AAQ - Bylaw Enforcement Officer Salaries

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You are inquiring about the salary of a bylaw enforcement officer. We will attempt to answer this question posthaste.

If you were inquiring about the wage for an officer in Medicine Hat, a call to the city’s Human Resources department would clear this up. Their website can be found at: http://www.city.medicine-hat.ab.ca/City%20Government/Departments/Human%20Resources/. We took the necessary steps and contacted them on your behalf.

According to their office, bylaw enforcement officers are known as “Community Peace Officers” in the city. Those officers are in Range 20 of the CUPE Local 46 Collective Agreement pay scale (http://www.city.medicine-hat.ab.ca/City%20Government/Departments/Human%20Resources/CUPECollectiveAgreement.pdf). This means that, as of 18 January 2007, they will start at a wage of $24.50/hour and that will increase to $26.72/hour once they have reach 4000 hours of service.

For more general information about bylaw enforcement officers, you can locate a career profile at: http://www.alis.gov.ab.ca/occinfo/Content/RequestAction.asp?aspAction=GetHTMLProfile&format=html&OCCPRO_ID=71003113. This article (produced by the Government of Alberta) documents things such as duties, educational requirements, employment/advancement, and salary. You will find that salaries range between $20,100 and $86,500 per year. The average salary was $43,500. All numbers are according to the “2005 Alberta Wage and Salary Survey”.

You can locate print versions of various career profiles in the Vera Bracken Library’s Reference Collection. The “Occupational Information Monographs” have the call number: HF 5381 O22 (Vols. 1-3).

A similar online resource can be found at: http://www.alis.gov.ab.ca/occinfo.

If you are looking for more local information though, feel free to contact the employer and make inquiries of their Human Resources department. Good luck.

Thank you again for using the “Ask A Question” service. If you need more help, please use the service again or see the Information Desk in the Vera Bracken (Medicine Hat College) Library (Phone #: (403) 529-3867; Toll Free #: 1 (866) 282-8394 ext. 3867).

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