Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer in Canada during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer in Canada during 2025 is USD 130,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 150 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Data Engineer salary lies between USD 107,000 and USD 169,100 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
Canada
Salary year
2025
Sample size
150
Top 10%
$ 187,000
Top 25%
$ 169,100
Median
$ 130,000
Bottom 25%
$ 107,000
Bottom 10%
$ 87,000

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 Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and SQL. 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:

Engineering | 7059 jobs Python | 6727 jobs SQL | 6619 jobs Pipelines | 6458 jobs Data pipelines | 5017 jobs ETL | 4827 jobs Architecture | 4713 jobs AWS | 4687 jobs Spark | 3926 jobs Azure | 3689 jobs Security | 3557 jobs Computer Science | 3557 jobs Data quality | 3106 jobs Agile | 3067 jobs Big Data | 3007 jobs Machine Learning | 2782 jobs GCP | 2722 jobs Snowflake | 2661 jobs Databricks | 2635 jobs CI/CD | 2601 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Data Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 5359 jobs Health care | 2893 jobs Flex hours | 2188 jobs Competitive pay | 1801 jobs Startup environment | 1627 jobs Equity / stock options | 1434 jobs Team events | 1417 jobs Salary bonus | 1401 jobs Insurance | 1246 jobs Flex vacation | 1209 jobs Parental leave | 1040 jobs Medical leave | 924 jobs Wellness | 723 jobs 401(k) matching | 602 jobs Transparency | 309 jobs Fitness / gym | 264 jobs Relocation support | 233 jobs Conferences | 213 jobs Gear | 208 jobs Home office stipend | 193 jobs

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