Nunavut Hourly to Salary Calculator 2026
Turn an hourly wage into a yearly salary, or a salary into an hourly rate, and see what you take home after tax.
At $25.00 an hour, 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, your yearly salary is $52,000, and take-home pay in Nunavut in 2026 is $42,878.43 after income tax, CPP and EI. Nunavut’s general minimum wage is $20.17 an hour. Enter your own wage, hours and overtime to see yours.
2026 rates · verified Oct 21–23, 2026
Take-home pay
$42,878.43 a year
$20.61 an hour after tax
| Per | Before tax | After tax |
|---|---|---|
| Year | $52,000.00 | $42,878.43 |
| Month | $4,333.33 | $3,573.20 |
| Twice a month | $2,166.67 | $1,786.60 |
| Every two weeks | $2,000.00 | $1,649.17 |
| Week | $1,000.00 | $824.59 |
| Hour | $25.00 | $20.61 |
Yearly deductions: income tax $5,388.22, CPP and CPP2 $2,885.75, EI $847.60. Marginal tax rate 18%.
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Confirmed for 2027: the employee CPP rate drops from 5.95% to 5.75% on earnings up to $76,700, and the EI rate rises from 1.63% to 1.64% on earnings up to $70,800. The calculators move to 2027 rates from January 1, once the rest of the 2027 figures are published. Sources: Finance Canada (Bill C-30), CRA’s YMPE table, CRA’s EI rates.
Have kids? See your Canada Child Benefit in Nunavut, including any provincial or territorial child benefit. Also check your Groceries and Essentials Benefit (formerly the GST/HST credit), and, if you work for low pay, the Canada Workers Benefit.
How this is calculated
- Yearly salary = hourly wage × hours a week × paid weeks a year.
- Overtime = hourly wage × 1.5 × overtime hours a week × paid weeks, added to your salary. Overtime is time over 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week, at 1.5 times your regular wage.
- Take-home pay comes from our Nunavut income tax calculator: federal and Nunavut income tax, CPP, CPP2 and EI on your total yearly pay, using CRA’s T4127 payroll formulas.
- Per period: monthly, twice-monthly and every-two-weeks amounts split the year into 12, 24 and 26 equal pays. Weekly and hourly amounts divide by the weeks and hours you actually work, overtime included.
Switching from salary to hourly works the same way in reverse: salary ÷ (hours a week × paid weeks). Hourly amounts are rounded to the cent.
Common hourly wages in Nunavut as a yearly salary
Full time: 40 hours a week, 52 weeks (2,080 hours), no overtime.
| Hourly wage | Yearly salary | Take-home a year | Take-home an hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| $20.17 (minimum wage) | $41,954 | $35,264.83 | $16.95 |
| $25.00 | $52,000 | $42,878.43 | $20.61 |
| $30.00 | $62,400 | $50,365.97 | $24.21 |
| $35.00 | $72,800 | $57,321.55 | $27.56 |
| $40.00 | $83,200 | $64,526.04 | $31.02 |
| $50.00 | $104,000 | $79,553.84 | $38.25 |
Minimum wage in Nunavut
Nunavut’s general minimum wage is $20.17 an hour, in effect since September 1, 2026. Since September 1, 2025, Nunavut’s minimum wage is adjusted every September 1 by a formula using the change in Iqaluit’s Consumer Price Index and Nunavut’s average hourly wage for the year before. The new rate is announced by July 31 and published in the Nunavut Gazette, and the formula is never used to lower it.
| From | Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| April 1, 2020 | $16.00 | – |
| January 1, 2024 | $19.00 | +$3.00 (18.8%) |
| September 1, 2025 | $19.75 | +$0.75 (3.9%) |
| September 1, 2026 | $20.17 | +$0.42 (2.1%) |
Nunavut has the highest minimum wage in Canada. Before the formula, the rate jumped in large steps: $13.00 to $16.00 in April 2020, then $16.00 to $19.00 in January 2024.
Source: Government of Nunavut – Labour and employment standards in Nunavut; news releases (November 6, 2023; July 8, 2025; June 30, 2026); checked October 23, 2026.
Special minimum wages
Nunavut has one minimum wage, with no age restriction.
Tips and other gratuities aren’t wages under the Labour Standards Act.
A young person (under 17) can’t be scheduled between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. without a Labour Standards Officer’s written approval, and employers need approval or a permit to hire one, including a special permit for construction.
Source: Government of Nunavut – Labour and employment standards in Nunavut; checked October 23, 2026.
Overtime rules in Nunavut
Overtime is every hour over 8 in a day or 40 in a week. In Nunavut’s own example, a week of irregular days adding up to 57 hours is 17 hours of overtime: hours over 8 in a day, and every hour after the 40th. The most you can work is 10 hours a day and 60 a week unless your employer has an extended hours permit. The rate is 1.5 times your regular hourly rate. A contract saying extra hours aren’t paid as overtime breaks the Labour Standards Act.
Averaging. An overtime averaging permit lets an employer average hours over one or more weeks, which can reduce or remove overtime.
Who’s different. Managers are exempt from the hours-of-work rules. Salaried employees who aren’t managers get 1.5 times the hourly equivalent of their salary for hours beyond their salary agreement.
