It starts at about 12-14 cnd/hr. , ?' s, S5 r3 N: rIf you really good at something which other people can not do, you may reach to $20/hr. However, working in lab you are so difficault to get high salary. $ ^0 J+ D9 m) U0 H' Y4 V" GSince your major is chemical enginering(not chemistry), why do you work in petro-chemical industry? you can easily earn $60,000 per year in Alberta.