I'm not the grandparent post, but, my salary in Canada was $80K starting in 2000, and is up to $160K now.

I've been making more than double the median wage in my city for the last 20 years or so.

$80K CAD is $59K USD, which is not that much different than the original post. $160K CAD = $119K USD is fairly good, but most developers with 17 years experience would take home north of $200K in Silicon Valley (I'm not familiar with other US markets).

All the anecdotes still seem to point to software engineers making more than double in the US. I would love to return to Canada some day, but I'm not likely to do so until the numbers I see people post online start beginning with at least a 2 or 3.

Exactly. A USD 200K software eng simply cannot move to Canada. It is messed up. That is more than a director or higher's salary in a place like Toronto.

If you're living in Canada, you're spending money in CAD. I don't think its fair to convert Canadian salaries to USD to make the comparison. Still, $160K CAD is considerably less than $200K USD.

If you are living in Canada, everything retail is more expensive anyways, so just converting to USD isn't very accurate.

$160k CAD = $120k USD.

And you have 20 years experience? If you are good, you could be making 4x this in the Bay Area. Or more,

We hire a lot in Montreal. Mid-size startup. Range is more like CAD 85-140k for generalist frontend and backend developers.

In the larger cities, salaries have really gone up in the last few years.

I think that actually makes the other posters points. That's 63-104k in USD, which is low. Most of us in the US would be taking significant pay cuts at that level. I have no idea how that stacks up as far as PPP.

Name the company my man! Then don't mention Montreal again, we don't want everyone coming.

Might be a well-known streaming company that definitely has interesting technical issues. Problem for some is the content and reputation.

It sprang to mind.

French is the key barrier .. not naming the city :)

Eh not in Montreal. As an Ottawa native I've never had trouble in Montreal with my English and horribly broken French. Now Quebec city...

I disagree. I'm here, it's not ideal, I'm learning but it's not a blocker. Unlike say London when you cannot live in a decent area.