What is the average starting salary in Vancouver?

Question

for a common job that a teenager could do such as in a grocery or clothing store

Answer 1

B.C.’s general minimum wage is $8 per hour.

The First Job/Entry Level minimum wage is $6 per hour. This only applies to employees with no paid work experience before November 15, 2001. After they have worked for a total of 500 hours with one or more employers, these employees are entitled to the regular minimum wage rate. See the Factsheet - First Job/Entry-level Wage.