Jobiba Salary Intelligence

Senior Software Engineer salary in Toronto

Salary range, market position, recent movement, location comparisons and matching live jobs—calculated from comparable Jobiba listings rather than copied salary tables.

46 salary observations69 matching live jobsmedium confidence

Typical market range

CA$137,750–CA$166,200

Median CA$161,500 / year

Based on 46 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · refreshed 22 Oct 2026

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Salary distribution

Where the market sits

CAD · annualized

CA$137,750

25th percentile

CA$161,500

Market median

CA$166,200

75th percentile

CA$136,000

Lower market

CA$137,750

25th percentile

CA$166,200

75th percentile

CA$180,500

Upper market

Market movement

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Not enough historical evidence yet. Trend is shown only when both 90-day windows have enough comparable observations, preventing noisy “growth” claims from tiny samples.

Location intelligence

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Currencies are never blended or silently converted

Live opportunity layer

Senior Software Engineer jobs in Toronto

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How Jobiba calculates this

Evidence first, estimate second

  • • Uses recent active Jobiba listings that contain employer/source salary data.
  • • Requires an explicit salary currency and pay period before a listing can enter an aggregate.
  • • Applies broad currency-specific plausibility floors/ceilings, then rejects extreme statistical outliers.
  • • Groups title variants through Jobiba's canonical salary-role taxonomy so current estimates and historical trends use the same comparable cohort.
  • • Annualizes hourly, daily, weekly and monthly pay; no foreign-exchange conversion is used.
  • • Uses percentile medians and publishes a range only after the minimum comparable sample is reached.
  • • Labels inferred pay on salary pages/jobs as a Jobiba estimate, never as employer-provided compensation.

Based on 46 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · refreshed 22 Oct 2026

Frequently asked questions

Senior Software Engineer salary in Toronto: common questions

What is the average Senior Software Engineer salary in Toronto in 2026?

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Toronto is CA$161,500 a year, based on 46 salary-listed job postings on Jobiba. The middle half of postings pay between CA$137,750 and CA$166,200 a year (25th to 75th percentile).

How does Jobiba calculate Senior Software Engineer salary in Toronto?

From 46 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.

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Jobiba Market Terminal

Salary trend & career market pulse

A stock-style view of pay movement—without pretending salaries are stocks. Graph points require multiple comparable observations, and stronger growth signals require at least five.

Market tape

CA$161,500

Median · Oct 26 · 15 observations

P25 CA$155,750

P75 CA$164,050

Aug 26Oct 26

Monthly momentum wave

median change · consecutive reliable months only

12-month growth

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Median salary change

3-year CAGR

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Annualized growth

3-month momentum

+8.6%

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Signal: rising

Market volatility

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Consecutive monthly median variability

History coverage

3 reliable monthly snapshots

Reliable evidence currently reaches back to Aug 26. Jobiba does not fabricate missing older history.

City movers

Where pay is gaining momentum

01

San Francisco, United States

42 latest-month samples · $219,500 median

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02

San Francisco, Canada

23 latest-month samples · $205,000 median

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03

New York, United States

16 latest-month samples · $241,700 median

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04

Toronto, Canada

15 latest-month samples · CA$161,500 median

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Mountain View, United States

11 latest-month samples · $195,500 median

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06

San Mateo, United States

10 latest-month samples · $220,020 median

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07

Foster City, United States

8 latest-month samples · $245,000 median

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Bellevue, United States

7 latest-month samples · $243,750 median

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Market composition

Experience mix behind the data

This helps candidates judge whether a headline median is dominated by junior, mid-level or senior observations.

12M

experience mix

Senior Level
46.4%
Unknown
32.1%
4+ Years
5.4%
5+ Years
5.4%
Mid Level
5.4%
5-8 Years
1.8%
6+ Years
1.8%
Entry Level
1.8%

Salary by experience

How Senior Software Engineer pay changes by seniority in Toronto

This is a market ladder from salary-bearing listings, not a promise that another year of service automatically creates a raise. Scope, company type, skills and responsibility still move the number.

Senior level

25 observations · P25 CA$161,500 · P75 CA$166,600

CA$161,500

Career planning check: if your current level sits well below the market median, compare the job scope first. A title can be the same while team size, ownership and technical depth are very different.

Skills & pay signal

Skills showing up in better-paid Senior Software Engineer listings

A premium is an association, not a causal guarantee. Higher-paying jobs often bundle several scarce skills, stronger seniority and tougher scope together. Use this as a shortlist for deeper career research.

git

5 salary-bearing jobs · median CA$215,000

+33.1%

rust

8 salary-bearing jobs · median CA$192,250

+19.0%

finance

7 salary-bearing jobs · median CA$180,500

+11.8%

javascript

11 salary-bearing jobs · median CA$166,600

+3.2%

c#

6 salary-bearing jobs · median CA$165,800

+2.7%

typescript

17 salary-bearing jobs · median CA$165,000

+2.2%

react

13 salary-bearing jobs · median CA$165,000

+2.2%

c++

6 salary-bearing jobs · median CA$164,050

+1.6%
Skills with broad demand but no current pay premium
ai · 0.0%artificial intelligence · 0.0%java · 0.0%python · 0.0%recruitment · 0.0%