In Montreal, we have a large contracting scene for banking and near-shore consulting in general. For a contractor with ~10 years of experience, it's pretty comm

In Montreal, we have a large contracting scene for banking and near-shore consulting in general. For a contractor with ~10 years of experience, it's pretty common to see 175k as a contract worker, with contracts renewed yearly (if you decide not to move somewhere else). In the last 5 years SV companies have started to open offices in Montreal (google has been here for a while, fb came semi recently), and that sweet sweet USD + venture funding gives them a real edge in what they can pay people. FTEs with a US base can make 150k+ which is quite a jump above Canada based firms. From what I've seen those tend to be around 100k for someone with ~10 years experience, and anything higher is considered quite good.