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Canada · Core Public Administration classification · FY 2026

ED-EST-L2 Classification Salary

Education — ED-EST-L2. Education.

2026 salary range
$63,928$88,886
Annual base in CAD (C$). Excludes locality pay, allowances, and performance bonuses.

Step-by-step pay table

StepAnnualMonthly (approx)Hourly (approx)
1$63,928$5,327$31
2$67,058$5,588$32
3$70,179$5,848$34
4$73,300$6,108$35
5$76,420$6,368$37
6$79,542$6,629$38
7$82,662$6,889$40
8$85,798$7,150$41
9$88,886$7,407$43
Hourly computed assuming 2,080 annual working hours. Actual hourly rates on official tables may differ slightly.

Beyond base: annual adjustments

Base tables understate real take-home. Canada federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the ED-EST-L2 base shown above.

Conditional adjustmentFormulaIf applied (min)If applied (max)
Bilingual bonus
CA$800/year for employees in bilingual-imperative positions who maintain required French/English proficiency. Not automatic — role-dependent.
$800 flat+$800+$800

Frequently asked

How much does a ED-EST-L2 make in the Canada federal government?

A ED-EST-L2 in the Canada federal civil service earns between $63,928 and $88,886 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS).

Is the ED-EST-L2 classification the same in every agency?

The base pay scale is set centrally by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) and applied uniformly across eligible federal employers, but agency-specific supplements, locality pay, and bargaining agreements can produce meaningful differences in take-home pay.

Where does this data come from?

Directly from Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) at https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pubs_pol/hrpubs/coll_agre/. Each page on FedSalary carries the retrieval date and a link back to the primary source.

Source: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) · Last verified 2026-04-17.