Salary for Senior-level / Expert AI Developer in Canada during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert AI Developer in Canada during 2025 is USD 127,500

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert AI Developer salary lies between USD 88,100 and USD 153,071 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
AI Developer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
Canada
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 192,600
Top 25%
$ 153,071
Median
$ 127,500
Bottom 25%
$ 88,100
Bottom 10%
$ 66,800

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 Senior-level / Expert AI Developer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert AI Developer job listings are Python, Engineering and Architecture. 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 | 160 jobs Engineering | 148 jobs Architecture | 146 jobs Machine Learning | 144 jobs Computer Science | 112 jobs RAG | 112 jobs Generative AI | 109 jobs LLMs | 107 jobs Security | 106 jobs Azure | 100 jobs JavaScript | 90 jobs Pipelines | 87 jobs APIs | 86 jobs AWS | 80 jobs Node.js | 77 jobs Microservices | 75 jobs MongoDB | 70 jobs NLP | 67 jobs Finance | 65 jobs Agile | 63 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert AI Developer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert AI Developer job listings are Career development, Flex hours 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 | 212 jobs Flex hours | 66 jobs Health care | 63 jobs Startup environment | 39 jobs Flex vacation | 34 jobs Salary bonus | 32 jobs Competitive pay | 30 jobs Insurance | 29 jobs Team events | 28 jobs Equity / stock options | 23 jobs Wellness | 23 jobs Parental leave | 17 jobs Transparency | 12 jobs Medical leave | 11 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 9 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Conferences | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 3 jobs Relocation support | 3 jobs Gear | 1 jobs

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