Alberta nursing pay rates
United Nurses of Alberta · Apr 1 2024 – Mar 31 2028
Current
UNA standard premium schedule. Evening differential applies 1500–2300, night 2300–0700 (never both concurrently); the weekend premium runs for 64 hours from 1500 Friday. All overtime is a flat 2× — there is no 1.5× first-two-hours step. A worked named holiday pays 1.5× plus a lieu day (2× on Christmas Day and the August Civic Holiday).
Shift premiums and multipliers
| Item | Rate |
|---|---|
| Evening differentialPer hour, on qualifying evening shifts. | $2.75 |
| Night differentialPer hour, on qualifying night shifts. | $5.00 |
| Weekend premiumPer hour, on qualifying weekend hours. | $3.25 |
| In-charge / responsibility payPer hour while carrying the charge role. | $3.50 |
| Preceptor premiumPer hour while precepting. | $2.00 |
| Overtime — standard tourMultiplier on your base rate. | 2× |
| Overtime — extended tour, first hoursApplies to the first overtime hours on an extended tour. | 2× |
| Overtime — extended tour, remaining hoursApplies once the first overtime hours are used up. | 2× |
| Statutory holiday workedMultiplier for hours worked on a named holiday. | 1.5× |
| Super statutory holiday workedHigher rate on the agreement’s premium holidays. | 2× |
Tour lengths: 7.75 h shifts; 11.08 h extended work day (Art. 37 Option I, two 30–35 min meals)
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Sources
- National comparison of premiums, overtime, holidays and salary across all ten provincial agreements. Used to cross-check every province below.
- 2024–2028 provincial collective agreement with Alberta Health Services and other employers (signed April 2025). Salary Appendix, Art. 8, 16, 18, 28, 37.