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

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Engineer in Canada during 2025 is USD 141,700

✏️ This salary info is based on 104 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Engineer salary lies between USD 105,100 and USD 187,000 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
104
Top 10%
$ 254,000
Top 25%
$ 187,000
Median
$ 141,700
Bottom 25%
$ 105,100
Bottom 10%
$ 77,500

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 | 24640 jobs Python | 23815 jobs Machine Learning | 17855 jobs Pipelines | 15185 jobs Architecture | 14698 jobs Computer Science | 14350 jobs AWS | 14002 jobs SQL | 12607 jobs Security | 11402 jobs Azure | 9891 jobs Testing | 9673 jobs CI/CD | 8293 jobs GCP | 8227 jobs Data pipelines | 8207 jobs Agile | 7749 jobs APIs | 7696 jobs Java | 7435 jobs Research | 7349 jobs Kubernetes | 7079 jobs Spark | 7032 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 | 21424 jobs Health care | 11544 jobs Equity / stock options | 8663 jobs Flex hours | 7771 jobs Startup environment | 7459 jobs Competitive pay | 7454 jobs Salary bonus | 6114 jobs Flex vacation | 5295 jobs Insurance | 5210 jobs Team events | 5022 jobs Parental leave | 4590 jobs Medical leave | 4440 jobs Wellness | 3106 jobs 401(k) matching | 2921 jobs Relocation support | 1460 jobs Transparency | 1409 jobs Conferences | 1267 jobs Home office stipend | 1153 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 979 jobs Gear | 892 jobs

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