Data Engineer Salary in Canada during 2025

💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in Canada during 2025 is USD 118,250

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The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 92,857 and USD 140,920 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
160
Top 10%
$ 175,000
Top 25%
$ 140,920
Median
$ 118,250
Bottom 25%
$ 92,857
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 | 7292 jobs Python | 7149 jobs SQL | 7024 jobs Pipelines | 6649 jobs ETL | 5138 jobs Data pipelines | 5110 jobs AWS | 4681 jobs Architecture | 4452 jobs Azure | 3878 jobs Computer Science | 3810 jobs Spark | 3793 jobs Security | 3507 jobs Data quality | 3130 jobs Agile | 3081 jobs Big Data | 3074 jobs Machine Learning | 2813 jobs GCP | 2729 jobs Databricks | 2654 jobs Snowflake | 2539 jobs Airflow | 2428 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 | 5621 jobs Health care | 3022 jobs Flex hours | 2229 jobs Competitive pay | 1772 jobs Startup environment | 1739 jobs Team events | 1562 jobs Equity / stock options | 1446 jobs Salary bonus | 1333 jobs Insurance | 1330 jobs Flex vacation | 1213 jobs Parental leave | 997 jobs Medical leave | 923 jobs Wellness | 750 jobs 401(k) matching | 623 jobs Fitness / gym | 311 jobs Transparency | 296 jobs Relocation support | 293 jobs Gear | 214 jobs Conferences | 212 jobs Home office stipend | 212 jobs

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