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C Developer Salary in Toronto 2026

How much does a C developer expect to make at Toronto-based startups? The average expected salary for C developers in Toronto-based startups is 243k per year, with a range from 130k to 300k. These amounts were gathered from Wellfound self-reported data and represent the median salary range. The salary range for C developers in Toronto startups varies depending on factors such as industry, experience, and startup stage.

243.4k

Average Salary

2 years

Average years of experience

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The average salary for a C developer in Toronto is$243,400, which is 125.7% higher than the average Toronto startup salary of $107,833. C developer salaries in Toronto are based on exclusive Wellfound data. All data is updated on a weekly basis. Factors that may influence salary include: years of experience, title, size of company, skill-set, and industry.

Top of market

$300,000/yr

Range $300k - $300k

Average

$243,400/yr

Range $156k - $300k

Below Average

$203,200/yr

Range $130k - $300k


Industries

The highest average salary a C developer in Toronto can get in Hardware, that is $300,000. This pay is 10.2% higher than the average C developer salary, which is $272,200. The highest-paying industries in 2023 are: Hardware (avg $300,000 per year), Semiconductors (avg $300,000 per year), Machine Learning (avg $300,000 per year).

Tech Stack

The top-paying developer skills of 2026 are:
  • 1. C

    $300k

  • 2. Rust

    $281.5k

  • 3. Flask

    $225k

  • 4. Amazon Kinesis

    $190k

  • 5. Prometheus

    $180k

  • 6. GCP

    $177.5k

  • 7. Airflow

    $168.5k

  • 8. C++

    $165k

  • 9. Java

    $165k

  • 10. Matlab

    $165k


Years of experience

Below Average

Average

Top of Market

The highest average salary C developer in Toronto can get with 7-10 years of experience, that is $161,500. This pay is 49.8% higher than the average salary in Toronto startups, which is $107,833. The salary range varies with years of experience and depends on other factors such as skill set, size of company, and industry.