Research Engineer Salary in Canada during 2025

💰 The median Research Engineer Salary in Canada during 2025 is USD 120,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 14 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Research Engineer salary lies between USD 105,714 and USD 159,000 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
Research Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
Canada
Salary year
2025
Sample size
14
Top 10%
$ 230,000
Top 25%
$ 159,000
Median
$ 120,500
Bottom 25%
$ 105,714
Bottom 10%
$ 74,285

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 Research Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Research Engineer job listings are Research, Machine Learning and Engineering. 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:

Research | 859 jobs Machine Learning | 758 jobs Engineering | 677 jobs Python | 624 jobs Computer Science | 579 jobs PyTorch | 438 jobs Deep Learning | 351 jobs LLMs | 330 jobs PhD | 323 jobs Architecture | 289 jobs Pipelines | 255 jobs TensorFlow | 242 jobs NLP | 227 jobs ML models | 214 jobs Computer Vision | 203 jobs Mathematics | 184 jobs Physics | 182 jobs Generative AI | 179 jobs Testing | 169 jobs R | 165 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Research Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Research Engineer job listings are Career development, Equity / stock options and Health care. 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 | 644 jobs Equity / stock options | 301 jobs Health care | 293 jobs Conferences | 237 jobs Competitive pay | 201 jobs Salary bonus | 176 jobs Startup environment | 172 jobs Flex hours | 156 jobs Flex vacation | 129 jobs Parental leave | 113 jobs Team events | 111 jobs Insurance | 84 jobs Relocation support | 83 jobs Medical leave | 67 jobs 401(k) matching | 59 jobs Wellness | 40 jobs Transparency | 33 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 26 jobs Home office stipend | 21 jobs Fitness / gym | 18 jobs

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