Average Addiction Counselor Salary in Canada

The line graph shows Addiction Counselor salary in Canada on an annual basis. In this graph specifically, it is indicated that as the years of experience increases, so does their wages.

For Addiction Counselor working less than a year in a company, you notice that their annual salary starts around $21.62.

As the years of experience reaches 1 to 4, there is a decrease of $0.16 which would decline total wage to $21.46.

Once the experience reaches 5-9 years Addiction Counselor salary would increase again to a total of $24.29, adding $2.83 from the last salary increase.

After reaching the 10-19 year experience in their career, another increase in salary will be added to a total of $28.38.

And finally, once the Addiction Counselor gains 20 years of experience or more, their salary would reach $31.52.

The bar graph data indicates the importance of specific skills which can have a direct impact on Addiction Counselor's salary. It clearly highlights the skills needed for a post of Addiction Counselor when hired by an employer.

The most vital skill expected of Addiction Counselor is Patient Counseling which impacts the most than the rest of the skills indicated with a staggering 20% comparatively. Therefore, one’s salary would greatly depend on their skills in Patient Counseling.

The skill least likely to affect one’s pay would be Writing Procedures & Documentation with 4%. It can be said that Writing Procedures & Documentation skill will unlikely impact the salary.

This combination of a line and the bar graph shows how the experience affects the salary of Addiction Counselor. Companies are considering factors like training and education directly affecting the salary offered to you as an employee. The line graph shows the salary increment with the increase in experience whereas the bar graph shows the comparision of how the salary is getting affected based on experience level.

As shown in the trends, lowest earning is $47,158.00 whereas the highest earning is $67,947.00 which clearly shows the salary increases with the level of expertise.

Experienced person will earn the maximum salary of $67,947.00 at 34%. So to summerize, Entry Level earns 7% less than the average salary, Early Career earns 5% less than the average salary, Mid Carrer earns 6% more than the average salary, Late Career earns 24% more than the average salary, Experienced earns 34% more than the average salary.