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Canada’s tech worker wages way behind their U.S. counterparts: study

Tech employee in Canada makes $83,700 per year compared with $122,600 for workers in the U.S.
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A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023 in this photo illustration. A new study from Toronto Metropolitan University says Canadian tech workers are paid on average 46 per cent less than their U.S. counterparts. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

A new study from Toronto Metropolitan University says US. tech workers are paid 46 per cent more on average than their Canadian counterparts.

The research from the university’s The Dais public policy institute found a typical tech employee in Canada makes $83,700 per year compared with $122,600 for workers in the U.S. sector.

The study says at least 10 per cent of the wage gap is attributable to a larger share of tech workers in Canada being part-time or not working the full year than in the U.S.

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