SOFTWARE DEVELOPER SALARY IN CANADA

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Average gross salary for Software Developer GROSS SALARY
CA$ 79,410
Average gorss salary (USD) for Software Developer GROSS SALARY (USD)
US$ 68,007
Average net salary for Software Developer NET SALARY
CA$ 56,822
The most typical salary for Software Developer MOST TYPICAL GROSS
CA$ 82,194
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  Updated: 23 Dec 2020   Diff. gross vs. net: 28%
  Salary entries: 101

Average salary for Software Developer in Canada is CA$ 79,410.

Average take home earning is CA$ 56,822 (Net).

The most typical salary is CA$ 82,194 (Gross).

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Percentage of people Earn this salary or more
6 % CA$ 163,000
14 % CA$ 121,750
23 % CA$ 100,666
56 % CA$ 74,000
87 % CA$ 52,458
94 % CA$ 42,028
99 % CA$ 33,000
City Avg. gross salary (USD) Salary entries
Toronto CA$ 79,554 US$ 69,455 37
Montreal CA$ 82,000 US$ 67,382 21
Vancouver, Canada CA$ 102,600 US$ 84,551 10
Ottawa CA$ 83,500 US$ 72,395 10
Edmonton CA$ 76,760 US$ 72,460 05
Calgary CA$ 65,750 US$ 59,105 04
Winnipeg CA$ 42,066 US$ 35,323 03
Waterloo CA$ 80,000 US$ 72,246 02
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  SALARY BY LEVEL   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   CANADA

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Salary levels Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 167,244 CA$ 220,000
01
US$ 135,888 CA$ 174,000
02
US$ 121,770 CA$ 163,000
03
US$ 106,715 CA$ 140,000
02
US$ 105,705 CA$ 132,000
02
US$ 96,084 CA$ 121,750
04
US$ 96,082 CA$ 112,718
06
US$ 77,907 CA$ 100,666
03
US$ 77,444 CA$ 97,000
01
US$ 70,075 CA$ 82,194
19
US$ 67,788 CA$ 74,000
14
US$ 58,143 CA$ 62,964
14
US$ 48,150 CA$ 52,458
17
US$ 39,923 CA$ 42,028
07
US$ 29,595 CA$ 33,000
05
US$ 27,093 CA$ 27,000
01

  SALARY BY GENDER   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   CANADA

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 68,719 CA$ 83,419 76
US$ 67,211 CA$ 80,277 04
US$ 65,580 CA$ 64,738 21

  SALARY BY EDUCATION   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   CANADA

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 55,609 CA$ 62,000 05
US$ 69,370 CA$ 74,500 13
US$ 70,442 CA$ 83,777 72
US$ 56,003 CA$ 63,500 10
US$ 57,015 CA$ 75,000 01

Software Developer workers holding Bachelors Degree degrees enjoy the highest average gross salaries in Canada. With an earned Bachelors Degree, they grosses CA$ 83,777. While Software Developer workers with Doctorate Degree education earn the least, with an average gross income of CA$ 62,000. This is 26.67% lower of what Bachelors Degree degree holders earn.


  SALARY BY EXPERIENCE   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   CANADA

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 91,103 CA$ 107,000 05
US$ 81,477 CA$ 109,000 03
US$ 83,217 CA$ 100,125 08
US$ 69,637 CA$ 79,785 21
US$ 76,138 CA$ 90,580 21
US$ 58,451 CA$ 67,900 11
US$ 59,587 CA$ 67,194 16
US$ 52,836 CA$ 59,862 16

Software Developer workers in Canada with more years of work experience outperform their counterparts with less experience. Workers with 20+ Years of experience earn a gross average of CA$ 107,000 compared to CA$ 59,862 for their counterparts with 0-1 Year of experience. The difference between workers with 20+ Years of experience and 0-1 Year is 72.43%.


  SALARY BY AGE   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   CANADA

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 76,266 CA$ 94,000 03
US$ 83,192 CA$ 99,333 09
US$ 72,761 CA$ 88,500 10
US$ 71,217 CA$ 87,770 34
US$ 58,603 CA$ 68,940 20
US$ 55,283 CA$ 70,000 03
US$ 27,093 CA$ 27,000 01
US$ 65,580 CA$ 64,738 21
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  SALARY BY JOB TYPE   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   CANADA

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 65,691 CA$ 75,805 86
US$ 94,014 CA$ 118,466 09
US$ 51,266 CA$ 58,750 04
US$ 84,027 CA$ 100,000 02
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  SALARY BY CITY   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   CANADA

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# Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
1. US$ 84,551 CA$ 102,600 10
2. US$ 72,395 CA$ 83,500 10
3. US$ 67,382 CA$ 82,000 21
4. US$ 72,246 CA$ 80,000 02
5. US$ 69,455 CA$ 79,554 37
6. US$ 72,460 CA$ 76,760 05
7. US$ 59,105 CA$ 65,750 04
8. US$ 35,323 CA$ 42,066 03

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  SALARY BY COUNTRY    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

# Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
1. United States US$ 90,217 US$ 90,217 260
2. Australia US$ 76,767 AU$ 89,767 53
3. United Kingdom US$ 70,481 GBP 48,615 66
4. Canada US$ 68,007 CA$ 79,410 101
5. Mexico US$ 46,014 MXN 836,647 17
6. China US$ 43,815 CNY 287,297 44
7. Russia US$ 29,767 RUB 1,530,760 25
8. India US$ 16,695 INR 1,065,107 585

