It starts at about 12-14 cnd/hr. + E. |" N. P6 R' l+ qIf 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. 6 b' @7 ~/ l% ~+ E( }1 s( bSince 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.