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 129,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 134 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Data Engineer salary lies between USD 107,142 and USD 160,000 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
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- Canada
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 134
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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 | 6069 jobs Python | 5781 jobs SQL | 5677 jobs Pipelines | 5595 jobs Data pipelines | 4374 jobs ETL | 4166 jobs AWS | 4042 jobs Architecture | 4036 jobs Spark | 3416 jobs Azure | 3173 jobs Security | 3054 jobs Computer Science | 3039 jobs Data quality | 2677 jobs Agile | 2642 jobs Big Data | 2609 jobs Machine Learning | 2401 jobs GCP | 2347 jobs Databricks | 2291 jobs Snowflake | 2282 jobs CI/CD | 2226 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 | 4621 jobs Health care | 2499 jobs Flex hours | 1893 jobs Competitive pay | 1557 jobs Startup environment | 1403 jobs Equity / stock options | 1254 jobs Team events | 1226 jobs Salary bonus | 1219 jobs Insurance | 1088 jobs Flex vacation | 1055 jobs Parental leave | 870 jobs Medical leave | 799 jobs Wellness | 625 jobs 401(k) matching | 511 jobs Transparency | 278 jobs Fitness / gym | 242 jobs Relocation support | 205 jobs Conferences | 183 jobs Gear | 180 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 160 jobsRelated salaries
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