Which pays more, Montreal or Vancouver?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Montreal vs Vancouver

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit under 1% apart. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for Vancouver move faster — median age 40 days against 78.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Montreal	Vancouver	Gap
Open postings	70,545	52,659	+17,886
Posted this week	1,678	4,104
Median salary	$60,000	$59,500	+$500
25th percentile	$47.5k	$47k
75th percentile	$74.5k	$74k
Salary disclosed	5.0%	7.1%
Remote share	7.1%	8.8%	-1.7pp
Median age of posting	78d	40d
Open over 60 days	50.9%	40.8%
Visa sponsorship	11.5%	23.3%

Pay

Pay distribution

Montreal

$27k$104k

Vancouver

$27k$103k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Montreal

just posted78d median90d+

Vancouver

just posted40d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Montreal — technologies

Python

72.0%

dbt

65.8%

Node.js

59.6%

AWS

53.4%

JavaScript

47.2%

HubSpot

41.0%

TypeScript

34.8%

Vancouver — technologies

AWS

72.0%

Node.js

65.8%

JavaScript

59.6%

Figma

53.4%

Tableau

47.2%

dbt

41.0%

Kotlin

34.8%

Montreal — employers

Northwind Systems

9.4%

Aperture Labs

8.7%

Cobalt Financial

8.0%

Solstice Biotech

7.2%

Fairmount Legal

6.5%

Tidewater Insurance

5.8%

Pinewood Education

5.1%

Vancouver — employers

Ironbark Manufacturing

9.4%

Northwind Systems

8.7%

Umbra Security

8.0%

Aperture Labs

7.2%

Kestrel Health

6.5%

Quarry Analytics

5.8%

Brightline Retail

5.1%

More comparisons

Other Canada city comparisons

Montreal vs Toronto Toronto vs Vancouver

Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.