Interesting salary comparisons for the Biotechnology and Information Technology Sectors Fall 2012
This is an interesting report on salaries (as found in October 2012) in the Biotechnology and Information Technology sectors in both Canada and the US using the website Payscale. Another site of interest: https://www1.salary.com/Biotechnology-Salaries.html
| By Job | Canada | USA |
| Post Doctoral Research Associate Research Scientist Research Associate, Biotechnology Research Scientist, Biotechnology Senior Research Scientist, Biotechnology Research Laboratory Technician Executive Assistant Research Associate, Molecular Biology Staff Scientist |
$40,685 $58,395 $48,283 $62,140 $81,350 $37,117 $52,966 $49,528 $62,631 |
$41,211 $62,692 $48,832 $65,066 $93,106 – – – – |
| By Job | Canada | USA |
| Sr. Software Engineer/Developer/Programmer Programmer Analyst Software Engineer/Developer/Programmer Senior ProgrammerAnalyst Software Development Manager Computer Programmer Software Engineering/Development Director |
$79,188 $55,368 $57,853 $70,172 $94,579 $49,764 $112,886 |
$90,560 $59,570 $66,314 $79,037 $106,313 $52,007 $129,366 |
Another useful site for IT salaries in Canada: https://www.itworldcanada.com/salarycalculator/calculator.aspx
You can look up almost any job title and location in Canada.
eg. for E-Commerce Specialist ( GTA ) $90,000 ( country average $66,000 )
You will find on payscale.com that when you do the search again, you may get slightly different position titles and salaries – it is all about averages and you can fine tune the area of the country.
Hope this has proven useful.