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SPS-ESS-03 salary

SPS-ESS-03 (SPS-ESS Group) pays $77,690 to $87,907 a year in 5 steps, at the rates in effect since June 22, 2025.

First step
$77,690
Top step
$87,907
Steps
5
In effect since
June 22, 2025

Rates in effect, June 22, 2025

Source: the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s collective agreement “Economics and Social Science Services (EC)”, Appendix A, a copy of the version available at canada.ca.

StepAnnual rate
Step 1$77,690
Step 2$79,904
Step 3$82,120
Step 4$84,975
Step 5$87,907

Top step over time

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EffectiveTop step
Jun 2021$77,696
Jun 2022$81,420
Jun 2023$84,282
Jun 2024$86,183
Jun 2025$87,907

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 5
$) June 22, 202168,66670,62372,58175,10577,696
A) June 22, 202271,06973,09575,12177,73480,415
X) June 22, 2022 – Wage Adjustment71,95774,00976,06078,70681,420
B) June 22, 202374,11676,22978,34281,06783,863
Y) June 22, 2023 – Pay Line Adjustment74,48776,61078,73481,47284,282
C) June 22, 202475,97778,14280,30983,10185,968
Z) June 22, 2024 – Wage Adjustment76,16778,33780,51083,30986,183
D) June 22, 202577,69079,90482,12084,97587,907

Other levels: SPS-ESS Group

Questions and answers

How much does an SPS-ESS-03 make?

$77,690 to $87,907 a year, from the first step to the top one, at the rates in effect since June 22, 2025. Pay rises a step at a time within the level; overtime, allowances and acting pay are not in these figures.

When did SPS-ESS-03 pay last change?

June 22, 2025.

Where do these rates come from?

Source: the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s collective agreement “Economics and Social Science Services (EC)”, Appendix A, a copy of the version available at canada.ca. Copies, not the official version.