It starts at about 12-14 cnd/hr. 9 g' v& v, S+ M% O! e- aIf 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. & d5 U1 ^& u0 A O5 L* mSince 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.