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Principal engineering salaries in Canada
Median CA$199k a year across 22 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from CA$180k to CA$199k. 71% of the 31 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: CA$180k to CA$199k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
Hiring the most right now
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Principal Research Programmer, Unreal AssistantEpic Games · Vancouver,British Columbia,CanadaCA$274k to CA$402k
- Principal Digital (mixed-signal) ArchitectLightmatter · Toronto, ONCA$191k to CA$362k
- Staff / Principal Software Engineer - CanadaInworld AI · RemoteCA$180k to CA$260k
- Principal Software Engineer, International IntegrationsToast · RemoteCA$169k to CA$270k
- Principal Product Manager, Platform Strategy & Infrastructure (Auth0)Okta · Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCA$173k to CA$237k
- Principal Software Developer - Vector Search - ElasticsearchElastic · CanadaCA$154k to CA$244k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for principal engineering roles in Canada?
CA$199k a year in base pay, across 22 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from CA$180k to CA$199k.
How many principal engineering job posts publish a salary?
71% of the 31 live postings in this segment state a pay range. The figures here are drawn only from those.
Which companies pay the most for principal engineering roles in Canada?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Elastic (CA$199k), MaintainX (CA$172k).
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.