.27 (average)
Range: $18.00 - 35.00
Economics (BComm) $21.84 (average)
Range: $17.30 - 25.00
N/A N/A
Finance $21.26 (average)
Range: $16.00 - 31.00
$22.48 (average)
Range: $18.00 - 32.90
$24.74 (average)
Range: $18.00 - 32.90
Human Resource Management
$21.30 (average)
Range: $21.00 - 21.60
$21.45 (average)
Range: $18.00 - 22.75
$22.06 (average)
Range: $21.00 - 23.20
International Business
$20.16 (average)
Range: $17.00 - 24.55
$20.77 (average)
Range: $16.50 - 28.00
$21.06 (average)
Range: $18.00 - 26.00
Management $20.75 (average)
Range: $17.00 - 24.50
N/A N/A
Marketing $20.63 (average)
Range: $18.90 - 23.40
$20.82 (average)
Range: $17.86 - 26.40
$20.91 (average)
Range: $18.00 - 27.00
Supply Chain Operations Management
$19.87 (average)
Range: $19.00 - 21.36
$21.22 (average)
Range: $20.00 - 23.07
$23.28 (average)
Range: $22.50 - 24.62

Arts & Science - undergraduate

Hourly rates by work term

Program Work Term 1 Work Term 2 Work Term 3
Actuarial Mathematics/Finance $27.19 (average)
Range: $20.00 - 32.97
$28.92 (average)
Range: $25.19 - 33.00
$34.93 (average)
Range: $32.50 - 37.35
Anthropology
$19.59 (average)
Range: $15.75 - 24.50
$21.92 (average)
Range: $19.00 - 25.52
$22.25 (average)
Range: $20.00 - 27.68
Biochemistry $20.06 (average)
Range: $15.75 - 26.23
$20.06 (average)
Range: $15.75 - 26.23
$20.06 (average)
Range: $15.75 - 26.23
Biology $18.44 (average)
Range: $17.00 - 20.00
$18.67 (average)
Range: $17.00 - 22.54
$19.33 (average)
Range: $16.00 - 24.00
Chemistry $19.92 (average)
Range: $18.75 - 22.00
$20.50 (average)
Range: $19.52 - 22.00
$22.22 (average)
Range: $18.25 - 28.11
Economics (BA) $21.06 (average)
Range: $17.30 - 25.00
$21.17 (average)
Range: $17.30 - 25.00
$21.33 (average)
Range: $18.00 - 25.00
Journalism $19.35 (average)
Range: $16.00 - 22.70
$21.00 (average)
Range: $20.00 - 22.00
$23.00 (average)
Range: $22.00 - 24.00
Mathematics (Pure and Applied)
$22.93 (average)
Range: $18.00 - 26.76
$22.93 (average)
Range: $18.00 - 26.76
$22.93 (average)
Range: $18.00 - 26.76
Mathematical and Computational Finance
$24.45 (average)
Range: $19.00 - 31.87
$27.04 (average)
Range: $22.00 - 32.08
$29.64 (average)
Range: $22.50 - 38.46
Physics $19.25 (average)
Range: $17.00 - 22.00
$22.58 (average)
Range: $20.50 - 24.56
$23.45 (average)
Range: $20.50 - 26.40
Political Science
$20.07 (average)
Range: $18.42 - 21.00
$22.30 (average)
Range: $19.00 - 25.00
$23.34 (average)
Range: $19.48 - 25.52
Sociology $19.59 (average)
Range: $15.75 - 24.50
$21.92 (average)
Range: $19.00 - 25.52
$22.25 (average)
Range: $20.00 - 27.68
Statistics $21.81 (average)
Range: $17.44 - 28.00
$21.81 (average)
Range: $17.44 - 28.00
$21.81 (average)
Range: $17.44 - 28.00
Translation
$21.00 (average)
Range: $20.00 - 23.00
$21.87 (average)
Range: $18.00 - 24.18
$22.78 (average)
Range: $18.00 - 24.18

Fine Arts - Undergraduate

Suggested hourly rates

Fine Arts  

All work terms

Computation Arts $17.00 - 30.00
Design $17.00 - 30.00
Film Production $17.00 - 30.00
Film and Moving Image Studies $17.00 - 30.00
Film Animation $17.00 - 30.00

School of Graduate Studies – all faculties

Hourly rates by work term

Faculty

All work terms

Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science $26.79 (average)
Range: $17.00 - 42.00
John Molson School of Business $24.34 (average)
Range: $18.00 - 31.25
Faculty of Arts & Science $26.36 (average)
Range: $21.00 - 37.44
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