Career Advice » BC Minimum Wage

The minimum wage in British Columbia is $8 per hour.

Minimum wage applies to all employees regardless of how they are paid — hourly, salary, commission or other incentive basis. Salespersons on straight commission must be paid at least minimum wage for all hours worked in a pay period.

The First Job/Entry Level minimum wage is $6 per hour. This only applies to employees with no paid work experience before November 15, 2001.

After they have worked for a total of 500 hours with one or more employers, these employees are entitled to the regular minimum wage rate.

Minimum wage rates for live-in home support workers, resident caretakers and farm workers who hand harvest certain fruit and vegetable crops are set out in the Employment Standards Regulation.

Tips or gratuities are not wages. Employees must be paid at least minimum wage in addition to any tips or gratuities they receive.

Factsheet: Minimum Wage
 

Reprinted from http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/esaguide/#2