The EC category makes up a significant population of all public service positions. Individuals in these positions are commonly referred to as Policy Analysts or Economists. Almost all EC employees have at least one university degree; it is not uncommon for EC’s to have Masters or PhDs. The latest contract for the ECs ended on June 21st, 2014. Although Step 1 was eliminated and Step 6 was added for all levels of ECs, it should be noted that this increase in salary was largely due to the fact that the Severance with pay options was eliminated from the contract. As a recent graduate, most departments or agencies will hire employees between the EC02 and EC04 level. Here are the pay scales for ECs:

Economics and Social Science Services Group Annual Rates of Pay

Table Legend

  • $) Effective June 22, 2010
  • A) Effective June 22, 2011
  • B) Effective June 22, 2012
  • X) Effective June 22, 2013: Restructure
  • C) Effective June 22, 2013
    (Arbitral Award – July 12, 2012)
EC-01 – Annual Rates of Pay (in dollars)
Effective Date Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6
$) June 22, 2010 44350 45903 47508 49173 51584
A) June 22, 2011 45126 46706 48339 50034 52487
B) June 22, 2012 45803 47407 49064 50785 53274
X) June 22, 2013 47407 49064 50785 53274 55112
C) June 22, 2013 48355 50045 51801 54339 56214

 

EC-02 – Annual Rates of Pay (in dollars)
Effective Date Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6
$) June 22, 2010 50122 51357 52601 54444 56917
A) June 22, 2011 50999 52256 53522 55397 57913
B) June 22, 2012 51764 53040 54325 56228 58782
X) June 22, 2013 53040 54325 56228 58782 60810
C) June 22, 2013 54101 55412 57353 59958 62026

 

EC-03 – Annual Rates of Pay (in dollars)
Effective Date Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6
$) June 22, 2010 55102 56725 58344 59960 62044
A) June 22, 2011 56066 57718 59365 61009 63130
B) June 22, 2012 56907 58584 60255 61924 64077
X) June 22, 2013 58584 60255 61924 64077 66288
C) June 22, 2013 59756 61460 63162 65359 67614

 

EC-04 – Annual Rates of Pay (in dollars)
Effective Date Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6
$) June 22, 2010 59009 61233 63328 65517 68498
A) June 22, 2011 60042 62305 64436 66664 69697
B) June 22, 2012 60943 63240 65403 67664 70742
X) June 22, 2013 63240 65403 67664 70742 73183
C) June 22, 2013 64505 66711 69017 72157 74647

 

EC-05 – Annual Rates of Pay (in dollars)
Effective Date Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6
$) June 22, 2010 70614 73208 75443 77909 81454
A) June 22, 2011 71850 74489 76763 79272 82879
B) June 22, 2012 72928 75606 77914 80461 84122
X) June 22, 2013 75606 77914 80461 84122 87024
C) June 22, 2013 77118 79472 82070 85804 88764

 

EC-06 – Annual Rates of Pay (in dollars)
Effective Date Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6
$) June 22, 2010 80243 82711 85609 88689 92725
A) June 22, 2011 81647 84158 87107 90241 94348
B) June 22, 2012 82872 85420 88414 91595 95763
X) June 22, 2013 85420 88414 91595 95763 99067
C) June 22, 2013 87128 90182 93427 97678 101048

 

EC-07 – Annual Rates of Pay (in dollars)
Effective Date Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6
$) June 22, 2010 90244 93453 96274 99194 103707
A) June 22, 2011 91823 95088 97959 100930 105522
B) June 22, 2012 93200 96514 99428 102444 107105
X) June 22, 2013 96514 99428 102444 107105 110800
C) June 22, 2013 98444 101417 104493 109247 113016

 

EC-08 – Annual Rates of Pay (in dollars)
Effective Date Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6
$) June 22, 2010 98761 101602 104417 107370 112255
A) June 22, 2011 100489 103380 106244 109249 114219
B) June 22, 2012 101996 104931 107838 110888 115932
X) June 22, 2013 104931 107838 110888 115932 119932
C) June 22, 2013 107030 109995 113106 118251 122331

It has been over a year since the CAPE union has been bargaining with the Treasury Board for a new contract for ECs. As evidenced in the news, a major point of negotiation between the two bargaining parties is the Sick Leave section of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. With elections coming in October 2015, we will see if this can be resolved before the elected party in October is chosen.  More information on the Collective Agreement for ECs can be found at:

https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pubs_pol/hrpubs/coll_agre/ec/ec-eng.pdf

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