US Tech Workers Make 46% More Than Canadian Peers, Study Finds

A new study reveals that US tech workers are paid 46% more on average than their Canadian counterparts, as reported by Tara Deschamps for The Globe and Mail.

A typical tech employee in Canada makes $83,700 a year compared to $122,600 for workers in the US sector.

The research by The Dais Public Policy Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University found that a typical tech employee in Canada makes $83,700 a year compared to $122,600 for workers in the US sector.

The report, which takes into account the exchange rate and cost of living, quantifies a stark reality that the sector has long recognized—American tech workers are better compensated.

However, its authors, Vivian Li, Mahmehr Hamza, and Anusha Arif, stress that "to revel in lower wages and celebrate a downturn that would facilitate them would be the wrong focus." Instead, they say the report should be taken as a call to action.

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