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How much money can one make at the Vancouver Aquarium?

• I would like to apply for a job at the Vancouver aquarium. I'm 25 and about to graduate in Linguistics. My work experience (3 years) consists of welcoming visitors of multiple origins (which means having to instantly switch between tons of different languages), checking or selling their tickets, giving them directions and making sure that they follow the rules. I like this kind of job and I love languages in general. I can't get enough of learning languages. And I already have three years of experience, so I think this should be a good thing in my favour. I would be willing to take any position where my experience and/or language skills will count, especially in Guest Relations. The problem is that I am Portuguese and actually trying to make careful plans towards immigrating, which means that I need to have a fairly good idea of how much money I can expect to make with such a job, because I will have to manage my finances completely alone. My family will support me if I need to go back home, but as you can imagine, what I want after finishing college is complete financial independence. I have nothing in Canada yet, not even some friends. My favourite city is indeed Vancouver and I already know that there's no way a newcomer like me is going to get by on minimum wage there. Still, none of this discourages me. However, obviously, I would feel very uncomfortable asking my potential employers about how much money I'd be making. I don't want to be disrespectful. But it's a catch-22 for me, because I'm going to be immigrating and I don't feel completely confident applying for this job if I'm not certain that it will allow me to make enough money to establish myself economically and thus build a normal, decent life to start with in Canada. If I don't have at least a fair idea of it, then it'd be like "shooting in the dark", as we say here. I don't want to create unnecessary hardship for myself (or for anybody else) in Canada, namely poverty or illegality, but I'm not scared of challenges or changes in my life. In fact, I feel I actually need a change of such magnitude as leaving Portugal to live in Canada. I don't mind the routine, I don't need to get rich overnight, I won't get homesick and I'm not intimidated by taxation. I just need to know which way I'm going and where I'm setting my feet as I go, that's all. My objective is to start a good life in Canada; that's what really counts for me. So if you can give me a good estimate on how much money I can expect to be making with such a job, please let me know. I'd be grateful to you. Best wishes.

• Answer:

  i really admire you trying to move away and start your own life, and i hope it all goes well. i'd say starting off you would be looking at something in between $12-20 CAD an hour and depending on your job/position you could probably work up to a better salary. i don't work at the aquarium so i can't say i'm an expert but i've been job hunting in the area lately and i'd say thats about what you could expect.