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

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Engineer in Canada during 2025 is USD 122,200

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Engineer salary lies between USD 71,428 and USD 150,000 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
Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
Canada
Salary year
2025
Sample size
16
Top 10%
$ 230,000
Top 25%
$ 150,000
Median
$ 122,200
Bottom 25%
$ 71,428
Bottom 10%
$ 64,285

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 Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and Machine Learning. 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 | 4914 jobs Python | 4833 jobs Machine Learning | 3569 jobs Computer Science | 3003 jobs Pipelines | 2976 jobs Architecture | 2883 jobs AWS | 2767 jobs SQL | 2567 jobs Security | 2219 jobs Azure | 1969 jobs Testing | 1881 jobs Data pipelines | 1740 jobs GCP | 1642 jobs Agile | 1642 jobs Spark | 1545 jobs CI/CD | 1533 jobs Java | 1533 jobs Research | 1524 jobs ETL | 1494 jobs Kubernetes | 1466 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. 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 | 4358 jobs Health care | 2407 jobs Equity / stock options | 1781 jobs Flex hours | 1579 jobs Competitive pay | 1449 jobs Startup environment | 1405 jobs Salary bonus | 1224 jobs Insurance | 1062 jobs Flex vacation | 1057 jobs Team events | 1018 jobs Parental leave | 920 jobs Medical leave | 915 jobs 401(k) matching | 611 jobs Wellness | 598 jobs Relocation support | 314 jobs Conferences | 296 jobs Transparency | 293 jobs Home office stipend | 242 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 207 jobs Fertility benefits | 187 jobs

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