Data Engineer Salary in Canada during 2025

💰 The median Data Engineer Salary in Canada during 2025 is USD 120,950

✏️ This salary info is based on 284 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Engineer salary lies between USD 97,000 and USD 150,000 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
284
Top 10%
$ 180,967
Top 25%
$ 150,000
Median
$ 120,950
Bottom 25%
$ 97,000
Bottom 10%
$ 76,200

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 | 13864 jobs Python | 13468 jobs SQL | 13351 jobs Pipelines | 12657 jobs ETL | 9740 jobs Data pipelines | 9623 jobs AWS | 8781 jobs Architecture | 8544 jobs Azure | 7281 jobs Computer Science | 7257 jobs Spark | 7013 jobs Security | 6698 jobs Data quality | 6046 jobs Agile | 5681 jobs Big Data | 5593 jobs Machine Learning | 5290 jobs Databricks | 5036 jobs GCP | 4971 jobs Snowflake | 4866 jobs CI/CD | 4764 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 | 10471 jobs Health care | 5622 jobs Flex hours | 4144 jobs Competitive pay | 3457 jobs Startup environment | 3239 jobs Team events | 2867 jobs Equity / stock options | 2622 jobs Salary bonus | 2543 jobs Insurance | 2406 jobs Flex vacation | 2239 jobs Parental leave | 1909 jobs Medical leave | 1697 jobs Wellness | 1412 jobs 401(k) matching | 1193 jobs Transparency | 568 jobs Fitness / gym | 553 jobs Relocation support | 501 jobs Gear | 413 jobs Conferences | 380 jobs Home office stipend | 380 jobs

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Data Engineer @ $ 208,083 (Canada) - Executive-level / Director Details
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Data Engineer @ $ 119,687 (Australia) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Engineer @ $ 48,543 (Austria) Details
Data Engineer @ $ 94,320 (Argentina) Details

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