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I know a company that pays fresh-grad $70k-$75k base salary with 10-15% bonus almost guaranteed base on company performance (there's a calculation behind it but the bonus amount is part of your package).

Microsoft, Amazon, starting salary was 85-90k to 100k+ 2-3 years ago for 2 years - 5/7 years of experience.

Salesforce Intermediate/borderline Senior SDET (SDET typically make less than SDE) starts from 100k base with a bunch of plus plus that can boost their income to 120k-140k.

OpenDNS lurking well above $100k as well for intermediate developer.

Mogo.ca pays their front-end dev $100k base and this is a small-medium size company.

It's not the norm but thanks to US-based companies, salary is moving up and up.



That's in CAD, correct? The Canadian dollar isn't doing too well, and is expected to drop to around $.50 USD by year end.


But we're talking about local issue so currency matters less for this topic.


Unfortunately, Vancouver housing is being driven by international currencies. A low Canadian dollar makes houses in Vancouver a bargain for outsiders and even more unaffordable for anyone earning Canadian dollars.




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