Lowest available median
Prince Edward Island
CAD 38.46 per hour
Source: Labour Force Survey
Method: LFS 2023-24 PR NOC5
Reference period: 2023-2024
Currency and period: CAD, per hour
Official Canadian wage profile
NOC 2021 21232 Category 2
Software developers and programmers
A wage record for this five-digit Canadian NOC 2021 unit group, within Natural and applied sciences and related occupations. Use the occupation code and location together when interpreting the published figures.
From the Government of Canada Job Bank 2025 wage file, updated 2025-11-19 and checked 2026-10-12. The source reference period for this Canada estimate is 2023-2024.
Geography in the source file
Where the wage record has coverage
This occupation has 9 published province-level entries and 47 published local or regional entries in the national median's per hour pay period.
Province-level entries
9 of 9 locations
Reported medians range from CAD 40.87 to CAD 52.40 per hour.
Local / regional entries
47 of 76 locations
Reported medians range from CAD 38.46 to CAD 52.40 per hour.
Three points in the local wage map
Lowest, middle-ranked and highest available local/regional medians in this file, not a separate survey.
Middle available median
Laval
CAD 44.38 per hour
Source: Labour Force Survey
Method: LFS 2023-24 ER NOC5
Reference period: 2023-2024
Currency and period: CAD, per hour
Highest available median
Lower Mainland
CAD 52.40 per hour
Source: Labour Force Survey
Method: LFS 2023-24 ER NOC5
Reference period: 2023-2024
Currency and period: CAD, per hour
Province-level estimates
Every displayed figure retains its NOC 2021 code, place, CAD currency, pay period, source, method and reference period.
| Geography | Low / median / high | Source details |
|---|---|---|
| AlbertaNOC 2021 21232 | CAD 29.81 low / CAD 48.08 median / CAD 76.92 highCAD, per hour | Source: Labour Force Survey Method: LFS 2023-24 PR NOC5 Reference period: 2023-2024 Currency and period: CAD, per hour |
| British ColumbiaNOC 2021 21232 | CAD 31.25 low / CAD 52.40 median / CAD 84.13 highCAD, per hour | Source: Labour Force Survey Method: LFS 2023-24 PR NOC5 Reference period: 2023-2024 Currency and period: CAD, per hour |
| ManitobaNOC 2021 21232 | CAD 30 low / CAD 41.03 median / CAD 62.02 highCAD, per hour | Source: Labour Force Survey Method: LFS 2023-24 PR NOC5 Reference period: 2023-2024 Currency and period: CAD, per hour |
| New BrunswickNOC 2021 21232 | CAD 28 low / CAD 45.67 median / CAD 74.04 highCAD, per hour | Source: Labour Force Survey Method: LFS 2023-24 PR NOC5 Reference period: 2023-2024 Currency and period: CAD, per hour |
| Newfoundland and LabradorNOC 2021 21232 | CAD 30.77 low / CAD 43.75 median / CAD 74.52 highCAD, per hour | Source: Labour Force Survey Method: LFS 2023-24 PR NOC5 Reference period: 2023-2024 Currency and period: CAD, per hour |
| Nova ScotiaNOC 2021 21232 | CAD 24.50 low / CAD 40.87 median / CAD 66.67 highCAD, per hour | Source: Labour Force Survey Method: LFS 2023-24 PR NOC5 Reference period: 2023-2024 Currency and period: CAD, per hour |
| OntarioNOC 2021 21232 | CAD 30.29 low / CAD 48.08 median / CAD 77.40 highCAD, per hour | Source: Labour Force Survey Method: LFS 2023-24 PR NOC5 Reference period: 2023-2024 Currency and period: CAD, per hour |
| QuebecNOC 2021 21232 | CAD 29 low / CAD 45.67 median / CAD 68.13 highCAD, per hour | Source: Labour Force Survey Method: LFS 2023-24 PR NOC5 Reference period: 2023-2024 Currency and period: CAD, per hour |
| SaskatchewanNOC 2021 21232 | CAD 28.85 low / CAD 48.07 median / CAD 68.68 highCAD, per hour | Source: Labour Force Survey Method: LFS 2023-24 PR NOC5 Reference period: 2023-2024 Currency and period: CAD, per hour |
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Source and limitations
These are estimates reported in the official file, not advertised job-offer ranges. Missing place and occupation estimates stay missing.
The occupation mapping is NOC 2021 21232: Software developers and programmers. NOC unit groups provide a Canadian classification; similarly worded job titles do not automatically map to the same group. Check the official classification for its boundaries.
The file was updated 2025-11-19 and checked 2026-10-12. Each estimate above keeps its own source series, method and reference period. The wage file does not publish an occupation-level respondent count here.
Source methods and reference periods can differ between places. Low and high values are shown only as published; no hourly-to-annual conversion, experience adjustment, interpolation or currency conversion is applied. Some location combinations have no published median or complete source attribution and are not displayed.
Official wages are separate from self-reported survey responses. Survey results remain hidden until a group has at least five matching responses and are not added to this official wage estimate.
This set spans six NOC broad categories and was selected for recognizable occupation groups and available nationwide and local wage coverage. It is not ranked by search volume.
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