Salary for Entry-level / Junior Data Engineer in Canada during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Data Engineer in Canada during 2025 is USD 58,725
✏️ This salary info is based on 16 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Data Engineer salary lies between USD 46,100 and USD 90,000 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
- Entry-level / Junior
- Region
- Canada
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 16
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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 Entry-level / Junior Data Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Data Engineer job listings are Python, SQL 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:
Python | 1022 jobs SQL | 994 jobs Engineering | 910 jobs Pipelines | 718 jobs ETL | 594 jobs Computer Science | 519 jobs Azure | 487 jobs Data pipelines | 464 jobs AWS | 456 jobs Spark | 378 jobs Big Data | 352 jobs Architecture | 300 jobs Machine Learning | 299 jobs GCP | 298 jobs Agile | 286 jobs Data quality | 282 jobs Power BI | 270 jobs Databricks | 259 jobs Java | 253 jobs Snowflake | 235 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Data Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior 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 | 615 jobs Health care | 254 jobs Flex hours | 209 jobs Competitive pay | 194 jobs Startup environment | 188 jobs Team events | 184 jobs Insurance | 128 jobs Salary bonus | 128 jobs Equity / stock options | 121 jobs Flex vacation | 85 jobs Wellness | 67 jobs Medical leave | 66 jobs Parental leave | 51 jobs 401(k) matching | 47 jobs Relocation support | 43 jobs Fitness / gym | 37 jobs Home office stipend | 24 jobs Gear | 21 jobs Transparency | 21 jobs Conferences | 17 jobsRelated salaries
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