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Canada · Core Public Administration classification · FY 2026

ED-EST-L5 Classification Salary

Education — ED-EST-L5. Education.

2026 salary range
$84,400$124,272
Annual base in CAD (C$). Excludes locality pay, allowances, and performance bonuses.

Step-by-step pay table

StepAnnualMonthly (approx)Hourly (approx)
1$84,400$7,033$41
2$88,835$7,403$43
3$93,255$7,771$45
4$97,687$8,141$47
5$102,117$8,510$49
6$106,548$8,879$51
7$110,986$9,249$53
8$115,410$9,618$55
9$119,844$9,987$58
10$124,272$10,356$60
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-L5 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-L5 make in the Canada federal government?

A ED-EST-L5 in the Canada federal civil service earns between $84,400 and $124,272 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-L5 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.