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PE-04 salary

PE-04 (Personnel Administration) pays $101,055 to $112,324 a year in 4 steps, at the rates in effect since October 1, 2025.

First step
$101,055
Top step
$112,324
Steps
4
In effect since
October 1, 2025

Rates in effect, October 1, 2025

Source: the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s collective agreement “Personnel Administration (PE) - Rates of pay for certain excluded and unrepresented groups and levels”, Appendix A, a copy of the version available at canada.ca.

StepAnnual rate
Step 1$101,055
Step 2$104,584
Step 3$108,381
Step 4$112,324

Top step over time

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EffectiveTop step
Oct 2021$99,277
Oct 2022$104,036
Oct 2023$107,693
Oct 2024$110,122
Oct 2025$112,324

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 4
$) October 1, 202189,31792,43695,79299,277
A) October 1, 202292,44395,67199,145102,752
X) October 1, 2022 – Wage Adjustment93,59996,867100,384104,036
B) October 1, 202396,40799,773103,396107,157
Y) October 1, 2023 – Pay Line Adjustment96,889100,272103,913107,693
C) October 1, 202498,827102,277105,991109,847
Z) October 1, 2024 – Wage Adjustment99,074102,533106,256110,122
D) October 1, 2025101,055104,584108,381112,324

Rates of pay will be adjusted within 180 days of signature of the Economics and Social Science Services (EC) collective agreement. Changes to rates of pay with an effective date prior to the salary adjustment date will be paid according to Appendix J, as a lump-sum payment. In particular: Year 1 (2022) increases (that is, “A” and “X”): paid as a retroactive lump-sum payment equal to a 3.5% economic increase and a 1.25% wage adjustment for a compounded total increase of 4.79% of October 1, 2021 , rates. Year 2 (2023) increases (that is, “B” and “Y”): paid as a retroactive lump-sum payment equal to year 1 increases plus a 3.0% economic increase and a 0.5% pay line adjustment, for a compounded total increase of 8.48% of October 1, 2021 , rates.

Questions and answers

How much does a PE-04 make?

$101,055 to $112,324 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 PE-04 pay last change?

October 1, 2025.

Where do these rates come from?

Source: the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s collective agreement “Personnel Administration (PE) - Rates of pay for certain excluded and unrepresented groups and levels”, Appendix A, a copy of the version available at canada.ca. Copies, not the official version.