Canada: Remote Software Engineer Salary Insights
Fast Facts
Median Salary: $73,773–$107,897 (40 to 60% lower than U.S. salaries)
Added Employment Cost: 22% (Poland) – 36% (Spain)
Highest-Paid Roles: DevOps Engineer and Full-Stack Engineer
Canada’s tech salaries are higher than those in other regions.
Close in both proximity and culture to the U.S., Canada’s tech salaries are higher than those in Latin America and Europe — though still significantly lower than U.S. salaries.
Software engineers experience the greatest salary boost early in their careers.
In contrast to other regions, engineers see the biggest salary increase between entry and junior levels — a boost of 21.7% on average. In other regions, the biggest pay raises typically come mid-career.
Canada’s highest-paid role is data scientist.
Canada offers numerous opportunities for engineers, with high earning potential for almost all roles. Data-driven roles tend to be the most lucrative career paths. Meanwhile, less technical roles such as designers are lower-paid.
About the Data
Terminal collected salary expectations for full-time employment from more than 260,000 candidates across 10 countries. Our data sources also include nearly 500 job postings and 1,000 employed engineers sourced through Terminal. This data was cleaned, normalized, and modeled to represent an accurate picture of salary expectations in each country.
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