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Engineering salaries in Canada
Median CA$181k a year across 430 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from CA$151k to CA$206k. 60% of the 721 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: CA$151k to CA$206k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
Sentrymedian of 7 published bandsCA$285k
Snowflakemedian of 7 published bandsCA$270k
Coheremedian of 5 published bandsCA$263k
Tailscalemedian of 11 published bandsCA$261k
OpenAImedian of 2 published bandsCA$260k
Doppelmedian of 4 published bandsCA$248k
Epic Gamesmedian of 7 published bandsCA$244k
Brexmedian of 10 published bandsCA$239k
Hiring the most right now
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | CA$162k | 5 |
| Senior Security Engineer, Device/Hardware | CA$165k | 3 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Frontend | CA$195k | 3 |
| Staff Software Engineer | CA$190k | 3 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Director, Field EngineeringDatabricks · Toronto, CanadaCA$325k to CA$395k
- Principal Research Programmer, Unreal AssistantEpic Games · Vancouver,British Columbia,CanadaCA$274k to CA$402k
- Engineering Manager, Cohere APIs and DevExCohere · RemoteCA$300k to CA$375k
- Staff Product Engineer - CanadaAshby · RemoteCA$256k to CA$380k
- Staff Design Engineer - CanadaAshby · RemoteCA$256k to CA$380k
- TLM, Apps and Experiences Storage TeamSnowflake · RemoteCA$291k to CA$341k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for engineering roles in Canada?
CA$181k a year in base pay, across 430 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from CA$151k to CA$206k.
What do the best-paid engineering roles in Canada offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above CA$245k, and one in ten sits below CA$128k.
How many engineering job posts publish a salary?
60% of the 721 live postings in this segment state a pay range. The figures here are drawn only from those.
Do remote engineering roles in Canada pay less?
Remote postings publish a median of CA$181k against CA$179k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 161 and 269 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for engineering roles in Canada?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Sentry (CA$285k), Snowflake (CA$270k), Cohere (CA$263k).
Where does this data come from?
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Updated daily.
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Read off the live postings on Refolk's job board, where an employer is only counted while the posting is open. Updated daily.