Wow, at that rate I'm surprised we don't see more Canadian startups. Solo SaaS could make 10x that, maybe they don't have many devs that actually ship value?
That's a junior dev rate, and a low one. A good job for a new grad would be USD 30/hour.
Right so at those rates why don't more Canadians gamble on running their own shop? Not like a CAN company selling worldwide, paying 1/3 salaries, only makes 1/3 the revenue?
Unless corp taxes are 3x US?
Well, seniors in Vancouver can go for 160k/year (cad), still low for the cost of life, but better.
180 for lead is possible too. Over that I don't know.