Machine Learning Engineer Salary in Toronto — What You'll Actually Make

Entry LevelCA$115,000
Mid LevelCA$157,000
Senior LevelCA$229,000
/yearAverage Monthly: CA$13,917/month
Demand:🔥 Hot

Reality Check

TLDR

Toronto salaries are 35-45% below US equivalents in CAD terms. Many senior devs work remotely for US companies to bridge the gap.

How to Earn More

  • 1.Publish papers or contribute to open-source ML — it is the best resume signal in ML hiring
  • 2.Specialize in LLMs and transformer architectures — the hottest niche in all of tech right now
  • 3.Get into ML infrastructure — MLOps engineers are scarcer and paid almost as much as researchers

Top Paying Industries

Big TechAI StartupsAutonomous Vehicles

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