Salary growth in the Canadian tech sector continues to slow year-over-year in the face of persistent inflation.

“These findings suggest the tech sector is finding its equilibrium after years of rapid growth and adjustment.”

Canadian tech organizations reported median salary increases of just 3.5 percent year-over-year in 2025, according to Tap Network’s annual Tech Sector Salary and Total Rewards Survey . This is the second year in a row that salary growth has slowed. In 2024, Tap reported a median salary increase of 3.8 percent in Canada’s tech sector, which itself was a significant decline from the 2023 median increase of 7.5 percent.

While the increase beats out Canada’s overall inflation rate of 1.9 percent , it’s not keeping up as well in critical areas like groceries and shelter,

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