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AR-02 salary

AR-02 (AR, Architecture and Town Planning Group) pays $77,884 to $93,501 a year in 6 steps, at the rates in effect since October 1, 2025.

First step
$77,884
Top step
$93,501
Steps
6
In effect since
October 1, 2025

Rates in effect, October 1, 2025

Source: the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s collective agreement “Architecture, Engineering and Land Survey (NR)”, Appendix A, a copy of the version available at canada.ca.

StepAnnual rate
Step 1$77,884
Step 2$81,016
Step 3$84,140
Step 4$87,252
Step 5$90,378
Step 6$93,501

Top step over time

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EffectiveTop step
Oct 2021$82,641
Oct 2022$86,602
Oct 2023$89,646
Oct 2024$91,668
Oct 2025$93,501

Every rate in the agreement

As published, in the order the agreement lists them; a code such as A) or X) is the agreement’s own.

EffectiveStep 1Step 2Step 3Step 4Step 5Step 6
$) October 1, 202168,83871,60674,36777,11879,88182,641
A) October 1, 202271,24774,11276,97079,81782,67785,533
X) October 1, 2022 – wage adjustment72,13875,03877,93280,81583,71086,602
B) October 1, 202374,30277,28980,27083,23986,22189,200
Y) October 1, 2023 – pay line adjustment74,67477,67580,67183,65586,65289,646
C) October 1, 202476,16779,22982,28485,32888,38591,439
Z) October 1, 2024 – wage adjustment76,35779,42782,49085,54188,60691,668
D) October 1, 202577,88481,01684,14087,25290,37893,501

Other levels: AR, Architecture and Town Planning Group

Questions and answers

How much does an AR-02 make?

$77,884 to $93,501 a year, from the first step to the top one, at the rates in effect since October 1, 2025. Pay rises a step at a time within the level; overtime, allowances and acting pay are not in these figures.

When did AR-02 pay last change?

October 1, 2025.

Where do these rates come from?

Source: the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s collective agreement “Architecture, Engineering and Land Survey (NR)”, Appendix A, a copy of the version available at canada.ca. Copies, not the official version.