2027 Canada Salary Guide From Robert Half

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In a labour market being reshaped by AI adoption, evolving skill demands and cost pressures, employers are aligning pay more closely to specialized capabilities, and, in some cases, exceeding budgeted salary ranges to compete for talent. Expanding pay transparency and a growing focus on total rewards are also changing how companies approach compensation.

The 2027 Canada Salary Guide From Robert Half provides projected starting salaries for more than 360 roles across 6 professional fields. This data-driven resource helps employers make informed decisions about compensation, talent retention and workforce planning, and helps enable professionals to evaluate career opportunities and earning potential.

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2027 Canada compensation trends

Specialized skills remain a major driver of compensation decisions as Canadian businesses work to hire and retain in-demand talent with targeted pay increases, particularly for professionals with skills that leverage AI. It’s a shift away from broad increases toward more selective compensation strategies that offer greater budget flexibility for critical roles and hard-to-staff skills.

Insights at a glance

6 in 10

organizations are modestly increasing compensation budgets to help attract and retain in-demand talent despite other cost pressures.

55%

are offering salaries above their planned range to secure top talent, with 61% citing specialized skills as a reason.

63%

are offering higher pay for relevant AI skills, with nearly a third (32%) offering more for AI-related skills than for other tech skills.

Value of salary benchmarking

Comparing salaries against reliable market data is a critical step in validating pay decisions and identifying necessary adjustments. More than 6 in 10 companies (64%) already review salaries for parity, and 56% are increasing compensation budgets to address pay gaps.

96% of companies already or intend to establish clear pay bands across roles and levels.

93% use—or plan to use—external market data to benchmark salaries.

Benefits of pay transparency

As pay transparency legislation expands across multiple provinces, many organizations are evaluating and adjusting how they communicate compensation. Reliable market data helps ensure those ranges are credible. Employers say sharing salary ranges upfront leads to:

of companies are taking pay transparency steps beyond legal requirements.

of companies currently or plan to include salary ranges in job postings.

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Trends and salaries by professional field

Get projected 2027 starting salaries and salary insights in 6 professional fields.

Finance and accounting

Technology

Marketing and creative

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Administrative and customer support

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Frequently asked questions

The 2027 Canada Salary Guide provides projected starting salaries and compensation trends in 6 professional fields. It helps employers make hiring, retention and workforce planning decisions, and supports job seekers with career planning and salary negotiation. 

Salary guides help employers set competitive pay and professionals negotiate fair compensation based on their skills and experience. While expanding pay transparency legislation and initiatives give professionals more visibility into individual roles, knowing how compensation compares across companies adds another layer of insight. That’s where data like ours comes in.

We use a rigorous, multistep process to develop starting salary benchmarks that reflect projected market trends. The ranges in the guide are based on compensation data for candidates our recruiters have placed nationwide, plus third-party job posting data we use for independent validation, and insights from our recruiting professionals who validate the data against real-world hiring and compensation trends. The result is salary information that is both data-informed and recruiter-validated.

Yes. Use our Salary Calculator to enter your city and find figures for your market.

No. The guide shows starting salaries only for someone new to the role. They do not include bonuses or annual merit increases. For information on bonuses and other incentives, explore the total rewards section in our guide.

We determine market variances with input from our data science team and talent solutions professionals, who assess local cost of living, talent supply and demand, and the concentration of high-paying industries in each metropolitan area.

Salary growth is expected to remain measured in Canada in 2027, but employers are still investing in competitive pay for critical roles, hard-to-staff positions and candidates with specialized skills. Pay transparency is also increasing demand for current salary data as employers need accurate market benchmarks to set and communicate competitive salary ranges.

Robert Half’s Demand for Skilled Talent report covers hiring trends and workforce strategies in 6 professional fields. Our labour market overview connects the dots between Statistics Canada, job postings and hiring trends, to provide a clearer view of labour market shifts.

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The salary benchmarks in the Canada Salary Guide From Robert Half are the result of a rigorous, multistep process designed to reflect projected market trends for 2027. They are based on actual compensation for professionals Robert Half has placed nationwide, along with third-party job posting data from Textkernel that we use for independent validation. Learn more about our salary methodology.

Non-salary data referenced in the Canada Salary Guide is based on online surveys developed by Robert Half and conducted by independent research firms. Respondents include hiring managers and workers from small (10-99 employees), midsize (100-999 employees) and large (1,000-plus employees) private, publicly listed and public sector organizations across Canada.

The Canada Salary Guide From Robert Half is solely for noncommercial use, and the copyright is the exclusive property of Robert Half. This guide cannot be reproduced or disseminated in any part without Robert Half’s written permission.