Updated July 2026 · Canada · Alberta
Calgary AI compensation.
Alberta's largest city. Energy-sector tech anchored historically; growing AI engineering and fintech presence as the economy diversifies.
AI salaries in Calgary.
A Software Engineer in Calgary earns a median of CA$107,994 per year in base salary.
Base salary, annual, in CAD. Reconciled from ESDC Open Government wages, NOC 2021 coded. Sample sizes are structural placeholders. ESDC does not publish per-cell counts.
| Role | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Product Manager | CA$100,006 | CA$142,002 | CA$219,502 |
| Engineering Manager | CA$100,006 | CA$142,002 | CA$219,502 |
| Software Engineer | CA$89,440 | CA$107,994 | CA$208,000 |
| DevOps Engineer | CA$89,440 | CA$107,994 | CA$208,000 |
| AI Infrastructure Engineer | CA$89,440 | CA$107,994 | CA$208,000 |
| Backend Developer | CA$54,080 | CA$100,006 | CA$159,994 |
| AI Solutions Architect | CA$56,430 | CA$100,006 | CA$161,200 |
| Data Scientist | CA$65,624 | CA$96,283 | CA$149,864 |
| Data Engineer | CA$65,624 | CA$96,283 | CA$149,864 |
| Machine Learning Engineer | CA$65,624 | CA$96,283 | CA$149,864 |
| AI Engineer | CA$65,624 | CA$96,283 | CA$149,864 |
| ML Engineer | CA$65,624 | CA$96,283 | CA$149,864 |
| Prompt Engineer | CA$65,624 | CA$96,283 | CA$149,864 |
| NLP Engineer | CA$65,624 | CA$96,283 | CA$149,864 |
| Computer Vision Engineer | CA$65,624 | CA$96,283 | CA$149,864 |
| AI Research Scientist | CA$65,624 | CA$96,283 | CA$149,864 |
| LLM Engineer | CA$65,624 | CA$96,283 | CA$149,864 |
| Generative AI Developer | CA$65,624 | CA$96,283 | CA$149,864 |
| Frontend Developer | CA$56,493 | CA$84,635 | CA$129,043 |
| Full Stack Developer | CA$56,493 | CA$84,635 | CA$129,043 |
City facts.
- Province
- Alberta
- Population (metro)
- 1.5M
- StatCan ER code
- 4830
- Industries
- energy-tech, ai-engineering, fintech
How the Calgary number is built.
Calgary figures come from ESDC's Open Government wages dataset, which publishes per-occupation pay at the Economic Region level. Calgary resolves via Statistics Canada Economic Region 4830, and each Orbyt role maps to its NOC 2021 occupation code. The figure is gross base salary in Canadian dollars; provincial and federal income tax is the consumer's calculation, not baked in.
Every estimate traces back to its government source through the methodology paper. The figure is served in native Canadian dollars.
Cite the source.
Every Calgary estimate Orbyt publishes traces back to a specific government data source. The methodology paper documents the per-source weights, confidence tiers, and reconciliation rules.