Accountant pay in Calgary
What accountants in the Calgary metro earn, from the Job Bank wage estimates, 2025 release — and what 3 open roles advertise today.
CA$90,002
MEDIAN PAY
11100
OCCUPATION CODE
Half of accountants in Calgary earn between CA$67,205 and CA$114,296. One in ten earn less than CA$57,616; one in ten earn more than CA$150,010.
Job Bank wage estimates, 2025 release · Alberta (provincial figure) · Labour Force Survey, 2023-2024 · ≈ CA$90,002 a year at 2,080 hours · CA$43.27 an hour
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What the work is
Financial auditors examine and analyze the accounting and financial records of individuals and establishments to ensure accuracy and compliance with established accounting standards and procedures. Accountants plan, organize and administer accounting systems for individuals and establishments. They are employed by private sector accounting and auditing firms or departments and public sector accounting and auditing departments or units, or they may be self-employed. Articling students in accounting firms are included in this unit group.
- Examine and analyze journal and ledger entries, bank statements, inventories, expenditures, tax returns and other accounting and financial records, documents and systems of individuals, departments within organizations, businesses or other establishments to ensure financial recording accuracy and compliance with established accounting standards, procedures and internal controls
- Prepare detailed reports on audit findings and make recommendations to improve individual or establishment's accounting and management practices
- Conduct field audits of businesses to ensure compliance with provisions of the Income Tax Act, Canadian Business Corporations Act or other statutory requirements
- May supervise other auditors or professionals in charge of accounting within client's establishment.
- Plan, set up and administer accounting systems and prepare financial information for individuals, departments within organizations, businesses and other establishments
- Examine accounting records and prepare financial statements and reports
Definition and duties from Statistics Canada, NOC 2021 Version 1.0, 11100 Financial auditors and accountants.
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About this data
Wages: Employment and Social Development Canada, Job Bank wage estimates, 2025 release. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Annual figures are this page's conversion at 2,080 hours. Occupation definition and duties — Source: Statistics Canada, National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0, 2021. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
Licences: Open Government Licence – Canada · Statistics Canada Open Licence
Job Bank's low and high wages correspond in most cases to the 10th and 90th percentiles; this page labels them P10 and P90.
Survey figures released 19 Nov 2025. A figure the survey withholds is left out, never estimated. The open roles beside them are the Calgary hub's, whose machine-readable twin is at /jobs/accountant/calgary/data.json.