Non-Core Federal Pay Tables 2026
Pay rates for federal employers outside the Treasury Board core public administration - separate agencies under Schedule V of the Financial Administration Act, plus the uniformed services. These employers set their own classifications and rates rather than negotiating under TBS collective agreements. Rates here come from each employer's own primary source.
~160K
Employees covered
$34,956–$355,428
Salary range
49
Classifications
6
Federal employers
Browse by Employer
Data sources →Canadian Armed Forces →
~68,000 Reg Force · 2 classificationsCanada Revenue Agency →
~60,000 · 22 classificationsCanadian Security Intelligence Service
~3,500 · 1 classificationPopular Non-Core Roles
Direct links to the highest-traffic non-core classifications.
How Non-Core Federal Pay Differs from Core TBS Pay
Most federal employees on FedPay.ca are in the core public administration - about 280,000 staff in classifications like AS, EC, IT, FI, EX. Their pay is set by collective agreements between Treasury Board and unions like PSAC, PIPSC, and CAPE, renegotiated every 3–4 years.
Separate agencies - Canada Revenue Agency, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, NRC, Parks Canada, and others - are listed in Schedule V of the Financial Administration Act. They have their own employer authority, run their own bargaining, and publish their own pay schedules. The classification codes often look similar to TBS (AS, EG, FI, AU, etc.) but resolve to different annual rates.
The Canadian Armed Forces and RCMP have entirely separate pay structures based on rank rather than civilian classifications. CAF pay is set under CBI Chapter 204 and published monthly by DND. RCMP Regular Members are paid under the Treasury Board / National Police Federation collective agreement, with rate progression tied to service milestones rather than annual increments. See Data Sources for the primary-source publication used for each employer.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are non-core federal pay tables?
Non-core federal employers set their own classifications and pay rates outside the Treasury Board collective agreements that govern the core public administration. They include Schedule V separate agencies (CRA, CFIA, CSIS, CSE), the Canadian Armed Forces (under CBI Chapter 204), and RCMP Regular Members (under the TBS / NPF agreement). Roughly 160,000 federal employees are covered here - none of whom are represented in FedPay's core TBS pay tables.
Why do CRA and CFIA have different rates than TBS for the same code (AU, FI, EG, etc.)?
Separate agencies bargain independently. A CFIA AS-04 and a TBS AS-04 share a code but resolve to different annual rates, and the same is true for AU at CRA versus AU at the TBS core. (Note that CRA does not use the AS classification at all — its core administrative workforce sits in the SP group instead.) FedPay shows separate-employer rates under /salary/<employer>/<code> and the TBS rate at /salary/<code>. Always check the employer banner at the top of each page to confirm which dataset you're looking at.
How current are these rates?
Each classification cites its primary-source publication date. CRA SP/MG-SPS rates are from the PSAC-UTE agreement (Appendix A, signed 2023-06-28). CRA AFS rates are from RC4300-23E (signed 2023-12-14, period 2022-12-22 to 2026-12-21). CAF rates come from open.canada.ca pay-scale datasets refreshed quarterly. RCMP Constable rates reflect the 2024 arbitration award per rcmp.ca. CFIA rates are verified through 2025-01-01 (post wage adjustment).
Why is CSIS shown as a salary band instead of step grid?
CSIS does not publish a step-based pay grid like other federal employers. The only public source for CSIS compensation is the salary band shown on each recruitment posting. FedPay surfaces those bands (minimum and maximum) for the major roles - Intelligence Officer, Surveillance Officer, Regional Protective Services, Technical Officer, etc. - with the source posting cited per role.
What are the CSE UNMA and UNI pay scales?
CSE (Communications Security Establishment) is a separate-employer signals intelligence agency that publishes two distinct pay scales on cse-cst.gc.ca/en/careers/compensation. UNMA (Unison Market Allowance) is an 8-level scale (UNMA-04 to UNMA-11) that carries a market premium for positions whose primary duties are computer science administration or engineering. UNI (Unison) is an 11-level scale (UNI-01 to UNI-11) that covers all other CSE roles, from clerical through technical leads to managers. CSE only publishes annual minimum and maximum bands per level - not a step grid - so FedPay surfaces them as bands, with the cse-cst.gc.ca compensation page cited as the primary source.
Is CRA AFS data accurate to the agreement?
Yes. AU/CO/CS/MG-AFS rates are extracted directly from Appendix A of RC4300-23E (the CRA-PIPSC collective agreement signed December 14, 2023). Each level is shown with five effective dates spanning 2021-12-22 through 2025-12-22 (the most recent post-increase rate, the 'Z' rate in the agreement legend).