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The most common skills include product knowledge and sales and retail backgrounds. LinkedIn also notes knowledge of medical marijuana and cannabis cultivation as assets. According to LinkedIn, the majority of opportunities for budtenders are in the Greater Toronto Area. Ontario leads the country with nearly 2,000 dispensaries according toThe LinkedIn data also found that there’s a fairly even split in gender distrubtution, with 54 per cent of budtenders being female and 46 per cent male.
The top roles transitioned include salesperson, customer service rep, keyholder, receptionist and administrative assistant and most budtenders have about 2.5 years of prior experience.LinkedIn does not cite a salary range for the position but according tohe national average salary for a budtender in Canada is $36,860. Assuming a 40-hour workweek and 50 weeks worked a year, that breaks down to $18.43 an hour.