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(34/34)  SOLUTION ARCHITECT


 Posted: 23 Dec 2020

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Testing tweaking changing managing."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 85,000
US$ 64,617


(33/34)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 16 Dec 2020

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Software development."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 110,000
US$ 83,622


(32/34)  DEVELOPER


 Posted: 27 Nov 2020

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "- write code - write documentation - wrtie tests."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 100,000
US$ 76,020


(31/34)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 19 Nov 2020

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Full-stack developer."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 170,000
US$ 129,234


(30/34)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 10 Oct 2020

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "PHP, C#, Java, Git, Eclipse, Problem solving, design patterns, best practices, software engineering, agile development."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 60,000
US$ 45,612


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(29/34)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 07 Oct 2020

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "I manage aws services."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 220,000
US$ 167,244


(28/34)  PHP DEVELOPER


 Posted: 16 Sep 2020

High School, 1-2 years: "Php css html javascript."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 75,000
US$ 57,015


(27/34)  DATA SCIENTIST


 Posted: 26 Jul 2020

Bachelors Degree, 12-16 years: "Use data to train predictive models to add value to a business."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 125,000
US$ 95,025


(26/34)  SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 14 Jun 2020

Some College, 20+ years: "DevOps manager, Systems Analyst. Full Stack developer, Certified Electronics Tech (1991), Computer languages C, C++, Java, .NET all flavors including net core,python, and javascript (others as well COBOL 89!). Docker, GITLAB, JIT, MCSD (2004), MCSE (2006), ITIL - V4 and many more. 25 years wrinting code and managing systems."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 110,000
US$ 83,622


(25/34)  SENIOR FRONTEND DEVELOPER


 Posted: 08 May 2020

Bachelors Degree, 12-16 years: "Core knowledge: software development; frontend development; UX design. Core technologies: Javascript; React; Angular; HTML; CSS."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 140,000
US$ 106,428


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(24/34)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 06 May 2020

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Development testing."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 100,000
US$ 76,020


(23/34)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER II


 Posted: 30 Apr 2020

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Python, Git, Go."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 169,000
US$ 128,474


(22/34)  JUNIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 25 Apr 2020

Bachelors Degree, 1-2 years: "Web development single page development."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 35,000
US$ 26,607


(21/34)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 02 Apr 2020

Doctorate Degree, 0-1 year: "C and embedded with telecommunication and dsp knowledge."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 80,000
US$ 60,816


(20/34)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 14 Mar 2020

Bachelors Degree, 0-1 year: "SDE back-end, data team."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 83,000
US$ 63,097


(19/34)  JAVA DEVELOPER


 Posted: 10 Mar 2020

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Senior software developer."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 160,000
US$ 121,632


(18/34)  JUNIOR DEVELOPER


 Posted: 09 Mar 2020

Some College, 1-2 years: "Embedded systems c++ programming, also UI and some backend stuff."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 50,000
US$ 38,010


(17/34)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 20 Feb 2020

Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years: "Develop software."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 111,000
US$ 84,382


(16/34)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 20 Jan 2020

Bachelors Degree, 0-1 year: "Computer Science Degree, Computer Programming Certificate."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 50,000
US$ 38,010


(15/34)  FULL STACK DEVELOPER


 Posted: 01 Dec 2019

Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years: "Frontend + Backend developer."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 56,000
US$ 44,844


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(14/34)  EMBEDDED SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 27 Sep 2019

Masters Degree, 8-12 years: "Design, code and test C features for switches and routes."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 130,000
US$ 104,103


(13/34)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 26 May 2019

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Security Engineer."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 65,000
US$ 52,052


(12/34)  APPLICATION DEVELOPER


 Posted: 20 May 2019

Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "Oracle database, JAVA, Oracle ADF."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 80,000
US$ 64,064


(11/34)  FULL STACK DEVELOPER


 Posted: 07 May 2019

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Web Development, Software Development, Ecommerce."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 65,000
US$ 52,052


(10/34)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 23 Jan 2019

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Writing, reviewing code, deploying software on the web."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 84,700
US$ 67,827


(9/34)  INTEGRATIONS ENGINEER


 Posted: 12 Jan 2019

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "I integrate APIs into clients pos systems."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 122,000
US$ 97,697


(8/34)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 31 Dec 2018

Doctorate Degree, 4-8 years: "Design Software Systems."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 30,000
US$ 24,024


(7/34)  CONSULTANT


 Posted: 27 Nov 2018

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Salesforce implementation and development."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 70,000
US$ 56,056


(6/34)  PROGRAMMER ANALYST


 Posted: 27 Sep 2018

Bachelors Degree, 12-16 years: "Development and maintenance of internal software."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 86,000
US$ 68,868


(5/34)  JAVA AND NODEJS SENIOR BACKEND DEVELOPER


 Posted: 31 Aug 2018

Bachelors Degree, 20+ years: "REST API, third party integrations, database development, relational and non-relational and all backend development on many projects."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 134,000
US$ 107,306


(4/34)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 29 Aug 2018

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Design, coding, testing."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 178,000
US$ 142,541


(3/34)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 16 Aug 2018

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "AEM Developer working on Adobe Marketing Cloud."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 102,000
US$ 81,681


(2/34)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 16 Mar 2018

Bachelors Degree education, 1-2 years of experience.
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 40,000
US$ 32,032


(1/34)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 04 Dec 2017

Bachelors Degree, 12-16 years: "I gather and analyse requirements. I design, code and test software. Collaborate with team members."
Individual GROSS salary:
CA$ 140,000
US$ 107,002


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