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Title: HR Contract Specialist hourly rate in Quebec | Deftridge
Summary: Employment Contract Specialist pay in Quebec: median wage CA$51 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate CA$85. Free for professionals.

QC · Canada · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Employment Contract Specialist hourly rate in Quebec

The market median wage for an Employment Contract Specialist in Quebec is **CA$50.72 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **CA$85 an hour** on Deftridge, -15% against the Canada rate.

**CA$85/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**CA$50.72/hr** median wage

**CA$40-68** middle half of wages

**CA$1,840** a month at 5 hours a week

## Employment Contract Specialist wage percentiles in Quebec

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | CA$29.48 | CA$640 | CA$61,300 |
| 25th | CA$40.42 | CA$880 | CA$84,100 |
| Median | CA$50.72 | CA$1,100 | CA$105,500 |
| 75th | CA$68.48 | CA$1,480 | CA$142,400 |
| 90th | CA$83.21 | CA$1,800 | CA$173,100 |

Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, 2023-2024; aged to October 2026. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Quebec in numbers

What sets Quebec apart for an Employment Contract Specialist, from the same sources as the table above.

- **-16%** median wage against the Canada median of CA$60.63

- **12th of 13** provinces and territories by median wage for this role

- **CA$57.82** median wage in the Gatineau metro area, the highest here

- **CA$45** country floor: no Canada rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an Employment Contract Specialist in Quebec by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | CA$85 | CA$1,840 |
| Manager | CA$100 | CA$2,170 |

- One-off task **CA$85**

- Task bundle **CA$75**

## Employment Contract Specialist pay across Canada

Typical contractor rate for a senior Employment Contract Specialist, highest first; 8 of 13 places shown. By median wage Quebec ranks **12 of 13**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alberta | CA$82.47 | CA$135 |
| Nunavut | CA$69.32 | CA$115 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | CA$67.82 | CA$110 |
| Prince Edward Island | CA$58.53 | CA$95 |
| Saskatchewan | CA$58.48 | CA$95 |
| Nova Scotia | CA$56.96 | CA$95 |
| Quebec | CA$50.72 | CA$85 |
| Manitoba | CA$48.54 | CA$80 |

## Metro areas in Quebec

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Gatineau CA$57.82/hr median wage · range CA$41-77](https://deftridge.com/rates/employment-contract-specialist/quebec/)

- [Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu CA$56.59/hr median wage · range CA$47-71](https://deftridge.com/rates/employment-contract-specialist/quebec/)

- [Quebec City CA$54.35/hr median wage · range CA$42-68](https://deftridge.com/rates/employment-contract-specialist/quebec/)

- [Sherbrooke CA$50.72/hr median wage · range CA$40-68](https://deftridge.com/rates/employment-contract-specialist/quebec/)

- [Drummondville CA$50.72/hr median wage · range CA$40-68](https://deftridge.com/rates/employment-contract-specialist/quebec/)

- [Terrebonne CA$50.72/hr median wage · range CA$40-68](https://deftridge.com/rates/employment-contract-specialist/quebec/)

- [Saint-Jérôme CA$50.72/hr median wage · range CA$40-68](https://deftridge.com/rates/employment-contract-specialist/quebec/)

- [Montreal CA$50.32/hr median wage · range CA$40-64](https://deftridge.com/rates/employment-contract-specialist/quebec/)

- [Trois-Rivières CA$47.80/hr median wage · range n/a-n/a](https://deftridge.com/rates/employment-contract-specialist/quebec/)

- [Saguenay CA$46.76/hr median wage · range n/a-n/a](https://deftridge.com/rates/employment-contract-specialist/quebec/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Employment Contract Specialist rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/employment-contract-specialist/) · [Employment Contract Specialist jobs in Quebec](https://deftridge.com/jobs/employment-contract-specialist/quebec/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