Worked example: five 10-hour days at $25.00 an hour
That’s 50 hours in the week. Daily overtime is 5 days × 2 hours = 10 hours; weekly overtime is 50 − 40 = 10 hours. Nunavut pays the larger, so 10 hours are overtime.
| 40 regular hours × $25.00 | $1,000.00 |
|---|---|
| 10 overtime hours × $37.50 | $375.00 |
| Pay for the week | $1,375.00 |
That’s $125.00 more than the same hours at straight time.
Source: Government of Nunavut – Labour and employment standards in Nunavut; checked October 23, 2026.
If you’re called in unexpectedly in Nunavut
Nunavut calls it recall pay: if you’re called in when you weren’t scheduled and you report to work, you must be paid at least 4 hours at your regular rate, even if no work is done.
Example: you earn $25.00 an hour and you’re called in unexpectedly for 1 hour’s work. You’re owed $100.00: 4 hours × your own $25.00 rate, not just the $25.00 for the hour you worked.
- You’re entitled to at least one day of rest each week, on Sunday whenever practical, and a 30-minute meal break after five hours in a row.
Source: Government of Nunavut – Labour and employment standards in Nunavut (recall pay); checked October 23, 2026.
General holidays and holiday pay in Nunavut
Nunavut has 11 general holidays:
- New Year’s Day
- Good Friday
- Victoria Day
- Canada Day
- Nunavut Day
- August Civic Holiday
- Labour Day
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Thanksgiving Day
- Remembrance Day
- Christmas Day
Who qualifies. Holiday pay isn’t owed if you haven’t worked a total of 30 days for the employer in the past year, didn’t show up when scheduled for the holiday, missed your last scheduled shift before it or first one after it without consent, or are on maternity or parental leave.
Holiday pay. If you qualify, the holiday is a day off with pay.
If you work the holiday, you get either
- another paid day off; or
- your regular pay plus 1.5 times your regular pay for the hours you work.
An employer can apply to the Labour Standards Office for a permit to move a holiday to another day.
Source: Government of Nunavut – Labour and employment standards in Nunavut; checked October 23, 2026.
Vacation and vacation pay in Nunavut
| Years of service | Vacation time | Vacation pay |
|---|---|---|
| Years 1 to 5 | 2 weeks | 4% of total gross wages |
| From year 6 | 3 weeks | 6% of total gross wages |
- Every employee gets vacation pay, however long they’ve worked for the employer.
- Vacation pay is due at least one day before your vacation starts. If you quit, are laid off or are let go, any vacation pay you haven’t received is owed, with all wages due within 10 days of your last day.
Source: Government of Nunavut – Labour and employment standards in Nunavut; checked October 23, 2026.
Worked example: $25 an hour with overtime
You earn $25 an hour and work 45 hours a week (9 hours a day, 5 days), paid all year. Overtime is time over 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week, at 1.5 times your regular wage.
| Regular pay: $25 × 40 × 52 | $52,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Overtime: $37.50 × 5 × 52 | $9,750.00 |
| Total yearly pay | $61,750.00 |
| Income tax, CPP, CPP2 and EI | −$11,815.51 |
| Take-home pay | $49,934.49 |
The 5 extra hours add $9,750.00 before tax but $7,056.06 after tax, because those extra dollars are taxed at your marginal rate of 27.5% rather than your average rate. Spread over 45 hours a week, your take-home works out to $21.34 an hour.
What this calculator assumes
- All your pay is employment income from one employer in Nunavut, and you claim only the basic personal amounts.
- Overtime is paid at 1.5×, not banked as time off, and is the same every week.
- It doesn’t add shift premiums, tips, bonuses, general holiday pay or vacation pay on top. If you’re paid for vacation, use 52 weeks.
- It doesn’t include RRSP or pension contributions, union dues, benefits or other payroll deductions.
Frequently asked questions
How much is $25 an hour per year in Nunavut after tax?
At $25 an hour, 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, you earn $52,000 a year before tax. After federal and Nunavut income tax, CPP and EI, you take home about $42,878.43, which is $1,649.17 every two weeks or $20.61 for each hour worked.
How much is minimum wage per year in Nunavut?
Nunavut’s general minimum wage is $20.17 an hour (since September 1, 2026). Full time (40 hours a week, 52 weeks), that's $41,954 a year, or about $35,264.83 after tax and deductions.
How many working hours are in a year?
A full-time year of 40 hours a week for 52 weeks is 2,080 hours. At 37.5 hours a week it's 1,950 hours. If you take two weeks off unpaid, use 50 weeks in the calculator: that's 2,000 hours at 40 hours a week.
How is overtime paid in Nunavut?
Overtime is time over 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week, at 1.5 times your regular wage.
Should I use 52 weeks if I get vacation pay?
Yes, in most cases. Nunavut’s rule: 4% of gross wages for the first five years, then 6% from the sixth year, which is paid for your weeks off. Whether it's paid during your time off or added to each cheque, you're paid for the full year, so 52 weeks gives the right yearly total.
What is $60,000 a year as an hourly wage?
$60,000 a year is $28.85 an hour if you work 40 hours a week for 52 weeks (2,080 hours). Type a salary into the calculator to convert it the other way, including after-tax hourly pay.
Why is my after-tax hourly wage so much lower than my pay rate?
Income tax, CPP and EI all come off before you're paid. At $25 an hour about 17.5% goes to deductions, so $25.00 becomes $20.61. Because tax rates rise with income, the gap grows as your wage goes up.
Rates for tax year 2026, verified to · Page updated