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 126,900
✏️ This salary info is based on 120 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Data Engineer salary lies between USD 107,000 and USD 156,310 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
- 120
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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 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 | 4810 jobs Python | 4578 jobs SQL | 4481 jobs Pipelines | 4422 jobs Data pipelines | 3481 jobs ETL | 3323 jobs AWS | 3215 jobs Architecture | 3172 jobs Spark | 2696 jobs Azure | 2536 jobs Security | 2418 jobs Computer Science | 2375 jobs Data quality | 2112 jobs Agile | 2103 jobs Big Data | 2081 jobs Machine Learning | 1889 jobs GCP | 1877 jobs Databricks | 1823 jobs Snowflake | 1789 jobs CI/CD | 1720 jobsTop 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 | 3686 jobs Health care | 1990 jobs Flex hours | 1510 jobs Competitive pay | 1227 jobs Startup environment | 1140 jobs Equity / stock options | 1032 jobs Team events | 995 jobs Salary bonus | 970 jobs Insurance | 881 jobs Flex vacation | 850 jobs Parental leave | 695 jobs Medical leave | 644 jobs Wellness | 491 jobs 401(k) matching | 405 jobs Transparency | 216 jobs Fitness / gym | 184 jobs Relocation support | 166 jobs Gear | 158 jobs Conferences | 147 jobs Home office stipend | 130 jobsRelated salaries
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