Health network net salary calculator
This calculator estimates your net salary in Quebec's health network: choose your job title, your step and your hours, add your premiums, and see every 2026 deduction.
Updated on October 15, 2026. Scales as of April 1, 2026, deductions and income taxes for 2026.
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What the calculator counts
- Base salary: the hourly rate of your step as of April 1, 2026 × your hours × 52.18 weeks, the way the collective agreements count the year.
- The licensed practical nurse's lump sum at steps 1 and 2, which brings her rate to the attendant's ($29.40).
- Evening (7%), night (14%) and weekend (5%) premiums, with their minimums, or their higher rates (10%, 18% and 9%) from 35 hours a week, that is 70 hours per 14-day period.
- The CHSLD premium: $1.74 an hour, or $2.33 for those who work all the hours set for their title.
- The critical care premium: 15%, 14% or 10% depending on hours.
- The RREGOP: 8.63% of base salary above $18,650, an exemption prorated for part-time work.
- The Québec Pension Plan (6.30%, then 4% between $74,600 and $85,000), QPIP (0.430%) and Employment Insurance (1.30%).
- Québec income tax (14%, 19%, 24% and 25.75%) and federal income tax (14%, 20.5%, 26%, 29% and 33%, less the 16.5% Québec abatement), with the 2026 basic personal amounts.
What it does not count
Overtime, unpaid leave, group insurance, other premiums in the agreement and refundable credits (solidarity tax credit, GST credit) are not counted. The RREGOP is calculated on base salary only. Union dues vary from one union to another: enter the percentage if you know it. For a calculation based on your situation, the official calculators are Revenu Québec's WebRAS (in French) and the Canada Revenue Agency payroll deductions online calculator.
A few full-time examples
| Job title | Gross per year | Estimated net per year |
|---|---|---|
| Patient care attendant, 36.25 h | $55,611 | about $40,230 |
| Licensed practical nurse, step 1, with the lump sum | $57,528 | about $41,600 |
| Nurse, step 1 | $57,939 | about $41,650 |
| Nurse, step 18 | $92,906 | about $60,990 |
| Respiratory therapist, step 12 | $88,445 | about $58,400 |
Editorial calculation, without premiums, union dues or overtime.
Articles on salaries
- Patient care attendant salary in Quebec
- Licensed practical nurse salary in Quebec
- Nurse salary in Quebec
- Respiratory therapist salary in Quebec
- RREGOP: the network employees' pension plan, explained
Frequently asked questions
What is a nurse's net salary?
Full time, 37.5 hours a week, a public network nurse keeps about $41,650 net per year at step 1, out of $57,939 gross, and about $60,990 at step 18, out of $92,906 gross, according to our calculation for a single person, without premiums or union dues.
What will a nurse earn in Quebec in 2026?
Since April 1, 2026, the scale for title 2471 runs from $29.61 to $47.48 an hour, in 18 steps, according to the network nomenclature. On April 1, 2027, it will run from $30.65 to $49.14.
What does a patient care attendant earn in 2026?
The patient care attendant, title 3480, earns a single rate of $29.40 an hour since April 1, 2026. At 36.25 hours a week, that is $55,611 gross per year, and about $40,230 net according to our calculation.
What is the formula to calculate net salary?
Net salary = gross salary − RREGOP − Québec Pension Plan − QPIP − Employment Insurance − union dues − Québec income tax − federal income tax. Both taxes are calculated on taxable income, after deducting RREGOP contributions and the additional Québec Pension Plan contributions.
How do I calculate my net salary in the public sector?
In the health network, start from the hourly rate of your step in the nomenclature, multiply by your hours and by 52.18 weeks, add your premiums, then subtract the deductions. The calculator above does these steps. For an exact calculation based on your forms, use Revenu Québec's WebRAS and the Canada Revenue Agency calculator.
Which type of nurse is paid the most in Quebec?
In the public network scales, it is the nurse practitioner (title 1915): $73.20 an hour at the top step on April 1, 2026, according to the nomenclature. Next is the specialized clinical nurse at $63.64.
Sources
- Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, Nomenclature des titres d'emploi, des libellés, des taux et des échelles de salaire du réseau de la santé et des services sociaux (in French), titles 2471, 3455, 3480 and 2244, version of September 15, 2026
- CPNSSS, Primes des conventions collectives nationales 2024-2028 (in French), consulted October 10, 2026
- CPNSSS and FIQ, Convention collective, version administrative (in French), articles 7 and 9, letter of agreement no. 15
- CPNSSS and FSSS-CSN, Convention collective, version administrative (in French), articles 8 and 9
- Revenu Québec, Principaux changements pour l'année 2026 (in French), consulted October 15, 2026
- Canada Revenue Agency, Payroll Deductions Formulas, T4127, 122nd Edition, effective January 1, 2026, tables 8.1, 8.2 and 8.7, consulted October 15, 2026
- Retraite Québec, Le RREGOP (in French), 2026 data, consulted October 14, 2026