Salary for Entry-level / Junior Software Engineer in Canada during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Software Engineer in Canada during 2025 is USD 94,550
✏️ This salary info is based on 8 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Software Engineer salary lies between USD 44,000 and USD 118,033 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
- Software Engineer
- Experience
- Entry-level / Junior
- Region
- Canada
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 8
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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 Software Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Software Engineer job listings are Python, Engineering and Computer Science. 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 | 488 jobs Engineering | 465 jobs Computer Science | 370 jobs Machine Learning | 338 jobs Java | 203 jobs Testing | 168 jobs Research | 158 jobs AWS | 156 jobs Architecture | 156 jobs Security | 149 jobs JavaScript | 142 jobs SQL | 141 jobs Agile | 130 jobs APIs | 119 jobs Docker | 107 jobs Kubernetes | 102 jobs Pipelines | 102 jobs React | 98 jobs LLMs | 98 jobs Linux | 82 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Software Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Software Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care 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 | 390 jobs Health care | 168 jobs Startup environment | 137 jobs Flex hours | 130 jobs Team events | 127 jobs Competitive pay | 110 jobs Insurance | 94 jobs Equity / stock options | 91 jobs Flex vacation | 62 jobs Medical leave | 62 jobs Parental leave | 56 jobs Wellness | 56 jobs Salary bonus | 52 jobs 401(k) matching | 35 jobs Relocation support | 28 jobs Fitness / gym | 20 jobs Conferences | 19 jobs Transparency | 16 jobs Flexible spending account | 15 jobs Gear | 11 jobsRelated salaries
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