Basically the same here in Pa!!


In Canada the MT is guarenteed $32,500/year. At first glance, this looks like ok pay for someone starting a career after graduating from university. But if you breakdown the numbers, it becomes so depressing that employees may start to think about suicides. (Like Dougy)!

Lets do a conservative breakdown based on the 52-week year, and working 52 hours per week.

regular pay - 40hrs X 52 wks = 2080 hrs/year X $10.50 = $21,840
overtime 1.5 - 8hrs X 52 wks = 416 hrs/year X $15.75 = $ 6,552
overtime 2.0 - 4hrs X 52 wks = 208 hrs/year X $21.00 = $ 4,368
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2704 hrs/year $ 32,760

So, looking at the above numbers, if you worked at normal 40 hr work week, you would only be making $21,840/year. Did you spend 4-5 years in university and 10's of thousands of dollars in student loans to work in a job that would pay under $22,000/year if overtime is excluded?