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Frontend Engineer Salary in Toronto

Mid-level (3-5y) frontend engineer pay in Toronto sits around $96,000/yr. Floor and stretch bands below, plus how the role compares across other markets and roles.

TL;DR

Mid-level frontend engineer salary in Toronto (3-5 years' experience) sits at $96,000/year, with a floor at $81,600 and a stretch band at $120,000. These bands are anchored against real offer data and cross-checked against BLS Occupational Employment Statistics and public sources like Levels.fyi and Robert Half's 2026 Salary Guide.

Pay at or above the median to be competitive; pay at the stretch band to be top-quartile attractive. LinkedIn Talent Insights shows JDs that publish a salary range get 75% more qualified applicants — and pay-transparency laws in CO, NY, CA, WA + the EU's pay-transparency directive are making disclosure the default. Below: full Toronto bands by experience (junior/mid/senior/lead), and how Toronto compares against other markets.

Floor

$81,600

$6,800/mo · 15th percentile

Median

$96,000

$8,000/mo · Typical mid-level offer

Stretch

$120,000

$10,000/mo · Top-quartile, hot market

By experience level in Toronto

Same role, four experience levels, annual total comp.

ExperienceFloorMedianStretchMult.
Junior (0-2y)$53,040$62,400$78,0000.65×
Mid (3-5y)$81,600$96,000$120,0001.00×
Senior (5-8y)$110,160$129,600$162,0001.35×
Lead (8y+)$142,800$168,000$210,0001.75×

Floor = median × 0.85 · Stretch = median × 1.25. Mult applied to the Toronto mid-level base.

How Toronto compares

Same frontend engineer role, other top markets, mid-level annual median.

San Francisco$192,000+100%New York$162,000+69%Austin$129,600+35%Remote$117,600+23%Singapore$105,600+10%

Other roles in Toronto

Top 5 highest-paid roles in Toronto, mid-level annual median.

Engineering Manager$156,000Product Manager$114,000Backend Engineer$102,000Full-stack Engineer$98,400Marketing Manager$90,000

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