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Workers in the industry are significantly underpaid relative to the US. With no easy way to work in the US, I suspect fewer Canadians would choose to study comp
by twblalock 9y ago
Workers in the industry are significantly underpaid relative to the US. With no easy way to work in the US, I suspect fewer Canadians would choose to study computer science.
For example, from Google just now, the average software engineering salary in Vancouver BC is about $73k CAD (about $57k USD), and the average software engineering salary in Seattle is about $96k USD. That's about a 68% increase over the Canadian salary, and the cost of living is similar in both cities.
Incidentally, my company has had a number of Waterloo interns over the years and they have all been excellent. Many of them have moved back to the US after graduating.
- xyzzy_plugh 9y agoRelative to other prograns, computer science graduates still probably come out near the top in terms of job opportunities and income, even if they're underpaid relative to the US.
- throw968652 9y agoLast year I got offers to intern at one of the big 4 companies in a US office and a Canadian office. Including relocation bonus, for 14 weeks, in the US I was offered 31K USD and in Canada 28K CAD, (around 22K USD). A 40% difference.
- nimos 9y agoCS still pays way better than most stuff in Canada and almost every school's CS department is struggling to meet demand. I'm sure there would be some negative effect in terms of demand but realistically the supply side is so constrained especially at good schools I doubt you'd see any real downtick in graduates.
- 52-6F-62 9y agoAnd that number in Vancouver is the average market rate. Work on a tech role at a non-tech company and the range can be up to $30k CAD lower than that at varying experience levels.