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Developers and Programmers Average Salaries in Canada 2026

How much money does a person working in Developers and Programmers make in Canada?


Average Yearly Salary
115,000 CAD
( 9,610 CAD monthly)

LOW
85,400
CAD
AVERAGE
115,000
CAD
HIGH
151,000
CAD
All salary figures displayed here are per year except when noted otherwise.
All salary and compensation figures displayed here are gross salary figures, that is the salary before tax deductions. Because taxes may differ across sectors and locations, it is difficult to accurately calculate the net salary after tax for every career.

A person working in Developers and Programmers in Canada typically earns around 115,000 CAD. Salaries range from 85,400 CAD (lowest average) to 151,000 CAD (highest average, actual maximum salary is higher).


Salary Variance

The provided figure represents the median compensation that encompasses housing, transportation, and other perks. The salaries within the Developers and Programmers domain in Canada exhibit significant discrepancies across various professions. In case you seek information about the remuneration of a specific position, please refer to the salaries listed below for respective job titles.

Salaries for specific jobs

Job TitleAverage Salary
Information Technology
ABAP Developer108,000 CAD
Android Developer110,000 CAD
Angular Developer104,000 CAD
Angular JS Programmer109,000 CAD
Application Developer119,000 CAD
AS400 Programmer116,000 CAD
Assembly Developer120,000 CAD
Avaloq Developer108,000 CAD
Back End Developer115,000 CAD
BizTalk Developer 123,000 CAD
Build and Release Engineer107,000 CAD
Business Intelligence Developer128,000 CAD
Business Objects Developer114,000 CAD
C Developer130,000 CAD
C# Developer129,000 CAD
C++ Developer122,000 CAD
Chatbot Developer105,000 CAD
Clojure Developer138,000 CAD
CMS Developer93,400 CAD
Computer Programmer117,000 CAD
Curam Developer98,500 CAD
Dart Developer85,000 CAD
Delphi Developer124,000 CAD
Developer / Programmer117,000 CAD
Developer Evangelist112,000 CAD
DevOps Engineer116,000 CAD
Django Specialist110,000 CAD
Driver Developer124,000 CAD
Elixir Developer152,000 CAD
Embedded Software Developer118,000 CAD
Erlang Developer149,000 CAD
Flash Developer105,000 CAD
Front End Developer96,000 CAD
Front End Web Developer97,600 CAD
Full Stack Developer117,000 CAD
Game Developer108,000 CAD
GIS Developer119,000 CAD
Go Developer141,000 CAD
Graphical User Interface ( GUI ) Programmer100,000 CAD
Graphics Programmer103,000 CAD
Groovy Developer131,000 CAD
Haskell Developer126,000 CAD
Imaging Programmer104,000 CAD
Information Systems Developer106,000 CAD
IOS Developer121,000 CAD
Java Developer120,000 CAD
Javascript Developer112,000 CAD
jQuery Specialist120,000 CAD
Kotlin Developer129,000 CAD
Laravel Specialist109,000 CAD
Lead Developer139,000 CAD
Lisp Developer155,000 CAD
Lua Developer138,000 CAD
MATLAB Developer127,000 CAD
Mobile Developer115,000 CAD
Multimedia Developer101,000 CAD
NextJs Specialist112,000 CAD
Nodejs Developer126,000 CAD
Objective-C Developer141,000 CAD
Oracle Developer117,000 CAD
Perl Developer102,000 CAD
PHP Developer100,000 CAD
PowerShell Developer113,000 CAD
Python Developer125,000 CAD
R Language Developer131,000 CAD
React Specialist130,000 CAD
Remedy Developer95,400 CAD
Robotic Process Automation Developer97,100 CAD
Ruby Developer106,000 CAD
Rust Developer143,000 CAD
Salesforce Developer88,800 CAD
SAS Programmer103,000 CAD
Scala Developer142,000 CAD
Sharepoint Developer127,000 CAD
Software Developer114,000 CAD
Software Development Manager147,000 CAD
Software QA Engineer107,000 CAD
Software Test Engineer105,000 CAD
Swift Developer139,000 CAD
Teradata Developer98,900 CAD
TIBCO Developer103,000 CAD
TypeScript Developer132,000 CAD
UI Engineer116,000 CAD
User Experience Designer102,000 CAD
VB Developer90,700 CAD
VB.NET Developer124,000 CAD
Visual Basic Developer93,100 CAD
VueJs Specialist110,000 CAD
WordPress Specialist110,000 CAD
Zig Developer146,000 CAD

Developers and Programmers Jobs Pay Scale and Salaries in Canada

Median Salary, maximum and minimum salary, minimum wage, starting salary, and the salary range

All salary figures displayed here are per year except when noted otherwise.
  • Salary Range, Minimum Wage, and Starting Salary

    Salaries in Developers and Programmers in Canada range from 85,400 CAD (starting average salary) to 151,000 CAD (maximum average salary, actual maximum is higher). To clarify, the number presented is not the legally mandated minimum wage. Rather, it represents the lowest figure reported in a salary survey that involved thousands of participants and professionals from across the entire country.

  • Median Salary

    The median income in the field of Developers and Programmers is 112,000 CAD, implying that half of the workforce in Canada earns less than this figure, and the other half earns more. It represents the central value of salaries. As a rule of thumb, you would prefer to be part of the group earning above the median wage, situated on the right-hand side of the salary distribution chart.

  • Percentiles and Salary Scale

    Two values that are highly correlated with the median are the 25th and 75th percentiles. By examining the salary distribution diagram, it is possible to determine that 25% of individuals employed in Developers and Programmers in Canada earn less than 102,000 CAD, while 75% of them earn more. Additionally, the diagram reveals that 75% of individuals earn less than 120,000 CAD, while 25% earn more than that.

  • Pay Scale Structure

    Data was regrouped into brackets to provide a better understanding of what salaries can be expected. This approach was deemed more accurate than relying solely on the average salary, as it offers greater insights into the distribution of salaries in the field of Developers and Programmers in Canada. The analysis revealed that roughly 65% of all reported salaries fell within the range of 91,500 CAD to 106,000 CAD. Approximately 20% of salaries were below the 91,500 CAD mark, while 10% ranged from 106,000 CAD to 113,000 CAD. Only 5% of individuals earned a gross salary of 113,000 CAD or higher.