Dan D Kim

Let's share stories

Highest Paying Tech Companies for New Grads in Canada 2021

2021-02-08 Dan D. Kimcareer

Cali or Bust

I came across the following stats from University of Waterloo 2020 Software Engineering Graduates' Profile

Stats

84% of the graduates planned to go work in the US right after graduation.

I don’t blame them. US has better opportunities. US will reward you more for your efforts than Canada could.

Having said that, I’m Canadian. And while I admit that Canadian tech ecosystem is a small fraction of what US has to offer, I wanted to highlight some of the opportunities we have at home.

So here it is.

These are ballpark numbers, sourced from http://levels.fyi/

Top Paying Tech Companies in Canada for New Grads

To get a fair comparision between different locations, I separated the offers by province.

Images may show up weird in dark mode, so you might want to toggle light mode for this (click the Moon icon on the menu bar)

Ontario

Company Total Compensation Location
Qualcomm $109,000 Markham
Cisco $93,000 - $97,000 Ottawa
IBM $81,000 - $113,000 Ottawa
Shopify $65,000 - $108,000 Ottawa
Accenture $80,000 - $105,000 Toronto
Amazon $126,000 - $174,000 Toronto
AMD $113,000 Toronto
IBM $83,000 - $110,000 Toronto
GitHub $103,000 Toronto
Huawei $91,000 Toronto
RBC $102,000 Toronto
Shopify $102,000 - $127,000 Toronto
Google $127,000 - $145,000 Waterloo
Square $145,000 Waterloo

British Columbia

Company Total Compensation (salary + stock options + bonus) Location
Amazon $110,000 - $197,000 Vancouver
Arista Networks $127,000 Vancouver
Microsoft $124,000 - $192,000 Vancouver
Quora $197,000 Vancouver
SAP $105,000 - $127,000 Vancouver

Quebec

Company Total Compensation (salary + stock options + bonus) Location
Morgan Stanley $75,000 - $102,000 Montreal
Shopify $116,000 Montreal

Alberta

Company Total Compensation (salary + stock options + bonus) Location
AMD $84,000 Calgary

Notes

  • data from levels.fyi
  • these TCs (total compensation) are for new-grads, not experienced hires
  • some of these new grads have 1-2 years worth of internships
  • ironically yes, most of the top paying jobs in Canada are from US companies
  • No, this isn’t an exhaustive list
  • No, money isn’t everything. Consider other aspects to make sure you find a job you like

Updates


That’s all. Happy job-searching!