Salary for Country: Canada

Updated: 1 Feb 2012

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Country: Canada

Median Salary by Job

Job	National Salary Data (? XAll compensation data shown are the gross, national median (50th percentile). Pay can vary greatly by location. To view local data, take the PayScale survey. )	C$0	C$27K	C$54K	C$81K
Administrative Assistant	C$35,827
Executive Assistant	C$47,713
Software Developer	C$58,119
General / Operations Manager	C$70,392
Sr. Software Engineer / Developer / Programmer	C$78,543
Human Resources (HR) Manager	C$65,441
Retail Store Manager	C$40,377
Country: Canada \| Currency: CAD \| Updated: 1 Feb 2012 \| Individuals Reporting: 269,636

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Key Statistics for Canada Jobs

Popular Employers

Salary Range


Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)	C$32,227 - C$86,465
RBC Royal Bank	C$34,628 - C$83,772
CGI Group Inc.	C$42,080 - C$102,237
Bell Canada	C$42,167 - C$90,199
Rogers Communications Inc.	C$33,792 - C$96,564

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Top Degrees

Salary Range


Bachelor's Degree	C$41,726 - C$73,627
Associate's Degree	C$38,673 - C$63,734
Master of Business Administration (MBA)	C$58,795 - C$104,361
Bachelor of Science (BS / BSc), Computer Science (CS)	C$50,145 - C$78,895
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Psychology	C$39,139 - C$64,626

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Gender

	Female 50%			Male 50%
Salary:	C$37,524 - C$60,742			C$45,736 - C$82,015

Years of Experience

Less than 1 year

1-4 years

35%

5-9 years

25%

10-19 years

24%

20 years or more

12%

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Salaries in Canada

If you were to compare Salaries in Canada to a List of Job Salaries in the U.S., you would see a few salary trends. At the lower end of the salary spectrum in both countries are positions in retail and office management. At the other end of the spectrum are occupations requiring higher education or advanced technical skill. Senior software engineers, for example, earn high median salaries in Canada as well as in the U.S. Measuring Salaries in Canada by Employer Type also reveals some similarities between the two countries. In both Canada and the U.S., government and hospital positions often pay higher median salaries than occupations in other employment settings. Of course, most employees can expect to earn salaries that are commensurate with their level of experience. The chart showing Salaries in Canada by Years Experience confirms that median salaries for all occupations tend to increase over time.