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Substation Wireman Salary
in Abbotsford, British Columbia

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$98,831 (CAD)

Average Salary

$48/hr

Average Hourly

$2,481

Average Bonus

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The average pay for a Substation Wireman is $98,831 a year and $48 an hour in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. The average salary range for a Substation Wireman is between $69,182 and $120,178. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Substation Wireman. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
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5 Year Change:
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About Abbotsford, British Columbia

Abbotsford Cost of Living Score:

Description: Abbotsford is a city in British Columbia next to the Canada–United States border, Greater Vancouver and the Fraser River. With a census population of 153,569 people (2021), it is the largest municipality in the province outside metropolitan Vancouver. Abbotsford–Mission has the third-highest proportion of visible minorities among census metropolitan areas in Canada, after the Greater Toronto Area and the Greater Vancouver CMA. It is home to Tradex, the University of the Fraser Valley, and Abbotsford International Airport. As of the 2021 census, it is the largest municipality of the Fraser Valley Regional District...
Description:
  • Installs, inspects, tests, troubleshoots, repairs, and maintains electrical equipment in generating stations, substations, and in-service relays, including transformers, regulators, load tap changers, circuit switches and breakers, motor-operated and manual switches, bus work, wiring, battery banks and chargers, metal clad switchgear, and other electrical equipment and circuits.
  • Performs testing on substation apparatus, such as power factor, transformer turns ratio, megger, ductor, battery load testing, oil sampling in circuit breakers and transformers, dielectric testing, gas sampling and processing, and other analytical tests as assigned.

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The average pay for a Substation Wireman is $98,831 a year and $48 an hour in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. The average salary range for a Substation Wireman is between $69,182 and $120,178. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Substation Wireman. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Abbotsford Cost of Living Score:

Description: Abbotsford is a city in British Columbia next to the Canada–United States border, Greater Vancouver and the Fraser River. With a census population of 153,569 people (2021), it is the largest municipality in the province outside metropolitan Vancouver. Abbotsford–Mission has the third-highest proportion of visible minorities among census metropolitan areas in Canada, after the Greater Toronto Area and the Greater Vancouver CMA. It is home to Tradex, the University of the Fraser Valley, and Abbotsford International Airport. As of the 2021 census, it is the largest municipality of the Fraser Valley Regional District...
Description:
  • Installs, inspects, tests, troubleshoots, repairs, and maintains electrical equipment in generating stations, substations, and in-service relays, including transformers, regulators, load tap changers, circuit switches and breakers, motor-operated and manual switches, bus work, wiring, battery banks and chargers, metal clad switchgear, and other electrical equipment and circuits.
  • Performs testing on substation apparatus, such as power factor, transformer turns ratio, megger, ductor, battery load testing, oil sampling in circuit breakers and transformers, dielectric testing, gas sampling and processing, and other analytical tests as assigned.
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