What RWA roles pay
Computed from the openings on this board that publish a figure — not a survey, not a projection. Every row says what it was computed from, so you can decide for yourself whether to believe it.
CAD
| Role | Level | Median | Typical range | Postings | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All roles | All levels | C$181K | C$154K – C$191K | 14 | 4 |
| Engineering | All levels | C$181K | C$165K – C$200K | 10 | 3 |
USD
| Role | Level | Median | Typical range | Postings | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All roles | All levels | $174K | $138K – $218K | 200 | 23 |
| Engineering | All levels | $194K | $166K – $224K | 64 | 15 |
| Engineering | Lead / Principal | $239K | $234K – $276K | 11 | 4 |
| Engineering | Mid-level | $166K | $159K – $174K | 16 | 10 |
| Engineering | Senior | $194K | $180K – $202K | 33 | 10 |
| Finance | All levels | $162K | $100K – $222K | 19 | 8 |
| Legal & Compliance | All levels | $190K | $138K – $231K | 26 | 11 |
| Legal & Compliance | Mid-level | $167K | $140K – $226K | 13 | 5 |
| Marketing | All levels | $183K | $124K – $191K | 13 | 10 |
| Operations | All levels | $111K | $69K – $225K | 11 | 9 |
| Product & Design | All levels | $162K | $142K – $232K | 27 | 11 |
| Product & Design | Lead / Principal | $191K | $155K – $297K | 9 | 7 |
| Product & Design | Mid-level | $144K | $140K – $196K | 8 | 5 |
| Research | All levels | $130K | $85K – $161K | 8 | 5 |
| Sales & BD | All levels | $168K | $110K – $207K | 13 | 9 |
By function
How this is computed
- From postings, not a survey. Every opening published on RWA Signal in the last 6 months that states pay in a named currency. Roles that have since been filled still count — they still say what was offered.
- A range counts as its middle. The board sorts by the top of a range, because that is how a candidate reads one. A median of tops would report a market paying more than it does, so a range enters the sample at its midpoint. Hourly, daily and monthly rates are multiplied up to a year.
- Currencies are never mixed or converted. A median taken across dollars, euros and pounds is a figure true in no currency at all, and live conversion rates would move the number under you between visits. Each currency is its own table.
- Nothing under 8 postings is printed. Below that a median is noise dressed as precision. What gives way is precision, never the threshold: a thin bucket for senior engineers falls back to all engineers, then to the whole board, and the row always says which of the three you are looking at.
- The sample is shown. Postings and employers sit beside every median, because eight openings at one company is that company’s pay scale, not a market rate.