Data Engineer Salary in Canada during 2025

💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in Canada during 2025 is USD 121,400

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The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 91,789 and USD 144,540 in Canada. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Data Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
Canada
Salary year
2025
Sample size
120
Top 10%
$ 175,000
Top 25%
$ 144,540
Median
$ 121,400
Bottom 25%
$ 91,789
Bottom 10%
$ 78,000

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Data Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and SQL. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Engineering | 5404 jobs Python | 5305 jobs SQL | 5231 jobs Pipelines | 4898 jobs ETL | 3809 jobs Data pipelines | 3738 jobs AWS | 3439 jobs Architecture | 3301 jobs Azure | 2875 jobs Spark | 2838 jobs Computer Science | 2830 jobs Security | 2631 jobs Agile | 2331 jobs Big Data | 2321 jobs Data quality | 2284 jobs Machine Learning | 2140 jobs Databricks | 2010 jobs GCP | 1976 jobs Snowflake | 1872 jobs CI/CD | 1742 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 4205 jobs Health care | 2262 jobs Flex hours | 1644 jobs Competitive pay | 1291 jobs Startup environment | 1235 jobs Team events | 1127 jobs Equity / stock options | 1099 jobs Insurance | 1026 jobs Salary bonus | 988 jobs Flex vacation | 860 jobs Parental leave | 757 jobs Medical leave | 697 jobs Wellness | 562 jobs 401(k) matching | 483 jobs Fitness / gym | 236 jobs Transparency | 223 jobs Relocation support | 219 jobs Gear | 163 jobs Home office stipend | 156 jobs Conferences | 152 jobs

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