Researcher Salary in Canada during 2025

💰 The median Researcher Salary in Canada during 2025 is USD 100,171

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The average Researcher salary lies between USD 78,171 and USD 106,500 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
Researcher
Experience
all levels
Region
Canada
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 156,200
Top 25%
$ 106,500
Median
$ 100,171
Bottom 25%
$ 78,171
Bottom 10%
$ 64,228

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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Top 20 Job Tags for Researcher roles

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

Python | 1216 jobs Research | 1208 jobs Machine Learning | 1171 jobs Engineering | 993 jobs Computer Science | 759 jobs LLMs | 623 jobs Deep Learning | 619 jobs PhD | 567 jobs Statistics | 558 jobs Testing | 447 jobs ML models | 421 jobs PyTorch | 413 jobs Mathematics | 388 jobs SQL | 353 jobs AWS | 329 jobs R | 327 jobs Security | 301 jobs Architecture | 295 jobs GCP | 292 jobs NLP | 289 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Researcher roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Researcher job listings are Career development, Conferences and Startup environment. 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 | 1011 jobs Conferences | 394 jobs Startup environment | 392 jobs Health care | 373 jobs Equity / stock options | 363 jobs Competitive pay | 345 jobs Salary bonus | 316 jobs Insurance | 306 jobs Flex hours | 228 jobs Medical leave | 190 jobs Team events | 164 jobs Flex vacation | 119 jobs Parental leave | 109 jobs Relocation support | 65 jobs 401(k) matching | 57 jobs Wellness | 56 jobs Fitness / gym | 38 jobs Transparency | 35 jobs Gear | 17 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 17 jobs

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